EXPLANATORY NOTE

This is a Post-Qualification Amendment to the offering statement on Form 1-A filed by T Stamp Inc. originally qualified by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 26, 2022, and as subsequently amended and/or supplemented (the “Offering Statement”).

The purpose of this Post-Qualification Amendment is to amend, update and/or replace certain information contained in the Offering Statement.

AN OFFERING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION IS QUALIFIED. THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR MAY THERE BE ANY SALES OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE. THE COMPANY MAY ELECT TO SATISFY ITS OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE COMPANY’S SALE TO YOU THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR OR THE OFFERING STATEMENT IN WHICH SUCH FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.

OFFERING CIRCULAR DATED APRIL 28, 2022

T Stamp Inc. (D/B/A Trust Stamp)

3017 Bolling Way NE, Floors 1 and 2,

Atlanta, Georgia, 30305, USA

(404) 806-9906

www.truststamp.ai

UP TO 1,435,068 SHARES OF CLASS A COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF CERTAIN OUTSTANDING WARRANTS

PRICE: $4.00 PER SHARE

Our shares of Class A Common Stock are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”) under the symbol IDAI. The last reported close price of our Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq was $2.10 per share as of April 27, 2022. Our Class A Common Stock is also listed on the Euronext Growth Exchange under the symbol AIID. As of April 27, 2022, the last reported sale price of our Class A Common Stock was $3.80 per share on this exchange.

This offering will terminate at the earlier of: (1) the date at which the maximum offering amount has been received by the Company, (2) one year from the date upon which the Securities and Exchange Commission qualifies the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part, or (3) the date at which the offering is earlier terminated by the Company in its sole discretion. This offering is being conducted on a best-efforts basis. The Company may undertake one or more closings on a rolling basis. After each closing, funds tendered by warrant holders will be made available to the Company.

INVESTING IN THE CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF TRUST STAMP IS SPECULATIVE AND INVOLVES SUBSTANTIAL RISKS. YOU SHOULD PURCHASE THESE SECURITIES ONLY IF YOU CAN AFFORD A COMPLETE LOSS OF YOUR INVESTMENT. SEE “RISK FACTORS” BEGINNING ON PAGE 6 TO READ ABOUT THE MORE SIGNIFICANT RISKS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE BUYING THE CLASS A COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY.

THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL OF ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER, THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION

GENERALLY, NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(d)(2)(i)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO www.investor.gov.

Sales of these securities will commence on approximately [  ].

This Offering Circular is following the disclosure format of Part I of SEC Form S-1 pursuant to the general instructions of Part II(a)(1)(ii) of Form 1-A.

In the event that we become a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we intend to take advantage of the provisions that relate to "Emerging Growth Companies” under the JOBS Act of 2012. See "Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company”.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

In this Offering Circular, the term "Trust Stamp”, "we”, "us”, "our” or "the Company” refers to T Stamp Inc. d/b/a Trust Stamp, as well as its operating subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, through which certain aspects of Trust Stamp’s operations are conducted.

THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS "ESTIMATE”, "PROJECT”, "BELIEVE”, "ANTICIPATE”, "INTEND”, "EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.

SUMMARY

Overview

Trust Stamp is an artificial intelligence company that develops proprietary identity solutions to help determine whether an individual is who they say they are and that they can be trusted, including Trust Stamp’s AI-powered facial biometrics that establish proof of life and are resistant to presentation attacks. In that example, a biometric capture can be converted into a tokenized identity (IT²) that is unique to the user but cannot be reverse engineered and rebuilt into the user’s face or other biometric data, does not constitute PII.

Each IT²can be stored in an Identity Lake^TM or submitted to a zero-knowledge-proof matcher and compared to all other hashes allowing our AI to predict if a single subject generated two or more IT² even if the subject has passed conventional KYC using (e.g.) falsified identity documents. Using this technology, the users’ IT² can be used for re-authentication purposes including account recovery, password-less login, new account creation etc. across the organization or even within a consortium of organizations all in a low-cost and low friction delivery that is fast and secure.

Our technology is being used for enhanced due diligence, KYC/AML compliance and “second chance” approval for customer onboarding and account access together with

the delivery of humanitarian and development services. Using our technology, an enterprise can approve more users, keep bad actors from accessing systems and services and retain existing users with a superior user experience.

We utilize micro-service architecture and highly scalable cloud computing resources with cutting-edge tools, power and agility such as GPU processing, neural networks and a Quantum Ledger Database to process data faster and more effectively than has previously been possible, as well as delivering products at a disruptively low cost that allows usage across multiple industries, including:

Our Industry

Trust Stamp considers itself to be in the identity authentication market which is primarily comprised of biometric authentication providers. Trust Stamp’s key sub-markets are:

We believe the market potential for our services is significant, due to growing prevalence of biometrics being utilized in payment and other transactions, the increase in online and remote transactions, increasing payment fraud losses, and the presence of large populations that continue to be underbanked and who lack access to basic financial services.

Competition

While we can work with any identity data from any source, our primary market target is the biometric service industry which is growing exponentially while being threatened by a consumer, media, and legislative backlash against storing biometric data. The IT² can potentially be overlaid on any biometric or other identity data provider.

In general, we compete for customer budget with any company in the identity authentication industry. Major competitors in this space include companies such as NEXT Biometrics, Gemalto, IDEMIA, Synaptics, Cognitec, Jumio, Onfido, Innovatrics, Suprema, FaceTec, Rank One Computing, Acuant and Mitek. However, we believe that, due to the uniqueness of our technology solution, the Company does not at this time have any direct competitors for the core IT² tokenization solutions upon which the growth in our business plan is focused.

Our Strengths and Growth Strategy

The commercial advantage of our solution is our ability to work across providers and modalities and we continue to pursue a first-mover advantage including our global-scale-partnership which is achieving a network-effect in the global Humanitarian and Development market. We believe that this combination will make it unattractive for a potential competitor to replicate the 6-years and multi-million dollars that we have already expended to try and circumvent our multiple (and continuing) patent filings and/or offer a parallel product based upon a different technology.

We believe that given sufficient time and resources, we can augment any biometric modalities including face, hand, iris, voice, gait, and behavior together with any other identifying data which places us in a unique position versus typical providers of (often single modality) biometric services.

We are unaware of any other provider being able to offer or support a proliferation of authentication modalities in this fashion, and therefore, we believe we there are no other companies that directly compete with us in this space. If our go-to-market strategy is successful, biometric service providers can be a channel distributer, and not necessarily a competitor.

Our business plan calls for our capturing a small fraction of one percent (1%) of the projected expenditure for biometric authentication services. Our strategy in this respect is to:

Company Information

Our principal executive office is located at 3017 Bolling Way NE, Floors 1 and 2, Atlanta, Georgia, 30305, United States of America, which serves as our headquarters. Our telephone number is (404) 806-9906. Our website address is www.truststamp.ai. Information contained in, or accessible through, our website does not constitute a part of this Offering Circular or any Offering Circular supplement.

The Offering

Except as otherwise indicated herein, all information in this Offering Circular assumes no exercise of the outstanding stock options or warrants described above.

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

As an issuer with less than $1.07 billion in total annual gross revenues during our last fiscal year, we will qualify as an "emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the "JOBS Act”) and this status will be significant if and when we become subject to the ongoing reporting requirements of the Exchange Act upon filing a Form 8-A. An emerging growth company may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements and is relieved of certain other significant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company we:

We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards, and hereby elect to do so. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under Section 107 of the JOBS Act.

Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. Note that this offering, while a public offering, is not a sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement, since the Offering is conducted pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements. In this regard, the JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an "emerging growth company” if we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenues, have more than $700 million in market value of our limited liability company membership interests held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a three-year period.

Certain of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions are also available to us due to the fact that we may also qualify, once listed, as a "smaller reporting company” under the Commission’s rules. For instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an auditor attestation on their assessment of internal control over financial reporting; are not required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis; are not required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio disclosure; and may present only two years of audited financial statements and related MD&A disclosure.

Summary Consolidated Financial Data

You should read the following summary consolidated financial data together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular and the "Selected Consolidated Financial Data” and "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of this Offering Circular. We have derived the consolidated statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 from our audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected in the future.

Statements of Operations Data:

RISK FACTORS

The SEC requires the Company to identify risks that are specific to its business and its financial condition. The Company is still subject to all the same risks that all companies in its business, and all companies in the economy, are exposed to. These include risks relating to economic downturns, political and economic events, and technological developments (such as cyber-attacks and the ability to prevent such attacks). Additionally, early-stage companies are inherently riskier than more developed companies, and the risk of business failure and complete loss of your investment capital is present. You should consider general risks as well as specific risks when deciding whether to invest.

Below is a summary of material risks, uncertainties and other factors that could have a material effect on the Company and its operations:

Risks Related to Our Company

We have a limited operating history upon which you can evaluate our performance and have not yet generated profits. Accordingly, our prospects must be considered in light of the risks that any new company encounters. Our Company was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on April 11, 2016, and we have not yet generated profits. The likelihood of our creation of a viable business must be considered in light of the problems, expenses, difficulties, complications, and delays frequently encountered in connection with the growth of a business, operation in a competitive industry, and the continued development of our technology and products. We anticipate that our operating expenses will increase for the near future, and there is no assurance that we will be profitable in the near future. You should consider our business, operations, and prospects in light of the risks, expenses and challenges faced as an emerging growth company.

We have historically operated at a loss, which has resulted in an accumulated deficit. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, we incurred a net loss of $9.1 million, compared to a net loss of $10.7 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. There can be no assurance that we will ever achieve profitability. Even if we do, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Failure to do so would continue to have a material adverse effect on our accumulated deficit, would affect our cash flows, would affect our efforts to raise capital and is likely to result in a decline in our Class A Common Stock price.

Our consolidated financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 have been prepared on a going concern basis. We have not yet generated profits and have an accumulated deficit of $27.2 million as of December 31, 2021, compared to an accumulated deficit of $18.2 million as of December 31, 2020. We may not have enough funds to sustain the business until it becomes profitable. Even if we raise additional funding through future financing efforts, we may not accurately anticipate how quickly we may use such funds and whether such funds would be sufficient to bring the business to profitability.

Our technology continues to be developed, and it is unlikely that we will ever develop our technology to a point at which no further development is required. Trust Stamp is developing complex technology that requires significant technical and regulatory expertise to develop, commercialize and update to meet evolving market and regulatory requirements. If we are unable to successfully develop and commercialize our technology and products, it will significantly affect our viability as a company.

If our security measures are breached or unauthorized access to individually identifiable biometric or other personally identifiable information is otherwise obtained, our reputation may be harmed, and we may incur significant liabilities. In the ordinary course of our business, we may collect and store sensitive data, including protected health information ("PHI”), personally identifiable information ("PII”), owned or controlled by ourselves or our customers, and other parties. We communicate sensitive data, including patient data, electronically, and through relationships with multiple third-party vendors and their subcontractors. These applications and data encompass a wide variety of business-critical information, including research and development information, patient data, commercial information, and business and financial information. We face a number of risks relative to protecting this critical information, including loss of access risk, inappropriate use or disclosure, inappropriate modification, and the risk of our being unable to adequately monitor, audit, and modify our controls over our critical information. This risk extends to the third-party vendors and subcontractors we use to manage this sensitive data. As a custodian of this data, Trust Stamp therefore inherits responsibilities related to this data, exposing itself to potential threats. Data breaches occur at all levels of corporate sophistication (including at companies with significantly greater resources and security measures than our own) and the resulting fallout stemming from these breaches can be costly, time-consuming, and damaging to a company’s reputation. Further, data breaches need not occur from malicious attack or phishing only. Often, employee carelessness can result in sharing PII with a much wider audience than intended. Consequences of such data breaches could result in fines, litigation expenses, costs of implementing better systems, and the damage of negative publicity, all of which could have a material adverse effect on our business operations and financial condition.

