This Badge License governs use of the Transaction Veritas certification shields, marks, and verification graphics issued in connection with the IncubatorTrust and AcceleratorTrust certifications.
Subject to an active certification and continuing compliance with the Certification Agreement, Transaction Veritas grants the certified organization a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to display the applicable badge assets solely to communicate an active certification awarded by Transaction Veritas.
Transaction Veritas may monitor badge use and may require correction, removal, suspension, or public clarification where use of the badge is inaccurate or misleading.
The following SVG assets are included as production-ready concepts for public badge issuance. Each carries the exact certification family and level text.
The baseline IncubatorTrust badge confirms that an incubator has met the required Transaction Veritas standard for founder-safe operations. It signals that the incubator maintains documented governance, founder admissions controls, onboarding checks, workspace or resource controls, mentor expectations, confidentiality safeguards, and complaint-handling processes.
This level is designed for incubators that have moved beyond informal practices and can show evidence that essential controls are active. It is the first public trust tier and the minimum level required to advertise Transaction Veritas certification.
Certified Plus is awarded to incubators that demonstrate stronger operating maturity than the baseline certification. In addition to meeting the core standard, the incubator shows more consistent evidence quality, clearer ownership of controls, better issue tracking, stronger partner oversight, and more reliable documentation across admissions, resource allocation, mentor governance, and founder protection.
This tier is higher than Certified because it reflects not only that controls exist, but that they are applied consistently and can be reviewed across multiple samples, cohorts, residents, or operating periods.
Certified Elite is the highest IncubatorTrust tier. It is reserved for incubators that show advanced governance, mature founder safeguarding, strong audit readiness, proactive monitoring, documented remediation, and a culture of continuous improvement. Elite incubators do not merely comply with the standard; they operate with evidence discipline that can stand up to funder, sponsor, university, or public-sector scrutiny.
This tier is higher than Certified Plus because it reflects a mature and monitored operating system, not just strong documentation. It signals that trust controls are embedded into leadership review, resident lifecycle management, incident handling, and ongoing programme improvement.
The baseline AcceleratorTrust badge confirms that an accelerator has met the required Transaction Veritas standard for high-integrity cohort operations. It signals that the accelerator maintains documented controls for selection fairness, founder onboarding, startup verification, standard deal governance, mentor conduct, Demo Day review, investor communications, and founder data protection.
This level is designed for accelerators that can prove the core cohort lifecycle is governed and reviewable. It is the first public trust tier and the minimum level required to advertise Transaction Veritas accelerator certification.
Certified Plus is awarded to accelerators that show stronger maturity than the baseline certification. In addition to meeting the core standard, the accelerator demonstrates better evidence quality, more consistent cohort selection records, stronger document governance, clearer payment or investment workflows, stronger mentor conflict controls, and more disciplined Demo Day and investor-facing processes.
This tier is higher than Certified because it confirms the accelerator is not only operating with required controls, but applying those controls consistently across programme cycles, founder files, investor interactions, and public communications.
Certified Elite is the highest AcceleratorTrust tier. It is reserved for accelerators that show advanced cohort integrity, mature investment or funding governance, strong claim substantiation, robust Demo Day controls, proactive sponsor oversight, structured remediation, and recurring post-cohort review. Elite accelerators can demonstrate that founder and investor trust is built into the operating model, not added at the end.
This tier is higher than Certified Plus because it reflects a monitored and continuously improving accelerator governance system. It signals that selection, deal documentation, Demo Day exposure, investor communications, and sponsor access are governed with a level of discipline suitable for serious founders, LPs, partners, and institutional ecosystem stakeholders.