The People Behind
the Platform.
Proveium was founded on a simple belief: proving who you are shouldn't mean giving your identity away.
Headquartered in the United Kingdom. Serving businesses globally.
We started Proveium because we watched businesses make the same impossible choice over and over: verify your customers properly, or protect their privacy. You couldn't do both.
The industry's answer was always “collect everything, encrypt it, hope for the best.” But encryption doesn't eliminate risk — it just moves the target. Every passport scan on a server is a liability waiting to become a headline.
We built Proveium to prove there's a better way. Identity data stays with the person it belongs to. Businesses get cryptographic proof that verification happened — without ever touching the raw data.
We're not building another identity database. We're building the infrastructure that makes identity databases unnecessary.
What We Stand For
Mission
Make identity verification secure by default. Businesses should be able to verify who they're dealing with without becoming custodians of sensitive personal data.
Vision
A world where proving your identity is instant, private, and under your control. Where businesses compete on service, not on how many passports they can stockpile.
Values
Privacy by architecture, not by policy. Transparency over security theatre. Ship things that work. Earn trust by being worth trusting.
Leadership Team
The people building the platform and steering the company.
Trevor Belstead
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Technology Officer
Founded Proveium with Stefan Pratsides after identifying that every IDV provider was creating the liability it claimed to solve. Leads product architecture, engineering direction, and company strategy.
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Founder & Chief Operating Officer
Founded Proveium with Trevor Belstead to bring regulatory-grade identity infrastructure to businesses that can't afford the compliance overhead of traditional vendors. Leads operations, commercial partnerships, and go-to-market.
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Interested in working with us?
We are an early-stage team building privacy-first identity infrastructure. If you are excited about cryptography, identity, or regulatory technology — we would love to hear from you.
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Whether you're a business looking to integrate identity verification, a potential partner, or exploring what Proveium can do for your use case — get in touch.