We are subject to substantial governmental regulation relating to our technology and will continue to be for the lifetime of our Company. By virtue of handling sensitive PII and biometric data, we are subject to numerous statutes related to data privacy and additional legislation and regulation should be anticipated in every jurisdiction in which we operate. Examples of federal (US) and European statutes we could be subject to are:

Any such access, breach, or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under federal or state laws that protect the privacy of personal information under HIPAA and/or "HITECH”. Notice of breaches must be made to affected individuals, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS”), and for extensive breaches, notice may need to be made to the media or state attorneys general. Penalties for violations of these laws vary. For instance, penalties for failure to comply with a requirement of HIPAA and HITECH vary significantly, and include significant civil monetary penalties and, in certain circumstances, criminal penalties with fines up to $250,000 per violation and/or imprisonment. A person who knowingly obtains or discloses individually identifiable health information in violation of HIPAA may face a criminal penalty of up to $50,000 and up to one-year imprisonment. The criminal penalties increase if the wrongful conduct involves false pretenses or the intent to sell, transfer or use identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain, or malicious harm.

Further, various states, such as California, have implemented similar privacy laws and regulations, such as the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, that impose restrictive requirements regulating the use and disclosure of health information and other personally identifiable information. Where state laws are more protective, we have to comply with the stricter provisions. In addition to fines and penalties imposed upon violators, some of these state laws also afford private rights of action to individuals who believe their personal information has been misused. California’s patient privacy laws, for example, provide for penalties of up to $250,000 and permit injured parties to sue for damages. The interplay of federal and state laws may be subject to varying interpretations by courts and government agencies, creating complex compliance issues for us and data we receive, use and share, potentially exposing us to additional expense, adverse publicity, and liability. Further, as regulatory focus on privacy issues continues to increase and laws and regulations concerning the protection of personal information expand and become more complex, these potential risks to our business could intensify. Changes in laws or regulations associated with the enhanced protection of certain types of sensitive data, such as PII or PHI, along with increased customer demands for enhanced data security infrastructure, could greatly increase our cost of providing our services, decrease demand for our services, reduce our revenues and/or subject us to additional liabilities.

Compliance with U.S. and international data protection laws and regulations could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices and compliance procedures in a manner adverse to our business. Moreover, complying with these various laws could require us to take on more onerous obligations in our contracts, restrict our ability to collect, use and disclose data, or in some cases, impact our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions. We rely on our customers to obtain valid and appropriate consents from data subjects whose biometric samples and data we process on such customers’ behalf. Given that we do not obtain direct consent from such data subjects and we do not audit our customers to ensure that they have obtained the necessary consents required by law, the failure of our customers to obtain consents that are in compliance with applicable law could result in our own non-compliance with privacy laws. Such failure to comply with U.S. and international data protection laws and regulations could result in government enforcement actions (which could include civil or criminal penalties), private litigation and/or adverse publicity and could negatively affect our operating results and business. Claims that we have violated individuals’ privacy rights, failed to comply with data protection laws, or breached our contractual obligations, even if we are not found liable, could be expensive and time consuming to defend, could result in adverse publicity and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We anticipate sustaining operating losses for the foreseeable future. It is anticipated that we will sustain operating losses into 2022 as we continue to expand our team, continue with research and development, and strive to gain customers for our technology and gain market share in our industry. Our ability to become profitable depends on our ability to expand our customer base, consisting of companies willing to license our technology. There can be no assurance that this will occur. Unanticipated problems and expenses are often encountered in offering new products which may impact whether the Company is successful. Furthermore, we may encounter substantial delays and unexpected expenses related to development, technological changes, marketing, regulatory requirements and changes to such requirements or other unforeseen difficulties. There can be no assurance that we will ever become profitable. If the Company sustains losses over an extended period of time, it may be unable to continue in business.

If our products do not achieve broad acceptance both domestically and internationally, we will not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth. Our revenues are derived from licensing our identity authentication solutions. We cannot accurately predict the future growth rate or the size of the market for our technology. The expansion of the market for our solutions depends on a number of factors, such as

Even if our technology gains wide market acceptance, our solutions may not adequately address market requirements and may not continue to gain market acceptance. If authentication solutions generally or our solutions specifically do not gain wide market acceptance, we may not be able to achieve our anticipated level of growth and our revenues and results of operations would suffer.

We operate in a highly competitive industry that is dominated by multiple very large, well-capitalized market leaders and is constantly evolving. New entrants to the market, existing competitor actions, or other changes in market dynamics could adversely impact us. The level of competition in the identity authentication industry is high, with multiple exceptionally large, well-capitalized competitors holding a majority share of the market. Currently, we are not aware of any direct competitors of the Company able to offer our main technological offering. Nonetheless, many of the companies in the identity authentication market have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, significantly greater financial, technological, sales, marketing, and other resources than we do. At any point, these companies may decide to devote their resources to creating a competing technology solution which will impact our ability to maintain or gain market share in this industry. Further, such companies will be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, or client requirements, more quickly develop new products or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services than we can. Likewise, their greater capabilities in these areas may enable them to better withstand periodic downturns in the identity management solutions industry and compete more effectively on the basis of price and production. In addition, new companies may enter the markets in which we compete, further increasing competition in the identity management solutions industry.

We believe that our ability to compete successfully depends on a number of factors, including the type and quality of our products and the strength of our brand names, as well as many factors beyond our control. We may not be able to compete successfully against current or future competitors, and increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced profit margins, loss of market share and an inability to generate cash flows that are sufficient to maintain or expand the development and marketing of new products, any of which would adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

We face competition from companies with greater financial, technical, sales, marketing, and other resources, and, if we are unable to compete effectively with these competitors, our market share may decline, and our business could be harmed. We face competition from well established companies. Many of our competitors have longer operating histories, larger customer bases, significantly greater financial, technological, sales, marketing, and other resources than we do. As a result, our competitors may be able to respond more quickly than we can to new or changing opportunities, technologies, standards, or client requirements, more quickly develop new products or devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products and services than we can. Likewise, their greater capabilities in these areas may enable them to better withstand periodic downturns in the identity management solutions industry and compete more effectively on the basis of price and production. In addition, new companies may enter the markets in which we compete, further increasing competition in the identity management solutions industry.

We believe that our ability to compete successfully depends on a number of factors, including the type and quality of our products and the strength of our brand names, as well as many factors beyond our control. We may not be able to compete successfully against current or future competitors, and increased competition may result in price reductions, reduced profit margins, loss of market share and an inability to generate cash flows that are sufficient to maintain or expand the development and marketing of new products, any of which would adversely impact our results of operations and financial condition.

The Company may be unable to effectively protect its intellectual property. To date, the Company has been issued eleven patents related to its products and technology. The Company has many more pending patent applications as of the date of this Offering Circular. There is no guarantee that the Company will ever be issued patents on the applications it has submitted. In addition, in order to control costs, we have filed patent applications only in the United States. This may result in our having limited or no protection in other jurisdictions. Our success depends to a significant degree upon the protection of our products and technology. If we are unable to secure patents for our products and technology, or are otherwise are unsuccessful at protecting our technology, other companies with greater resources may copy our technology and/or products, or improve upon them, putting us at a disadvantage to our competitors.

Successful infringement claims against us could result in significant monetary liability or prevent us from selling some of our products. We believe our products and technology may be highly disruptive to a very large and growing market. Our competitors are well capitalized with significant intellectual property protection and resources and they (and/or patent trolls) may initiate infringement lawsuits against our Company. Such litigation could be expensive and could also prevent us from selling our products, which would significantly harm our ability to grow our business as planned.

Our failure to attract and retain highly qualified personnel in the future could harm our business. As the Company grows, it will be required to hire and attract additional qualified professionals, additional staff for research and development, regulatory professionals, sales and marketing professionals, accounting, legal, and finance experts. The Company may not be able to locate or attract qualified individuals for such positions, which will affect the Company’s ability to grow and expand its business.

We rely on third party service providers. Our third-party partners provide a variety of essential business functions, including distribution, manufacturing, and many others. It is possible that some of these third parties will fail to perform their services or will perform them in an unacceptable manner. If we encounter problems with one or more of these parties and they fail to perform to expectations, it could have a material adverse impact on the Company.

We currently have four customers that account for substantially all of our revenues. During the Company’s development, we have focused on developing relationships with a few partners and customers. As such, our historical financial results identify that we generated substantially all of our revenue from two customers – which relatively recently has increased to four. In total, Trust Stamp increased the concentration of non-affiliated customers generating significant revenue from 3 customers in the year ended December 31, 2020 to 6 customers in the year ended December 31, 2021. As we grow, we intend to expand the number of customers from which we generate revenues. In the opinion of our management, we would be able to continue operations without our current customers. However, the unanticipated loss of the Company’s current customers could have an adverse effect on the company’s financial position.

Our future success is dependent on the continued service of our small management team. Eight directors and four executive officers provide leadership to Trust Stamp. Four of the directors are also executive officers. Our success is dependent on their ability to manage all aspects of our business effectively. Because we are relying on our small management team, we lack certain business development resources that may hurt our ability to grow our business. Although we are currently growing our board and management team, there is no guarantee that newly added board and management team members will contribute to Trust Stamp as we hope. Any loss of key members of our executive team could have a negative impact on our ability to manage and grow our business effectively. We do not maintain a key person life insurance policy on any of the members of our senior management team. As a result, we would have no way to cover the financial loss if we were to lose the services of our directors or officers.

We expect to raise additional capital through equity and/or debt offerings to support our working capital requirements and operating losses. In order to fund future growth and development, the Company will likely need to raise additional funds in the future by offering shares of its Common or Preferred Stock and/or other classes of equity, or debt that convert into shares of common or Preferred Stock, any of which offerings would dilute the ownership percentage of investors in this offering. See "Dilution”. In order to issue sufficient shares in this regard, we may be required to amend our certificate of incorporation to increase our authorized capital stock, which would be require us to obtain a consent of a majority of our shareholders. Furthermore, if the Company raises capital through debt, the holders of our debt would have priority over holders of common and Preferred Stock and the Company may be required to accept terms that restrict its ability to incur more debt. We cannot assure you that the necessary funds will be available on a timely basis, on favorable terms, or at all, or that such funds if raised, would be sufficient. The level and timing of future expenditure will depend on a number of factors, many of which are outside our control. If we are not able to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all, we may be forced to curtail or abandon our growth plans, which could adversely impact the Company, its business, development, financial condition, operating results, or prospects.

We are and may continue to be significantly impacted by the worldwide economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, or COVID-19, was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China. COVID-19 has spread to many countries, including the United States, and was declared to be a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 have intensified and the U.S., Europe and Asia have implemented severe travel restrictions and social distancing. The impacts of the outbreak are unknown and rapidly evolving. A widespread health crisis has adversely affected and could continue to affect the global economy, resulting in an economic downturn that could negatively impact the operations of the Company, which could negatively impact your investment in our securities.

The continued spread of COVID-19 has also led to severe disruption and volatility in the global capital markets, which could increase our cost of capital and adversely affect our ability to access the capital markets in the future. It is possible that the continued spread of COVID-19 could cause a further economic slowdown or recession or cause other unpredictable events, each of which could adversely affect our business, results of operations or financial condition.

The extent to which COVID-19 affects our financial results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak and the actions to contain the outbreak or treat its impact, among others. Moreover, the COVID-19 outbreak has had and may continue to have indeterminable adverse effects on general commercial activity and the world economy, and our business and results of operations could be adversely affected to the extent that COVID-19 or any other pandemic harms the global economy generally.

We are subject to risks related foreign currency exchange rates. We operate on a global basis. We have operations (through our subsidiaries and/or directly) in many foreign countries and territories, including, but not limited to, Great Britain, Poland, Rwanda, and the Republic of Malta. The translation from any currencies to United States Dollars for financial statement presentation resulted in a foreign currency loss of $159,270 for the year ended December 31, 2021, and $81,137 gain for the year ended December 31, 2020, but it could lead to a loss in the future. Such foreign currency translation losses could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We are an emerging growth company, and the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies could make our Class A Common Stock less attractive to investors. We are an emerging growth company, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, exemptions from the requirements of holding nonbinding advisory votes on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved, and an exemption from compliance with the requirement of the PCAOB regarding the communication of critical audit matters in the auditor’s report on the financial statements. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years following the year in which we completed our IPO, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the date of the closing of our IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which requires the market value of our common stock that are held by non-affiliates to exceed $700.0 million as of the prior June 30th, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.

