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UBIRCH GmbH provides a blockchain-based platform ensuring data integrity and verifiability, especially for IoT applications. Its core offering generates digital fingerprints at its source, immutably anchoring them to a blockchain. This approach guarantees data authenticity and secure exchange, establishing a reliable foundation for critical digital processes.
Founded in 2014 in Cologne, Germany, UBIRCH was established by Michael Merz, Matthias Jugel, Stefan Graunke, and Stephan Noller. The founders identified a critical need for cryptographically secured data, particularly from IoT devices. Their vision focused on developing a solution leveraging advanced cryptography, providing an irrefutable audit trail from data creation to consumption.
UBIRCH’s platform serves organizations needing high data authenticity, including those managing supply chain transparency, environmental reporting, and sensitive sensor data. The company empowers businesses with verifiable data, fostering accountability and confidence in operations. Its long-term vision is to enable trust in the digital economy by ensuring data is tamper-proof and universally verifiable.
UBIRCH GmbH is a Cologne‑based technology company that builds cryptographic and blockchain‑anchoring infrastructure to guarantee the integrity, origin and timestamp of IoT and sensor data for enterprise customers across regulated sectors such as healthcare, supply chain and energy[3][2].[1]
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Sources used: company profile and funding summaries, industry descriptions and reporting on UBIRCH’s cryptographic “blockchain for things” approach and founding details[1][2][3][5].
Key people at UBIRCH GmbH.