Badge

Badge Inc. provides a privacy-preserving authentication platform that enables secure application access using biometrics without ever storing personally identifiable information or raw biometric data on a server, using patented cryptography to derive private keys on the fly at the moment of authentication instead. This removes a specific, high-value attack target — the centralized biometric or credential database — that has been the source of major breaches across the industry, since there is no stored secret for an attacker to steal.

Founded by cryptography PhDs from MIT and based in the New Orleans, Louisiana area, Badge has raised $18.1 million across two funding rounds, including a $17.1 million seed/Series A round in February 2026 with investors including Stripe, Synchrony, QED Investors, and General Catalyst. The company integrates with major identity platforms including Auth0, Okta Customer Identity Cloud, and Ping Identity’s DaVinci, and serves healthcare, banking, retail, and services clients, though as a company with fewer than 25 employees and under $5 million in annual revenue, it remains an early-stage vendor by scale despite strong investor pedigree.