In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This allows an emerging growth company to delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively and irrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.

We cannot predict if investors will find our Class A Common Stock less attractive because we may rely on the reporting exemptions and the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. If some investors find our Class A Common Stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our Class A Common Stock and our share price may be more volatile.

Risks Related to the Securities in this Offering

Sales of large numbers of shares could adversely affect the price of our Class A Common Stock Most of our shares of Class A Common Stock that are currently outstanding were issued as “restricted securities” as that term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. All outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock are or will be eligible for resale in the public markets at various times within the next six months with respect to affiliates, subject to compliance with the volume and manner of sale requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and with respect to all restricted securities held by affiliates.

In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, any affiliate (or persons whose shares are aggregated for purposes of Rule 144) who beneficially owns restricted securities with respect to which at least six months has elapsed since the later of the date the shares were acquired from us, or from an affiliate of ours, is entitled to sell within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then outstanding shares of our Class A Common Stock or the average weekly trading volume in our Class A Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding such sale. Sales under Rule 144 by affiliates also are subject to certain manner-of-sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us. A person who is not an affiliate, who has not been an affiliate within three months prior to sale, and who beneficially owns restricted securities with respect to which at least six months has elapsed since the later of the date the shares were acquired from us, or from an affiliate of ours, is entitled to sell such shares under Rule 144 without regard to any of the volume limitations or other requirements described above. Sales of substantial amounts of Class A Common Stock in the public market could adversely affect prevailing market prices.

Investors in this offering previously agreed to a forum selection provision contained in the subscription agreement for the Company’s Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants, which could result in less favorable outcomes to the plaintiff(s) in any action against our Company. The subscription agreement that holders of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants executed to initially purchase those warrants included a forum selection provision that requires any claims against the company by stockholders not arising under the federal securities laws to be brought a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction located within the State of Georgia. This forum selection provision may limit investors’ ability to bring claims in judicial forums that they find favorable to such disputes and may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims.

The value of your investment will be diluted if the Company issues stock, options, or other equity awards to employees, contractors, advisors, or Board members. The Company may (with the approval of the Board of Directors) issue stock or options to employees, contractors, advisors, or Board members as an element of their compensation package. Any such issuance will dilute your investment.

The Company has a significant amount of authorized but unissued Series A Preferred Stock. No shareholder consent is required to issue these authorized shares. As such, the Company may issue additional Series A Preferred Stock in a future round without first receiving the consent of shareholders of the Company, which could lead to changes in voting control of the Company, or dilution of existing shareholders.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Assuming a maximum raise of $5,740,272 we estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the Class A Common Stock in this offering will be approximately $5,617,772 based on an assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share of Class A Common Stock after deducting estimated offering expenses of $90,000 in legal fees, $2,500 in EDGARization fees and $30,000 in accounting fees related to this offering.

Assuming a raise of $3,350,000 representing approximately 58% of the maximum offering amount, we estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the Class A Common Stock in this offering will be approximately $3,227,500 based on an assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share of Class A Common Stock after deducting estimated offering expenses of $90,000 in legal fees, $2,500 in EDGARization fees and $30,000 in accounting fees related to this offering.

Assuming a raise of $1,650,000, representing approximately 29% of the maximum offering amount, we estimate that the net proceeds from the sale of the Class A Common Stock in this offering will be approximately $1,527,500 based on an assumed public offering price of $4.00 per share of Class A Common Stock after deducting estimated offering expenses of $90,000 in legal fees, $2,500 in EDGARization fees and $30,000 in accounting fees related to this offering.

Please see the table below for a summary our intended use of proceeds from this offering:

Working capital expenditures may include, but are not limited to, growing the Company’s administrative staff and infrastructure to support accelerated product and business development and the additional legal, accounting, compliance and regulatory obligations of being a publicly traded entity. Working capital expenditures will include compensation to officers and directors. Working Capital will not include repayment of any outstanding indebtedness of the Company.

We believe that the expected net proceeds from this offering, and our existing cash and cash equivalents, together with revenues generated from our operations, will be sufficient to fund our operations for at least the next 12 months, although we cannot assure you that this will occur.

The amount and timing of our actual expenditures will depend on numerous factors, including the status of our development efforts, sales and marketing activities and the amount of cash generated or used by our operations. We may find it necessary or advisable to use portions of the proceeds for other purposes, and we will have broad discretion and flexibility in the application of the net proceeds. Pending these uses, the proceeds will be invested in short-term bank deposits.

MARKET FOR OUR COMMON STOCK AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Common Stock

During the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 30, 2020, our Class A Common Stock was traded on the OTC Markets Group Inc.’s OTCQX quotation platform under the trading symbol "IDAI” and on the Euronext Growth market in Dublin under "AIID”. However, Trust Stamp received approval from Nasdaq to have our Class A Common Stock listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "IDAI” with trading commencing on January 31, 2022. As a result of our Nasdaq approval, our Class A Common Stock is no longer listed on the OTCQX market as of January 31, 2022.

Holders

As of April 27, 2022, there were approximately 3,000 registered holders of record of our Class A Common Stock and the last reported sale price of our Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $2.10 per share on April 27, 2022.

The number of shares of our Class A Common Stock that are freely tradeable as of April 27, 2022 was 9,743,010.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated the high and low bid quotations for our Class A Common Stock on OTCQX. These quotations represent inter-dealer quotations, without adjustment for retail markup, markdown, or commission and may not represent actual transactions.

*The Company was initially quoted on OTCQX on February 24, 2021.

**On August 18, 2021, by written consent of the stockholders, the Company effected a 5-for-1 forward stock split. The prices listed in the table above have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split. The stock split was effective for trading on the market opening of both Euronext Growth and OTCQX on August 23, 2021.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated the high and low sales prices for our Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Euronext Growth Dublin (Ticker code: "AIID”).

On December 8, 2020, Trust Stamp was listed on Euronext Growth Dublin through the admission to trading of 17,943,255 shares under a direct listing. The admission and issue price of our Class A Common Stock was set at $1.56 per share.

The last reported sale price of our Class A Common Stock on the Euronext Growth Dublin on May 7, 2021 was $3.80 per share.

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated the high and low bid quotations for our Class A Common Stock on Euronext Growth Dublin. These quotations represent inter-dealer quotations, without adjustment for retail markup, markdown, or commission and may not represent actual transactions.

*On August 18, 2021, by written consent of the stockholders, the Company effected a 5-for-1 forward stock split. The prices listed in the table above have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split. The stock split was effective for trading on the market opening of both Euronext Growth and OTCQX on August 23, 2021.

*On August 18, 2021, by written consent of the stockholders, the Company effected a 5-for-1 forward stock split. The prices listed in the table above have been retroactively restated to reflect the stock split. The stock split was effective for trading on the market opening of both Euronext Growth and OTCQX on August 23, 2021.

Performance Graph

We are a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act, and are not required to provide the information required under this item.

Dividend Policy

To date, we have not paid any dividends on our Class A Common Stock and do not anticipate paying any dividends in the foreseeable future. The declaration and payment of dividends on the Class A Common Stock is at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on, among other things, our operating results, financial condition, capital requirements, contractual restrictions or such other factors as our Board of Directors may deem relevant. We currently expect to use all available funds to finance the future development and expansion of our business and do not anticipate paying dividends on our Class A Common Stock in the foreseeable future.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

On April 9, 2019, management created a new entity, TStamp Incentive Holdings ("TSIH”) to which the Company issued 1,620,565 shares of Class A Common Stock that the Board of Directors of TSIH could use for employee stock awards in the future. As of December 31, 2020, 282,565 of these shares were outstanding, and 282,565 remained available for issuance. The purpose of the entity was to provide an analogous structure to a traditional stock incentive plan. Any equity compensation approved by the Company would be issued by TSIH. As of the date of this Offering Circular, 282,565 shares of Class A Common Stock are still held by TSIH – however, all of these shares of Class A Common Stock have been allocated for issuance pursuant to RSUs that vested on January 2, 2022. The Company has no plans to issue additional equity securities to TSIH. As such, once these remaining shares are issued, it is expected this entity will become dormant going forward.

The Company expects to adopt another equity compensation plan in the near future, but has not yet done so as of the date of this Offering Circular.

Executive Compensation Philosophy

Our Board of Directors determines the compensation given to our executive officers in their sole discretion. Our Board of Directors reserves the right to pay our executives or any future executives a salary, and/or issue them shares of Class A Common Stock issued in consideration for services rendered and/or to award incentive bonuses which are linked to our performance, as well as to the individual executive officer’s performance. This package may also include long-term stock-based compensation to certain executives, which is intended to align the performance of our executives with our long-term business strategies. Additionally, the Board of Directors has granted and reserves the right to grant performance-based equity awards in the future, if the Board of Directors in its sole determination believes such grants would be in our best interests.

Incentive Bonus

The Board of Directors may grant incentive bonuses to our executive officers and/or future executive officers in its sole discretion, if the Board of Directors believes such bonuses are in our best interest, after analyzing our current business objectives and growth, if any, and the amount of revenue we are able to generate each month, which revenue is a direct result of the actions and ability of such executives.

Long-Term, Stock-Based Compensation

In order to attract, retain and motivate executive talent necessary to support our long-term business strategy we may award our executives and any future executives with long-term, stock-based compensation in the future, at the sole discretion of our Board of Directors.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities:

CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our consolidated cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of December 31, 2021 on an actual basis and as of April 28, 2022 on a pro forma and pro forma as adjusted basis to reflect (i) the sale of 1,137,975 units at $4.00 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one Reg CF Warrant (each, a “ Reg CF Unit”); (ii) the sale of 240,989 units at $4.00 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one Reg D Warrant in a Regulation D offering (each, a “Reg D Unit”); (iii) the sale of 56,104 units at $4.00 per unit, with each unit consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one warrant to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at $4.00 per share in a Regulation S offering (each, a “Reg S Unit”). Total direct offering costs to be paid as a result of these equity raises is estimated to be $575,000, of which $621,225 had been incurred as of December 31, 2021.

You should read this table together with "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular.

DILUTION

Dilution means a reduction in value, control, or earnings of the shares the investor owns.

Immediate dilution

An early-stage Company typically sells its shares (or grants options over its shares) to its founders and early employees at a very low cash cost, because they are, in effect, putting their "sweat equity” into the Company. When the Company seeks cash investments from outside investors, like you, the new investors typically pay a much larger sum for their shares than the founders or earlier investors, which means that the cash value of your stake is diluted because all the shares are worth the same amount, and you paid more than earlier investors for your shares.

The following table illustrates the dilution that new investors will experience upon investment in the Company relative to existing holders of our securities. Because this calculation is based on the net tangible assets of the Company, we are calculating based our net tangible book value of $3,583,245 as of December 31, 2021, as included in our unaudited financial statements.

The offering costs assumed in the following table includes up to $122,500 in offering expenses that may be incurred in connection with this offering.

The following table presents three scenarios for the convenience of the reader: a $1,650,000 raise from this offering, a $3,350,000 raise from this offering, and a fully subscribed $5,740,272 raise from this offering (the maximum offering).

The following table presents the same three scenarios as the above table, but is presented on a fully-diluted basis as of December 31, 2021.

Future dilution

Another important way of looking at dilution is the dilution that happens due to future actions by the Company. The investor’s stake in a company could be diluted due to the company issuing additional shares. In other words, when the Company issues more shares, the percentage of the Company that you own will go down, even though the value of the Company may go up. You will own a smaller piece of a larger company. This increase in number of shares outstanding could result from a stock offering (such as an initial public offering, another crowdfunding round, a venture capital round, angel investment), employees exercising stock options, or by conversion of certain instruments (e.g. convertible bonds, preferred shares or warrants) into stock.

If the Company decides to issue more shares, an investor could experience value dilution, with each share being worth less than before, and control dilution, with the total percentage an investor owns being less than before. There may also be earnings dilution, with a reduction in the amount earned per share (though this typically occurs only if the Company offers dividends, and most early stage companies are unlikely to offer dividends, preferring to invest any earnings into the Company).

The type of dilution that hurts early-stage investors most occurs when a company sells more shares in a "down round”, meaning at a lower valuation than in earlier offerings. An example of how this might occur is as follows (numbers are for illustrative purposes only):

This type of dilution might also happen upon conversion of convertible notes into shares. Typically, the terms of convertible notes issued by early-stage companies provide that in the event of another round of financing, the holders of the convertible notes get to convert their notes into equity at a "discount” to the price paid by the new investors, i.e., they get more shares than the new investors would for the same price. Additionally, convertible notes may have a "price cap” on the conversion price, which effectively acts as a share price ceiling. Either way, the holders of the convertible notes get more shares for their money than new investors. In the event that the financing is a "down round” the holders of the convertible notes will dilute existing equity holders, and even more than the new investors do, because they get more shares for their money. Investors should pay careful attention to the amount of convertible notes that the Company has issued (and may issue in the future), and the terms of those notes.

If you are making an investment expecting to own a certain percentage of the Company or expecting each share to hold a certain amount of value, it is important to realize how the value of those shares can decrease by actions taken by the Company. Dilution can make drastic changes to the value of each share, ownership percentage, voting control, and earnings per share.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The Company is qualifying the issuance by us of up to 1,435,068 shares of our Class A Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants. The Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants were previously issued pursuant to offerings by the Company utilizing Regulation Crowdfunding, Regulation D, and Regulation S, respectively, each of which commenced on August 25, 2021. The Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants are exercisable into Class A Common Stock of our Company, par value $0.01, at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. The Company may receive up to $5,740,272 from the exercise of these warrants.

This offering is being conducted on a “best efforts” basis, which means that there is no guarantee that any minimum amount will be sold in this offering. Offers and sales of our Class A Common Stock through the exercise of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants will be made by our management who will not receive any commissions or other remunerations for their efforts. We intend for our management to use methods of general solicitation to contact our Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrant holders to inform them about the opportunity to exercise their warrants. To the extent that our officers and directors make any communications in connection with the Offering, we intend for such efforts to be done in accordance with an exemption from registration contained in Rule 3a4-1 under the Exchange Act. We reserve the right to engage the services of a registered broker-dealer who will offer, sell and process the subscriptions for our Class A Common Stock, although we do not presently expect to engage such selling agent. If any broker-dealer or other agent/person is engaged to sell our Class A Common Stock, we will file a post-qualification amendment to the offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part disclosing the names and compensation arrangements prior to any sales by such persons. See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders.”

There is no minimum amount we are required to raise from the shares of Class A Common Stock being offered hereby. There is no guarantee that we will sell any of the shares of Class A Common Stock being offered in this offering. Additionally, there is no guarantee that this offering will successfully raise enough funds to implement our Company’s business plan or pay for the expenses of this offering, which we estimate to be $122,500.

The approximate date of the commencement of the sales of the shares of Class A Common Stock will be within two calendar days from the date on which the Offering is qualified by the SEC and on a continuous basis thereafter until the maximum number of shares of Class A Common Stock offered hereby are sold, 12 months from the date of qualification, or the Offering is earlier terminated by the Company. Termination of this Offering does not foreclose any Reg CF, Reg D, or Reg S Warrant holder’s ability to exercise the respective warrants pursuant to the terms of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants. All offering expenses will be borne by us and will be paid out of the proceeds of this offering. The Company may undertake one or more closings on an ongoing basis. After each closing, funds tendered by investors will be available to the Company.

Procedures for Subscribing

As described above, the Company will only issue shares pursuant to the exercise of Reg CF, Reg D, or Reg S Warrants by holders of these warrants.

After the qualification of this Offering Statement by the SEC, if you decide to exercise your Reg CF, Reg D and/or Reg S Warrants for shares of Class A Common Stock in this Offering, you may exercise your Reg CF, Reg D and/or Reg S Warrants in accordance with the applicable Warrant Agreement for such warrants on or before the expiration date set forth therein by sending, at the office of the warrant agent, Colonial Stock Transfer Co., Inc., the applicable “Notice of Exercise”, duly completed and executed by or on behalf of the holder, together with the surrender of the warrant, accompanied by full payment of the exercise price to an account designated by the Company and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the warrant. Additionally, the exercise of warrants by a warrant holder will be of no charge to the warrant holder.

A form of the “Notice of Exercise” for each of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants is included as Exhibit 3.8, Exhibit 3.9, and Exhibit 3.10 respectively, to the offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part (see “Exhibit A” of Exhibit 3.8, Exhibit 3.9, and Exhibit 3.10 respectively).

Minimum and Maximum Investment Amount

The minimum investment amount per investor in this offering is $4.00, or the exercise of one (1) Reg D, Reg CF, or Reg S Warrant. There is no maximum investment amount per investor in this offering.

As stated above, there is no processing fee payable to Colonial Stock Transfer Co., Inc. by warrant holders for its services as warrant agent. The Company will cover this fee on behalf of warrant holders for their exercise of Reg S, Reg D and/or Reg CF Warrants for shares of Class A Common Stock in this offering.

No Escrow

The proceeds of this offering will not be placed into an escrow account. We will offer our Class A Common Stock from the exercise of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants on a best efforts basis. There is no minimum offering amount as a condition for the Company to receive any proceeds in this offering, and upon the successful exercise of the warrants, proceeds received by the Company shall be immediately available for its use.

No Selling Securityholders

No securities are being sold for the account of security holders. All net proceeds of this offering will go to the Company.

Warrant Agent, Transfer Agent and Registrar

The Company has engaged Colonial Stock Transfer Co., Inc., a registered transfer agent with the SEC, to serve as transfer agent to maintain shareholder information on a book-entry basis, as well as to act as the warrant agent for the exercise of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants for shares of Class A Common Stock in this Offering. A copy of the Company’s agreement with Colonial Stock Transfer Co., Inc. for its services as warrant agent is included as Exhibit 6.18 to the offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part.

Provisions of Note in the Subscription Agreement for the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants

The subscription agreement that holders of our Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants executed to purchase such warrants contains forum selection provisions that require any claims against the Company based on the subscription agreement not arising under the federal securities laws to be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Georgia. These forum selection provisions may limit investors’ ability to bring claims in judicial forums that they find favorable to such disputes and may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. The Company has adopted these provisions to limit the time and expense incurred by its management to challenge any such claims. As a company with a small management team, this provision allows its officers not to lose a significant amount of time traveling to any particular forum so they may continue to focus on operations of the Company.

Determination of Offering Price

The Company is offering shares of its Class A Common Stock in this offering at $4.00 per share, which is the exercise price per share of the Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants. The closing price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq Capital Market was $2.10 on April 27, 2022. The average closing price over the last 60 days of our Class A Common Stock on Nasdaq Capital Market is $3.16. As such, there is no material disparity between the Company’s market price on Nasdaq Capital Market and the price per share for investors in this offering.

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

General

The Company is qualifying shares of its Class A Common Stock in this offering for issuance pursuant to the exercise of outstanding Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg S Warrants.

The following description summarizes the most important terms of the Company’s capital stock. This summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of Trust Stamp’s amended certificate of incorporation, as amended (our "A&R Certificate of Incorporation”) and its amended and restated bylaws (our "Bylaws”), copies of which have been filed as exhibits to the Offering Statement of which this Offering Circular is a part. For a complete description of Trust Stamp’s capital stock, you should refer to the A&R Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and to the applicable provisions of Delaware law.

The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share. The total number of authorized shares of Common Stock of Trust Stamp is 37,500,000, all of which have been designated Class A Common Stock, and the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock is 2,000,000, all of which are designated as Series A Preferred Stock.

As of April 28, 2022, the outstanding shares of the Company included:

Common Stock

Pursuant to the Company’s A&R Certificate of Incorporation, the Board of Directors of the Company has the right to designate shares of the Company’s Common Stock as either Class A or Class B Common Stock. As of the date of this Offering Circular, all shares of Common Stock of the Company have been designated as Class A Common Stock, and there is no issued (or designated) Class B Common Stock. The rights and preferences of each of the Class A and Class B classes of Common Stock are summarized below.

Class A Common Stock

Voting Rights

Holders of shares of Class A Common Stock are entitled to one vote for each on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders, including the election of directors.

The holders of our Common Stock (Class A and Class B Common Stock) are entitled to elect four (4) directors of the corporation to our Board of Directors, so long as 25% of the Company’s initially issued shares of Preferred Stock remains outstanding (which refers to the 718,804 shares of Series A Preferred Stock issued in the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock offering under Tier 2 of Regulation A (the "Series A Preferred Offering”). As of the date of this Offering Circular, no shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock are outstanding.

Dividend Rights

Holders of each class of Common Stock are entitled to receive dividends, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors out of legally available funds as detailed in our A&R Certificate of Incorporation. The Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on any of its capital stock and currently does not anticipate paying any cash dividends after this offering or in the foreseeable future.

Liquidation Rights

In the event of a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Company, the holders of Class A Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to shareholders after the payment of all debts and other liabilities of the Company.

Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to a liquidation preference that is senior to holders of each class of the Common Stock, and therefore would receive dividends and liquidation assets prior to the holders of the Common Stock.

Exchange Rights

A holder of shares of Class A Common Stock shares that is a bank, savings association, or a holding company (or an affiliate thereof) may at any time choose to exchange all or any portion of shares of Class A Common Stock it holds for shares of Class B Common Stock. In the event of such an election, each Class A share for which the holder makes such election shall be exchanged for a Class B share on a one-for-one basis without the payment of any additional consideration. In the event of such an election, the Company will take all necessary corporate actions to effect such exchange, the holder will surrender its certificate or certificates representing the Shares of Class A Common Stock for which it made such election, and such Shares of Class A Common Stock shall be cancelled.

Transfer Rights

There are no restrictions on transfer for shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company.

Class B Common Stock

The rights and preferences of the Company’s Class B Common Stock are identical to those of the Class A Common Stock of the Company, except for as described below.

Voting Rights

Holders of shares of Class B Common Stock have no voting rights with respect to such shares; provided that the holders of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote (one vote for each Class B share held) to the same extent that the holders of Shares of Class A Common Stock would be entitled to vote on matters as to which non-voting equity interests are permitted to vote pursuant to 12 C.F.R. § 225.2(q)(2) (or a successor provision thereto).

Transfer Rights

In the event a holder of shares of Class B Common Stock transfers all or any portion of his or her shares of Class B Common Stock to a "Permitted Transferee” (as defined below), such Permitted Transferee will be entitled to elect to exchange all or any portion of such Shares of Class B Common Stock for Shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis without the payment of any additional consideration. No fractional shares may be so exchanged. In the event of such an election, the Company will take all necessary corporate actions to effect such exchange, the holder will surrender its certificate or certificates representing the Shares of Class B Common Stock for which it made such election, and such Shares of Class B Common Stock shall be cancelled. A "Permitted Transferee” is a person or entity who acquires Shares of Class B Common Stock from a bank, savings association, or a holding company (or an affiliate thereof) in any of the following transfers:

Series A Preferred Stock

Voting Rights

Each holder of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders, including the election of directors. Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock into which such share of Preferred Stock could be converted. Fractional votes will not be permitted and if the conversion results in a fractional share, it will be disregarded.

Additionally, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to certain protective provisions that require the Company to obtain the written consent or affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock prior to effecting certain corporate actions, comprised of the following:

The Series A Preferred Stockholders do not have the right to vote for any directors of the Company as a standalone class, which is a right held by the Common Stockholders. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of the Common Stock for the election of one (1) independent director, and may vote together with the holders of the Common Stock on any additional directors to be elected to our Board of Directors after the initial five (5) directors are elected.

Dividend Rights

Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive dividends as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors out of legally available funds and on a pari passu basis with holders of the Common Stock. The Company has never declared or paid cash dividends on any of its capital stock and currently does not anticipate paying any cash dividends after this offering or in the foreseeable future.

Conversion Rights

Shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be convertible, at the option of the holder, at any time, into fully paid and nonassessable shares of the Company’s Common Stock at the then-applicable conversion rate. Initially, the conversion rate will be one share of Common Stock per share of Series A Preferred Stock. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, reverse stock splits or the issuance of a dividend or other distribution payable in additional shares of Common Stock.

Additionally, each share of Series A Preferred Stock will automatically convert into Common Stock:

In either of these events, the shares will convert in the same manner as a voluntary conversion.

Right to Receive Liquidation Distributions

In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or certain other events (each a "Deemed Liquidation Event”) such as the sale or merger of the Company, all holders of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to a liquidation preference that is senior to holders of the Common Stock. Holders of Series A Preferred Stock will receive a liquidation preference equal to the greater of (a) an amount for each share equal to the Original Issue Price for such share, adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like (the "liquidation preference”) plus any declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such shares or (b) such amount per share as would have been payable had all shares of Series A Preferred Stock been converted into Common Stock immediately prior to such liquidation, dissolution or winding up or Deemed Liquidation Event. Initially, the liquidation preferences for the shares of Series A Preferred Stock will be $7.79 per share (the "Original Issue Price”).

If, upon such liquidation, dissolution, or winding up or Deemed Liquidation Event, the assets (or the consideration received in a transaction) that are distributable to the holders of Preferred Stock are insufficient to permit the payment to such holders of the full amount of their respective liquidation preference, then all of such funds will be distributed ratably among the holders of the Preferred Stock in proportion to the full amounts to which they would otherwise be entitled to receive.

After the payment of the full liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock, the remaining assets of the Company legally available for distribution (or the consideration received in a transaction), if any, will be distributed ratably to the holders of the Common Stock in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder.

Warrants

The Company has various warrants outstanding that are convertible into shares of its Class A Common Stock. See "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for information on the outstanding warrants of the Company.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

Our A&R Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws contain certain provisions that could have the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another party from acquiring control of us. These provisions, which are summarized below, could discourage takeovers, coercive or otherwise. These provisions are also designed, in part, to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to negotiate first with our Board of Directors. We believe that the benefits of increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with an unfriendly or unsolicited acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging a proposal to acquire us.

Authorized but Unissued Capital Stock

We have authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock, and our Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of one or more series of preferred stock without stockholder approval. These shares could be used by our Board of Directors to make it more difficult or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of us through a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise.

Limits on Stockholder Action to Call a Special Meeting

Our Bylaws provide that special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by our Board of Directors. A stockholder may not call a special meeting, which may delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or for holders controlling a majority of our capital stock to take any action, including the removal of directors.

Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our Board of Directors to fill vacancies or newly created directorships.

If there is a vacancy on our Board of Directors, the majority of the directors then in office may elect a successor to fill any vacancies or newly created directorships. This may also discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect their own slate of directors or otherwise attempt to obtain control of our Company.

THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS

Organizational History

Trust Stamp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on April 11, 2016 as "T Stamp Inc.” The business was originally founded as "T Stamp LLC”, formed on November 9, 2015 as a Georgia limited liability company. In 2016, the Company effected a "hive down” business reorganization whereby the business of the Company was transferred into to a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary, which was T Stamp Inc. (i.e. the Company). As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company is no longer a subsidiary of T Stamp LLC, and T Stamp LLC is no longer a majority owner of the Company.

Overview

Trust Stamp is an artificial intelligence company that develops proprietary identity solutions to help determine whether an individual is who they say they are and that they can be trusted, including Trust Stamp’s AI-powered facial biometrics that establish proof of life and are resistant to presentation attacks. In that example, a biometric capture can be converted into a tokenized identity (IT²) that is unique to the user but cannot be reverse engineered and rebuilt into the user’s face or other biometric data, does not constitute PII.

Each IT²can be stored in an Identity Lake^TM or submitted to a zero-knowledge-proof matcher and compared to all other hashes allowing our AI to predict if a single subject generated two or more IT² even if the subject has passed conventional KYC using (e.g.) falsified identity documents. Using this technology, the users’ IT² can be used for re-authentication purposes including account recovery, password-less login, new account creation etc. across the organization or even within a consortium of organizations all in a low-cost and low friction delivery that is fast and secure.

Our technology is being used for enhanced due diligence, KYC/AML compliance and "second chance” approval for customer onboarding and account access together with the delivery of humanitarian and development services. Using our technology, an enterprise can approve more users, keep bad actors from accessing systems and services and retain existing users with a superior user experience.

We utilize micro-service architecture and highly scalable cloud computing resources with cutting-edge tools, power and agility such as GPU processing, neural networks and a Quantum Ledger Database to process data faster and more effectively than has previously been possible, as well as delivering products at a disruptively low cost that allows usage across multiple industries, including:

Our Background

We entered the market building facial-biometric authentication systems for onboarding, fraud-detection & safety applications. This allowed us to raise capital, generate revenue to fund our core AI microservices, and refine our technology using live data with informed consent from users. Following usage based upon facial biometrics, we started the process of hashing biometric data from 3rd party biometric service providers, initially touchless palm, and fingerprint templates. Our business model is now focused on licensing Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) generating pay-per-use services implementing our hashing technology, limiting future pilots to very-large-scale use cases, using execution partners for commoditized implementations, and deploying our hashing technology with sector leading channel partners.

Business Model

Trust Stamp’s business model is that of a technology licensing company – we license our products to companies that in turn integrate our technology into products and services which they either sell or use for their own purposes. We focus on licensing ARR generating pay-per-use services including:

In addition, we have developed an encrypted e-mail product (Trusted Mail ® www.trustedmail.pro) using our facial recognition technology. This technology is held in a majority owned subsidiary entity: Trusted Mail Inc.

The Market

Trust Stamp considers itself to be in the identity authentication market which is primarily comprised of biometric authentication providers. Trust Stamp’s key sub-markets are identity authentication for the purpose of account opening, access and fraud detection and the creation of tokenized identities to facilitate financial & societal inclusion. Management has evaluated the market potential for its services in part by reviewing the following reports and articles, none of which were commissioned by the Company and none are to be incorporated by reference:

According to a September 2019 article published by Forbes magazine on providing banking services to underserved populations:

One of the biggest contributors to current authentication problems is the use of passwords. Static passwords (i.e. the type of password that we typically use to login to various accounts and services every single day that, for the most part, remains the same from the moment it is created) have a number of weaknesses:

According to a 2015 report published by Oxford University Department of Computer Sciences and Mastercard, 21% of users forget passwords within 2 weeks, 25% of users fail to remember at least 1 password per day, and 1 out of 3 online transactions are abandoned at checkout due to a forgotten password.

On top of this, stored biometric images and templates represent a growing and unquantified financial, security and PR liability and are the subject of growing governmental, media and public scrutiny, since biometric data cannot be "changed” once they are hacked, as they are intimately linked to the user’s physical features and/or behaviors.

With biometric technologies becoming nearly ubiquitous, a range of risks are becoming more prevalent. The popularity of biometric authentication across financial services, employment, travel and healthcare settings inevitably means biometric databases are becoming more accessible to criminals, and the motivation to take over biometric credentials is booming. Even when operating as intended, biometric technology raises privacy concerns which have led to close attention from regulators. Multiple jurisdictions have placed biometrics in a special or sensitive category of personal data and demand much stronger safeguards around collection and safekeeping.

To address this unprecedented danger, Trust Stamp has developed its IT² solutions.

Principal Products and Services

Trust Stamp’s most important technology is the Irreversible Identity Token ^TM (also known as the IT^2TM_, Evergreen Hash^TM, EgHash^TM and MyHash^TM) combined with a data architecture that can use one or multiple sources of biometric or other identifying data. Once a "hash translation” algorithm is created, like-modality hashes are comparable regardless of their origin. The IT² protects against system and data redundancy providing a lifelong "digital-DNA” that can store (or pivot to) any type of KYC or relationship data with fields individually hashed or (salted and) encrypted, facilitating selective data sharing. Products utilizing the IT² are Trust Stamp’s primary products, accounting for the majority of its revenues during the year ended December 31, 2021.

IT² Solutions

The IT² (for Irreversibly Transformed Identity Token) replace biometric templates and scans with meaningless numbers, letters and symbols in order to remove sensitive data from the reach of criminals using a proprietary process by which a deep neural network irreversibly converts biometric and other identifying data, from any source, into the secure tokenized identity. This IT² is unique to the user, is different every time generated from a live subject and cannot be reverse engineered and rebuilt into the user’s face or other original identity data.

Each token can be stored and compared to all other tokens from the same modality allowing the Company’s AI-powered analytics to predict if a single subject has generated two or more tokens, even if the subject has passed conventional KYC using, e.g., falsified identity documents. Using this technology, the users’ IT² can be used for re-authentication purposes including account recovery, password-less login, new account creation, and more across the organization or even within a consortium of organizations, all in a low-cost and low friction delivery that is fast and secure.

Our technology is being used for enhanced due diligence, KYC/AML compliance and "second chance” approval for customer onboarding and account access together with the delivery of humanitarian and development services. The solution allows organizations to approve more users, keep bad actors from accessing systems and services, and retain existing users with a superior user experience.

Our hashing and matching technology can maximize the effectiveness of all types of identity data while rendering it safer to use, store and share. Whatever the source of identity data, it can be stored and compared as an IT². See the chart below for examples.

Distribution

Through licensing we allow customers to utilize our technology in a wide variety of applications. Uses can include (e.g.):

Trust Stamp enters into licensing agreements, typically as a hosted offering, on-premise solution or both, with its customers, pursuant to which the customer pays for the initial product development plus a license fee for the use of Trust Stamp’s technologies on a periodic and/or volume-based basis. In addition to consuming and paying for Trust Stamp’s services for their own use, some key customers also serve as channel partners by offering Trust Stamp products to their own customer base whether as stand-alone products or integrated into their own services as upgraded product offerings.

Competition

We can work with any identity data from any source, potentially breaking vendor, and modality lock-in, but our primary market target is the biometric service industry which is growing exponentially while being threatened by a consumer, media, and legislative backlash against storing biometric data. The IT² can potentially be overlaid on any biometric or other identity data provider.

In general, we compete for customer budget with any company in the identity authentication industry and our business plan calls for our capturing a fraction of one percent of the projected expenditure for biometric authentication services. Major competitors in this space include companies such as NEXT Biometrics, Gemalto, IDEMIA, Synaptics, Cognitec, Innovatrics, Suprema, FaceTec, Rank One Computing, Acuant, Jumio, Onfido and Mitek. However, we believe that, due to the uniqueness of our technology solution, the Company does not at this time have any direct competitors for the core IT² solutions upon which the growth in our business plan is focused.

The commercial advantage of our solution is our ability to work across providers and modalities and we continue to pursue a first-mover advantage including our global-scale-partnership which is achieving a network-effect in the global Humanitarian and Development market. We believe that this combination will make it unattractive for a potential competitor to replicate the 6-years and multi-million dollars that we have already expended to try and circumvent our multiple (and continuing) patent filings and/or offer a parallel product based upon a different technology.

We believe that given sufficient time and resources, we can augment any biometric modalities including face, hand, iris, voice, gait, and behavior together with any other identifying data which places us in a unique position versus providers of biometric services.

We are unaware of any other provider being able to offer or support a proliferation of authentication modalities in this fashion, and therefore, we believe we there are no other companies that directly compete with us in this space. If our go-to-market strategy is successful, biometric service providers can be a channel distributer, and not necessarily a competitor.

Growth Strategy

Our business plan calls for our capturing a small fraction of one percent (1%) of the projected expenditure for biometric authentication services. Our strategy in this respect is to:

Employees

Given the geographic diversity of its team and to facilitate cost-effective administration, Trust Stamp secures the services of its permanent team members through a variety of administrative structures that include wholly owned subsidiaries, professional employer organizations and consulting contracts. The Company currently has 13 full-time and 1 part-time team members that work out of the United States, as well as 28 full-time and 4 part-time team members that work out of Malta. We have 7 full-time team members in Poland and Central Europe and 5 full-time and 4 part-time team members in the United Kingdom as well as 1 full-time team member in the Isle of Man. We have 16 full-time team members working in the Philippines, 12 full-time team members working in Rwanda, 1 part-time team member working in the Netherlands and 7 full-time team members working remotely in India. Our permanent team is augmented as needed by contract development and other staff on both long and short-term basis.

Outsourcing

We design and develop our own products. We use an outsourcing company - 10Clouds - for additional development staff as needed. In addition, we also utilize SourceFit, a company in the Philippines, for PEO services, representing approximately 2-3% of our operating expenses in 2021. As we increase our in-house resources, we anticipate reducing our reliance upon development staff outsourcing. Amazon Web Services provides cloud hosting and processing services, representing approximately 2-3% of our operating expenses in 2021.

Key Customers

Historically, the Company generated most of its income through a relationship with a SP500 bank, in which services were provided pursuant to a Master Software Agreement and statements of work. The scope of services provided to the SP500 bank has grown throughout the relationship and additional growth has been seen in 2020 and 2021. In 2019, 2020 and continuing into 2021 the Company has also expanded its customer base to include relationships with Mastercard, FIS and other customers. In 2020 we engaged in accelerator programs and invested in new business development staff and systems which have led to new customer engagements in 2021 and, while we value the relationship highly, management believes that we are no longer financially dependent on our relationship with the SP500 bank. As an example, the SP500 bank and Mastercard made up 45% of total revenue during the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to 64% of total revenue during the year ended December 31, 2020.

The Company has continued to expand its customer base, such as its contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE”). On September 23, 2021, the Company was awarded a $3,920,764 contract with ICE. This engagement required an investment in productization, business development, and satisfying extensive due diligence processes. Alongside the revenue implications of this specific contract, it is believed that a successful execution may lead to an extension and additional contracts of the same nature with ICE as well as creating an advantage for pursuing new customers. Effective March 27, 2022, Trust Stamp agreed to a bilateral modification of the fixed price purchase order announced in September 2021 with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE”), a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The modification (which has been amended to implement an up to 90 day cessation of performance, as described further below) covers software development and services related to rapid enrolment in the ICE alternative to detention program increases the total contract award value to $7,176,364 from the original $3,920,764 and extends the delivery period until September 26, 2022 (subject to a right of early termination by ICE).

On April 15, 2022, the Company entered into an amendment agreement with to amend the terms of the Company’s modified contract with ICE (the “Amendment”). The Amendment had the effect of implementing a up to 90 day cessation of performance of the Company’s and ICE’s obligations under the ICE Contract previously agreed to be performed between March 27, 2022 and September 26, 2022.

The Amendment was entered into due to a recent change in legislation (enacted through The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022) which requires a Congressional notification in order for ICE to award a contract or subcontract to a particular entity for any pilot or demonstration program that uses more than 5 full-time equivalents or costs in excess of $1,000,000. This change in legislation was retroactively applied to the March 27, 2022 modification to the ICE Contract. The up to 90 day cessation of the ICE Contract provided by the Amendment is intended to allow ICE ample time to obtain a Congressional notification for the modification of the ICE Contract, so that the Company can continue to provide services to ICE under the ICE Contract. A copy of the Amendment is included as Exhibit 6.22 to the offering statement of which this offering circular forms a part.

Regulation

Our business is not currently subject to any licensing requirements in any jurisdiction in which we operate other than the requirement to hold a business license in the City of Atlanta (with which we are in compliance). This does not mean that licensing requirements may not be introduced in one or more jurisdiction in which we operate, and such requirements could be burdensome and/or expensive or even impose requirements that we are unable to meet.

We are subject to substantial governmental regulation relating to our technology and will continue to be for the lifetime of our Company. By virtue of handling sensitive PII and biometric data, we are subject to numerous statutes related to data privacy and additional legislation and regulation should be anticipated in every jurisdiction in which we operate. Example federal (US) and European statutes we could be subject to are:

HIPAA and HITECH

Under the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA”), as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act "HITECH”), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS”) issued regulations that establish uniform standards governing the conduct of certain electronic healthcare transactions and requirements for protecting the privacy and security of protected health information ("PHI”), used or disclosed by covered entities and business associates. Covered entities and business associates are subject to HIPAA and HITECH. Our subcontractors that create, receive, maintain, transmit, or otherwise process PHI on behalf of us are HIPAA "business associates” and must also comply with HIPAA as a business associate.

HIPAA and HITECH include privacy and security rules, breach notification requirements, and electronic transaction standards.

The privacy rules cover the use and disclosure of PHI by covered entities and business associates. The privacy rules generally prohibit the use or disclosure of PHI, except as permitted under certain limited circumstances. The privacy rules also set forth individual patient rights, such as the right to access or amend certain records containing his or her PHI, or to request restrictions on the use or disclosure of his or her PHI.

The security rules require covered entities and business associates to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of electronically transmitted or stored PHI by implementing administrative, physical, and technical safeguards. Under HITECH’s Breach Notification Rule, a covered entity must notify individuals, the Secretary of the HHS, and in some circumstances, the media of breaches of unsecured PHI.

In addition, we may be subject to state health information privacy and data breach notification laws, which may govern the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of health-related and other personal information. State laws may be more stringent, broader in scope, or offer greater individual rights with respect to PHI than HIPAA, and state laws may differ from each other, which may complicate compliance efforts.

Entities that are found to be in violation of HIPAA as the result of a failure to secure PHI, a complaint about our privacy practices or an audit by HHS, may be subject to significant civil and criminal fines and penalties and additional reporting and oversight obligations if such entities are required to enter into a resolution agreement and corrective action plan with HHS to settle allegations of HIPAA non-compliance.

GDPR

The EU-wide General Data Protection Regulation imposes onerous accountability obligations requiring data controllers and processors to maintain a record of their data processing and policies. It requires data controllers to implement more stringent operational requirements for processors and controllers of personal data, including, for example, transparent and expanded disclosure to data subjects (in a concise, intelligible and easily accessible form) about how their personal information is to be used, imposes limitations on retention of information, increases requirements pertaining to health data and pseudonymized (i.e., key-coded) data, introduces mandatory data breach notification requirements and sets higher standards for data controllers to demonstrate that they have obtained valid consent for certain data processing activities. Fines for non-compliance with the GDPR will be significant—the greater of €20 million or 4% of global turnover. The GDPR provides that EU member states may introduce further conditions, including limitations, to make their own further laws and regulations limiting the processing of genetic, biometric or health data.

Intellectual Property

Patents

A summary of the Company’s issued patents and pending patent applications on March 31, 2022 is provided in the table below.

Trademarks

The following is a summary of Trust Stamp’s issued and pending Trademarks as of March 31, 2022.

Subsidiaries and Affiliates

Given the geographic diversity of our team and to facilitate cost-effective administration, Trust Stamp conducts various aspects of its operations through subsidiaries. All subsidiaries share resources across the entire Trust Stamp organization. The officers and directors of Trust Stamp have influence over the operations of all subsidiaries and employees across jurisdictions. Only one of our subsidiaries, Biometric Innovations Limited, has its own management team.

T Stamp Inc. Corporate Structure Chart

TStamp Incentive Holdings LLC. On April 9, 2019, management created a new entity, TStamp Incentive Holdings ("TSIH”) to which the Company issued 1,620,565 shares of Class A Common Stock that the Board of Directors of TSIH could use for employee stock awards in the future. The purpose of the entity was to provide an analogous structure to a traditional stock incentive plan. As of the date of this Offering Circular, 282,565 shares of Class A Common Stock are still held by TSIH – however, all of these shares of Class A Common Stock have been allocated for issuance pursuant to RSUs that vested on January 2, 2022. The Company has no plans to issue additional equity securities to TSIH. As such, once these remaining shares are issued, it is expected this entity will become dormant going forward.

Sunflower Artificial Intelligence Technologies. Based out of Poland, this entity acted as the contracting entity for development contractors in Poland and Central Europe but is now being dissolved as the contractors have entered into direct contracts with T Stamp Inc.

Trusted Mail Inc. The developer of an encrypted e-mail product (Trusted Mail ®) using our Company’s facial recognition technology. The Trusted Mail technology is held by Trusted Mail, Inc., which is our majority-owned subsidiary.

Biometric Innovations Limited (formerly "Trust Stamp Fintech Limited”). Biometric Innovations is our Company’s United Kingdom operating subsidiary. It was established to act as the contracting entity for development contractors in the UK, and has its own board and management team. The purpose of this entity was to establish beachhead operations in the country in order to service a contract entered by the Company with the National Association of Realtors and Property Mark. This entity serves as a sales and marketing function for the product "NAEA” which was developed for the contract between the listed parties. On June 11, 2020, the Company entered into a stock exchange transaction with Biometric Innovations Limited, becoming a 100% owner of the entity. The stock exchange transaction was not pursuant to any formal written agreement.

Trust Stamp Cayman. Trust Stamp Cayman was established with the intention of taking advantage of enterprise grants which were offered by the Cayman National Government’s Enterprise Zone. No operations have been established at this entity as of the date of this Offering Circular.

Trust Stamp Malta Limited. Trust Stamp Malta Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of T Stamp Inc. It operates an R&D Campus in the Republic of Malta, for which it has entered into a lease with a local commercial landlord in Malta, Vassallo Group Realty Ltd. The goal of Trust Stamp Malta Limited is to advance our biometric authentication technology. As part of the creation of this entity, we entered into an agreement with the government of Malta for a potential repayable advance of up to €800,000 to assist in covering the costs of 75% of the first 24 months of payroll costs for any employee who begins 36 months from the execution of the agreement on July 8, 2020.

Trust Stamp Rwanda Limited. The Company opened an office in Rwanda, Africa in April 2021 and signed a one-year lease for office space commencing May 1, 2021 The Company has established an R&D center in Rwanda together with a back-office facility for the purpose of our expansion into Africa.

Metapresence Limited. Trust Stamp established Metapresence Limited on November 23, 2021 as a wholly-owned crypto-asset subsidiary in the Isle of Man. Metapresence Limited participates in The Digital Isle of Man Accelerator Program, which provides access to a range of government services including regulatory acceleration support and guided access into the regulatory sandbox, where flexible licensing conditions enable digital asset businesses to explore opportunities and adapt as the technology evolves.

Non-Operational Subsidiaries

AIID Payments Limited. Established by the Company to provide payments services to NGO’s and other non-profit and social-welfare entities and activities. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the entity has no operations, and is essentially dormant.

T Avatar LLC. Established by the Company to provide anonymized age-verification tools for minors participating in online activities. As of the date of this Offering Circular, the entity has no operations, and is essentially dormant.

Finnovation LLC. Established by the Company to provide an innovative FinTech, Blockchain and Digital Identity innovation incubator. As of the date of this Offering Circular, this entity has no operations, and is essentially dormant.

T Stamp LLC. As described above, the Company was originally founded as "T Stamp LLC”, formed on November 9, 2015 as a Georgia limited liability company. In 2016, the Company effected a "hive down” business reorganization whereby the business of the Company was transferred into to a newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary, which was T Stamp Inc. (i.e. the Company). As of the date of this Offering Circular, the Company is no longer a subsidiary of T Stamp LLC, and T Stamp LLC is no longer a majority owner of the Company. On January 6, 2022 all shares held by T Stamp LLC were distributed to its members on a pro rata basis according to their respective membership interests. As such, as of the date of this Offering Circular, the entity has no operations, and is essentially dormant.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company may be involved in a variety of legal matters that arise in the normal course of business. The Company is not currently involved in any litigation, and its management is not aware of any pending or threatened legal actions relating to its intellectual property, conduct of its business activities, or otherwise. See "Risk Factors” for a summary of risks our Company may face in relation to litigation against our Company.

The Company’s Property

The Company contracts for use of office space at 3017 Bolling Way NE, Floors 1 and 2, Atlanta, Georgia, 30305, United States of America, which serves as its corporate headquarters and primary operational hub. The Company also leases office space (through a subsidiary) in Malta, which primarily serves as a research and development space. The Company contracts for coworking arrangements in other office spaces (either directly or through its subsidiaries) in New York, North Carolina, Cheltenham, the UK and Rwanda, Africa to support its dispersed workforce. Minimum lease commitments related to these agreements are described in Note 14 to the consolidated financial statements included in this offering circular.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal years December 31, 2021 and 2020 should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included in this Offering Circular. You should review the section titled "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” for a discussion of forward-looking statements and the section titled "Risk Factors” for a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis and elsewhere in this The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect our plans, estimates, and beliefs. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.

Overview

T Stamp Inc. was incorporated on April 11, 2016 in the State of Delaware. T Stamp Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively (unless context indicates otherwise) "Trust Stamp”, "We”, or the "Company”) develops and markets identity authentication software solutions for government and enterprise partners and peer-to-peer markets.

Trust Stamp develops proprietary artificial intelligence powered solutions; researching and leveraging cutting edge technology including biometric science, cryptography, and data mining to deliver insightful identity and trust predictions while protecting the user’s privacy and identifying and defending against fraudulent identity attacks. We utilize the cutting-edge power and agility of technologies such as GPU processing, neural networks and edge computing to process data faster and more effectively than has ever previously been possible as well as delivering results at a disruptively low cost for usage across multiple industries, including

During the year ended December 31, 2021, Trust Stamp continued the diversification of our customer network while maintaining service agreements for our three largest clients, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE”), a SP500 bank, and Mastercard, which made up 91% of total revenue during the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to 64% of total revenue during the year ended December 31, 2020. Simultaneously, we increased focus on expanding our marketing efforts in the U.S., U.K., E.U., and Africa to recruit new clients including new vertical engagements with the travel and insurance industries. Our most recent investments include the openings of new offices and the addition of staff in the British Isles, Rwanda, and Malta.

On February 23, 2021, we completed the acquisition of Pixelpin in exchange for $91 thousand of cash. Pixelpin is an image-based "Pin-on-Glass” account access solution that alleviates pain-points of traditional login methods while ensuring the security of authentication. This acquisition further enhances Trust Stamp’s innovative portfolio of technology solutions that enable improved customer experiences and reputation while broadening the scope of internal risk-management strategies and providing additional options for multi-factor authentication.

Our investment in business development generated a growing component of Trust Stamp’s revenue during the year ended December 31, 2021 and has led to a number of engagements with significant clients for proof-of-concept deliveries and new product sales, laying a solid foundation to grow future revenue including annual recurring revenue from access and usage fees.

Our Customers and Business

Trust Stamp increased the concentration of non-affiliated clients generating significant revenue from 3 customers in the year ended December 31, 2020 to 6 customers in the year ended December 31, 2021, with further client-revenue growth achieved and anticipated in 2022.

It was publicly announced in September 2021 that Mastercard’s Community Pass is being implemented for a project between Mastercard and Paycode, with a goal of servicing 30 million customers that are underserved and unbanked in Africa. Given that Trust Stamp’s IT2 and Facial Recognition technologies are utilized within the Mastercard Community Pass platform on a pay-per-use basis, it is anticipated that the implementation will generate substantial pay-per-use revenue over and above guaranteed minimum revenue under the software agreement.

In 2021, we pursued the award of a significant contract with the ICE which required an investment in productization, business development and satisfying extensive due diligence processes. The $3,920,764 contract was awarded September 23, 2021 for commencement of services on September 27, 2021. The Company is performing its obligations under this contract as of the date of this Offering Circular and during the year ended December 31, 2021 recognized $1.7 million in net sales related to this agreement. Alongside the revenue implications of this specific contract, it is believed that a successful execution will lead to extended and additional contracts of the same nature in addition to increasing Trust Stamp’s corporate visibility, reputation, and trust in associated markets.

Trust Stamp continues to expand a robust sales pipeline in the Company’s key markets and the velocity of pipeline growth has increased in 2021. Our pipeline included 55 potential revenue contracts and projects as of December 31, 2021.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company contracted with a third-party software developer to meet the need for additional research and development resources over and above internal resources.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the cost of those services was the largest single expense other than internal employment costs. We have continued scaling our development team in Malta and have established a new development team in Rwanda. The expansion of our internal development teams has required additional hiring, onboarding, training and equipment costs in 2021 but will going forward allow us to substantially increase the percentage of contracts that are serviced internally with an estimated 60% reduction in our per-hour development costs versus contracted services.

Trust Stamp’s key sub-markets are identity authentication for the purpose of account opening, access and fraud detection and the creation of tokenized identities to facilitate financial & societal inclusion.

Key Business Measure

In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we use the following key non-GAAP business measure to help us evaluate our business, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and financial projections, and make strategic decisions.

Adjusted EBITDA

This discussion includes information about Adjusted EBITDA that is not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by U.S. GAAP and is not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure is included below.

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure that represents U.S. GAAP net income (loss) adjusted to exclude (1) interest expense, (2) interest income, (3) provision for income taxes, (4) depreciation and amortization, (5) changes in assets and liabilities, and (6) certain other items management believes affect the comparability of operating results.

Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA, when viewed with our results under U.S. GAAP and the accompanying reconciliations, provides useful information about our period-over-period results. Adjusted EBITDA is presented because management believes it provides additional information with respect to the performance of our fundamental business activities and is also frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of comparable companies. We also rely on Adjusted EBITDA as a primary measure to review and assess the operating performance of our Company and our management, and it will be a focus as we invest in and grow the business.

Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and you should not consider it in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

Due to these limitations, adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our U.S. GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA only as a supplement to our U.S. GAAP results.

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP) loss for the year ended December 31, 2021, decreased by 0.33%, to $5.36 million from $5.38 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. The overall increase/decrease in adjusted EBITDA loss was driven primarily by a $1.40 million increase in gross margin during the year ended December 31, 2021, offset by an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses of $1.94 million during the year ended December 31, 2021. See "Results of Operations” below for further discussion on the drivers behind the increase in gross margin and selling, general and administrative expenses during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Gross sales (non-GAAP)

This discussion includes information about gross sales hat is not prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Gross sales is not based on any standardized methodology prescribed by U.S. GAAP and is not necessarily comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure is included below.

Gross sales for the year ended December 31, 2021 increased 40% to $4.0 million compared to $2.9 million for year ended December 31, 2020. The increase of gross sales in the year ended December 31, 2021 is primarily attributable to new sales of $1.7 million generated through the execution of the ICE contract discussed elsewhere in this Offering Circular. Due to GAAP requirements, we did not include the third-party costs for web hosting in net sales, but instead, reduced Cost of Services.

Financial Highlights (non-GAAP) Three-Months and Year Ended December 31, 2021

Key Business Measures

Net sales for the three months ended December 31, 2021 made up 56.99% of total net sales recognized for the year ended December 31, 2021. This uptick in the fourth quarter is primarily attributable to $1.68 million of recognized revenue from the new $3.92 million ICE contract entered into in September 2021 with an initial term of 6 months. Further, during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2021, the percentage of revenue associated with our other Key Business Measures (loss from operations, adjusted free cash flow, net loss, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA per share, diluted, and net loss per share, diluted) has significantly decreased when compared to the year ended December 31, 2021. The sharp improvement in these margins is primarily attributable to the cost margins associated with the ICE contract being much lower than those associated with the majority of our other revenue agreements. This is indicative of the Company’s transition to lower cost margin contracts which involve semi-customized solutions versus semi-customized solutions which are implemented using semi-customized existing internal-use software.

Adjusted Loss from Operations and Adjusted Operating Margin

Adjusted Free Cash Flow

Adjusted free cash flow margin improved from 203.45% for the year ended December 31, 2021 to 75.40% for the quarter ended December 31, 2021. This improvement is primarily attributable to the margin generated on the new ICE revenue contract, which had services commence during the fourth quarter of 2021. The recognized margin associated with this contract during the fourth quarter was $1.59 million, or 95%, which is significantly higher than our gross margin during the year ended December 31, 2021 of $2.53 million, or 69%.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA margin improved from 145.78% for the year ended December 31, 2021 to 29.23% for the quarter ended December 31, 2021. This margin improvement is primarily attributable to margin generated on the new ICE revenue contract, which had services commenced during the fourth quarter of 2021.

Adjusted EBITDA per Share, Diluted

Components of Results of Operations

Net sales

We derive our revenue primarily from professional services. Most of the revenue is derived from the contract with ICE which amounts to $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Cost of services provided

Cost of services provided generally consists of the cost of hosting fees and cost of labor associated with professional services rendered. Depreciation and amortization expense is not included in cost of services provided.

Further, several projects that were originally in the research and development stage became feasible projects, shifting the allocation of cost from research and development into cost of services provided in the current year as client specific products were implemented using the technologies. This increase of expense allocation is a result of our prior decision to invest more money in research and development in prior periods and our goal of accelerating our product roadmap coming to fruition.

We expect that cost of services provided will increase in absolute dollars as our revenue grows and will vary from period-to-period as a percentage of revenue.

Research and development

Research and development expenses ("R&D”) consist primarily of personnel costs, including salaries and benefits. Personnel costs are allocated to R&D for time spent working on the preliminary project stage and post-implementation maintenance as well as time spent on bug fixes associated with internal-use software activities, front-end application development in which technological feasibility has not been established, and services rendered to customers under funded software-development arrangements.

We plan to continue to invest in personnel to support our research and development efforts. As a result, we expect that research and development expenses will increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest to support these activities.

Selling, general, and administrative

Selling, general, and administrative ("SG&A”) expenses were generally composed of payroll, legal, and professional fees, including an increase in sales commission expense incurred because of new statements of work.

We expect that sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute dollars as we continue to invest in our potential and current customers, in growing our business and enhancing our brand awareness.

Depreciation and amortization

The increase in depreciation and amortization is primarily due to a continued investment in internally developed software which will be used for future productization.

Interest income (expense)

Interest income (expense) consists primarily of interest expense accrued on a promissory notes payable. Additionally, the Company earned interest income in the form of cash back by using its corporate line of credit.

Warrant expense

The warrant expense relates to the warrants issued during the periods presented. For more information on warrants, see Issuances of Equity, Notes, Warrants and SAFEs section below in the document.

Impairment of investment in related party

The impairment of investment in related party relates to Emergent wherein we were informed in April 2021 that Emergent wound up and ceased operations in December 2020 therefore, the investment was written off as a non-operating expense. We note that all purchase orders related to Emergent were fully delivered prior to it winding up and no further obligation to them exists.

Grant income

The Company had grant income primarily related to Trust Stamp Malta’s agreements with Republic of Malta. During July 2020, the Company entered into an agreement with the Republic of Malta that would provide for a grant of up to €200 thousand as reimbursement for operating expenses over the first 12 months following incorporation in the Republic of Malta. The Company was required to provide an initial capital amount of €50 thousand euros, which is matched with a €50 thousand grant.

Other income

Other income is mainly driven by miscellaneous income earned that is unrelated to the main focus of the Company’s business.

Other expense

Other expense is mainly driven by the fact that the Company operates in multiple countries, including the U.K., Malta, and Rwanda, and as such, has certain exchange rate gains and losses associated with converting the foreign currency activity to the Company’s reporting currency, USD.

Results of Operations

The following tables set forth selected consolidated statements of operations data and such data as a percentage of total revenue for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated statements of operations data as a percentage of revenue:

Net sales

Net sales increased by $1.03 million, or 38.9%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was driven by revenue contracts executed by newly acquired and existing customers. Total net sales from new revenue contracts signed in 2021 produced $2.51 million, consisting of  $1.68 million from ICE, $211 thousand from an SP500 bank, a statement of work ("SOW”) from Mastercard for $334 thousand, $224 thousand from FIS, and the remaining $61 thousand from various other new SOW.

Additionally, the Company saw large increases in revenue from SOW that existed in 2020, specifically a 400% increase from an SOW with an SP500 bank, and SOW 6 and 10 with Mastercard that increased by 33.33% and 50.00%, respectively. Finally, and most notably, during the third quarter 2021, the Company executed a 6-month, $3.92 million revenue contract with ICE, which launched in the fourth quarter of 2021 and provides six monthly payments of $653 thousand until its completion on March 27, 2022.

Cost of services provided

Cost of services provided ("COS”) decreased by $369 thousand, or 24.3%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. This decrease was primarily driven by the completion of a contract with Emergent Technology Holdings ("Emergent”) in the year ended December 31, 2020, which accounted for $781 thousand or 51.35% of COS for the year ended December 31, 2020. The reduction of year-over-year ("YOY”) COS, due to the completion of the Emergent contract, was offset in 2021 by a 55.6% increase in COS related to new and existing customer implementations.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, gross profit increased by 124.0% or $1.40 million from $1.13 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 to $2.53 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. Gross margins improved by 26.1% from 42.6% for the year ended December 31, 2020 to 68.7% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

This considerable improvement in gross profit and margin is a result of the Company’s revenue mix transition. Historically, revenue contracts consisted mostly of services-based SOW to build fully customized solutions, which as a result, funded the development of the Company’s internal-use software or microservices. These microservices can be arranged in various ways to deliver semi-customizable solutions for many customers over time. As the Company transitions its revenue mix from fully-custom to semi-custom solutions, using its existing technology, margins improve dramatically as there is a relatively nominal cost to implementing existing technology, which is currently evident in the gross profit margin of the ICE revenue contract. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2021, the ICE revenue contract enjoyed even higher margins than expected due to certain performance obligations that were not fulfilled as of December 31, 2021. The Company anticipates it will incur higher costs in fiscal year 2022 related to other performance obligations under the ICE contract not yet delivered as of December 31, 2021, therefore, the ICE revenue contract is expected to experience lower margins in the first quarter of 2022.

Research and development

Research and development expense decreased by $213 thousand, or 7.8%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease is driven by the $1.00 million in non-cash equity compensation that was awarded to R&D team members for 2019 services and vested on December 8th, 2020 upon the Company’s public listing on Euronext Growth Exchange. This one-off award caused an unusual spike in R&D expenses for 2020. The 2021 R&D expense increases that offset the YOY variance due to the 2019 award spike were driven by the Company’s continued investment in R&D mostly by ramping up headcount during the fiscal years 2020 and 2021. In 2021, the Company’s R&D subsidiary, Trust Stamp Malta Limited, grew its headcount from 23 to 40 full-time equivalents ("FTE”). Additionally, the Company opened its African R&D center, Trust Stamp Rwanda Limited in Rwanda, staffing 11 FTE by the end of 2021. Finally, the Company added 3 new technical staff members in the US to service the ICE contract.

Selling, general, and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expense increased by $1.94 million, or 30.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase is driven mostly by the 64.9% growth in team member headcount and associated overhead for 57 to 94 FTE. Similarly, the addition of new personnel resulted in an increase of $808 thousand in non-cash, stock-based compensation which accounted for 41.7% of the increase. YOY stock-based compensation was driven, in part, by the Company’s stock price input which is used in accounting estimates to determine the non-cash expense for equity contracts. As the Company’s stock price increased from $1.56 to $4.00 YOY, the associated expense increased exponentially.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $168 thousand, or 41.2%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was primarily attributable to depreciation and amortization charged amounting to $67 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021 on assets purchased in Malta to establish research and development center as compared to depreciation and amortization amounting to $9 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase is further attributable to three new patent issuances during the year ended December 31, 2021 which resulted in $34 thousand in additional amortization.

Interest income (expense)

Interest expense decreased by $143 thousand, or 78.1%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease was primarily attributable to conversion of the SixThirty Cyberfund note in June 2020 which produced a one time beneficial conversion expense of $100 thousand. Additionally, Company paid off its promissory note entered with Second Century Ventures ("SCV”) in April 2021.

Change in fair value of warrant liability

The Company recognized a change in fair value of warrant liability for the year ended December 31, 2021 of $87 thousand based on the fair value assessment and adjustment for one warrant liability as described in Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular.

Warrant expense

Warrant expense for the year ended December 31, 2021 is due to sale of warrants to SCV which resulted in a one time non-cash warrant expense of $1.41 million as described below in the "Liquidity and Capital Resources” section of this Offering Circular.

Impairment of investment in related party

Impairment of investment in related party during the year ended December 31, 2020 relates to impairment of investment in Emergent Technology Holdings LLP made by the Company in July 2019 by purchasing 9.62 Class A units from shareholder of the Company in exchange for 2,235,575 shares of Class A Shares of Common Stock in the Company. See Note 16, "Investment in Related Party”, to the consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular.

Grant income

Grant income decreased by $128 thousand, or 67.5%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020. Grant income for both 2020 and 2021 relate to the Business Development and Continuity Scheme grant with the Malta Enterprise for €200 thousand. The grant proceeds were received over a 2 year period and converted from EUR to USD for a total of $251 thousand, of which $189 thousand was received in the year ended December 31, 2020 and the balance of $62 thousand was received in the year ended December 31, 2021.

Other income

Other income decreased by $24 thousand, or 29.8%, for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, which is primarily due to there being no realized foreign currency gains during the year ended December 31, 2021.

Other expense

Other expense increased by $160 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021 compared to the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily due to realized losses related to the fluctuation in foreign currency balances and other miscellaneous non-operating expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, we had approximately $3.48 million and $1.47 million cash in our banking accounts, respectively, with total current assets of $5.76 million and $2.08 million, respectively. The increase in current assets is mostly due to the timing of capital expenditures and fundraising cycles. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company spent considerable resources to launch a round of funding that, by year-end, raised approximately $5.50 million under Regulation CF, Regulation D, and Regulation S in preparation for its Nasdaq listing. See below for more details on these offerings.

Also, we have experienced a decrease in current liabilities of 2.10%. As of December 31, 2021, our current liabilities totaled $2.40 million, as compared to $2.45 million at December 31, 2020. This difference is primarily attributable to changes in timing of deferred revenue and customer deposit liabilities coupled with the payoff of nonconvertible notes payable during the year ended December 31, 2021. In both periods, there are timing related variances in revenue recognition that resulted in more deferred revenue and customer deposit liabilities recorded as of December 31, 2021 than the deferred revenue and customer deposit liabilities recorded as of December 31, 2020. Various statements of work that existed as deferred revenue and customer deposit liabilities as of December 31, 2020 subsequently were recognized during the year ended December 31, 2021. Additionally, the Company had a reduction in our current debt due to the payoff of our venture loan to SCV in April 2021 as well as a decrease in our payable accounts due to the drop in third-party developer billings. As a result of the foregoing, as of December 31, 2021, the Company had a positive working capital balance of $3.36 million, and an accumulated deficit of $27.21 million.

Effective September 3, 2019, the Company entered into a software license agreement with ICE pursuant to which the Company received total fees of $150,000 in 2020 and will receive minimum total fees of $200,000 in 2021, $250,000 in 2022, rising by 15% in each subsequent year beginning in 2023 with a cap of $1.0 million. The Company has recognized $200 thousand of the software license agreement fees for the year ended December 31, 2021. Effective March 27, 2022, Trust Stamp agreed to a modification of this contract with ICE, increasing the total contract award value to $7,176,364 from the original $3,920,764 and extending the delivery period until September 26, 2022 (subject to a right of early termination by ICE). However, due to a recent change in legislation (enacted through The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022) which requires a Congressional notification in order for ICE to award a contract or subcontract to a particular entity for any pilot or demonstration program that uses more than 5 full-time equivalents or costs in excess of $1,000,000, effective April 15, 2022, the Company entered into an the Amendment with ICE to amend the terms of the Company’s Services Contract Extension with ICE, implementing an up to 90-day cessation of performance of the Company’s and ICE’s obligations. This change in legislation was retroactively applied to the March 27, 2022 modification to the ICE Contract. The up to 90 day cessation of the ICE Contract provided by the Amendment is intended to allow ICE ample time to obtain a Congressional notification for the modification of the ICE Contract, so that the Company can continue to provide services to ICE under the ICE Contract.

On March 12, 2021, the Company launched a Regulation D raise limited to accredited investors for a maximum of $5.00 million or 1,633,986 shares. The raise was marketed only to the Company’s existing investor email list with an initial minimum investment of $25 thousand and a share price of $3.06 per share. The initial tranche of the round closed on April 5, 2021 with $3.9 million of reserved investment with the contracted sale of 1,279,825 shares of Class A Common Stock. After the initial tranche, on April 6, 2021, the Company then offered up to $700 thousand or 182,291 of additional shares, again only to accredited investors, with a $5 thousand minimum investment and at a share price of $3.84 per share. The second tranche of the round closed on June 4, 2021 with $88 thousand of reserved investment at $3.84 per share with the contracted sale of 21,400 shares of Class A Common Stock.

On August 25, 2021, the Company launched concurrent offerings under Regulation Crowdfunding ("Regulation CF”), Regulation D, and Regulation S. The Company initially sought to raise up to $5.00 million in aggregate between the three offerings through the sale of units, but had the discretion to accept up to $5.00 million in each offering. Each unit consists of 1 share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 1 warrant to purchase 1 share of Class A Common Stock of the Company in a future registered or exempt offering of the Company (i.e. a Regulation CF, Regulation D, or Regulation S Warrant, as applicable). The minimum target amount under the Regulation CF offering was $100 thousand, which the Company achieved.

On November 19, 2021, we closed the Regulation CF offering, having received binding commitments for 1,250,000 units at $4.00 per unit for a total of $5,000,000 in gross proceeds. We continued to hold closings on investments from investors who subscribed prior to November 19, 2021. We raised a final total of $4,551,900 in gross proceeds from the issuance of 1,137,975 Regulation CF units to investors in this offering.

On January 7, 2022, we closed the public portion of the Regulation D offering. We raised a final total of $863,956 in gross proceeds from the issuance of 215,989 Regulation D units to investors in this offering. We conducted an additional close on February 2, 2022, receiving gross proceeds of $100,000 and issuing 25,000 Regulation D units to that investor.

On January 7, 2022, we closed the Regulation S offering. We raised a final total of $224,416 in gross proceeds from the issuance of 56,104 Regulation S units to investors in this offering.

On September 23, 2021, the Company was awarded a $3,920,764 contract with ICE. A copy of this agreement is filed as Exhibit 6.15 to this offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part. Alongside the revenue implications of this specific contract, it is believed that a successful execution will lead to extended and additional contracts of the same nature with ICE.

On December 21, 2021, REach® executed a Notice of Exercise for its warrants to purchase 400,641 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.1664 per share for a total purchase price of $67 thousand.

On December 21, 2021, SCV executed a Notice of Exercise for certain of its warrants to purchase 2,037,560 shares of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.60 per share for a total purchase price of $3.3 million.

The Company believes that revenues from its existing clients, without any new contracts (i.e. a renewal of the ICE contract described above) or proceeds from the Company’s current capital raising efforts, will provide it with adequate amounts of cash to meet the Company’s needs in the short-term (i.e., the next 12 months) and in the long-term (i.e., beyond the next 12 months).

The Company expects that human resources costs – i.e., compensation for new and existing officers, directors, and employees – will be the largest material cash obligation for the Company within the next 12 months, with projected human resources costs totaling approximately $750,000 per month. The Company believes, as described above, cash on hand combined with revenues from its existing operations will be sufficient to cover these costs, and that any funds from new client contracts or offerings would provide additional operational capacity for the Company going forward.

Issuances of Equity, Notes, Warrants and SAFEs

Series A Preferred Stock offering. On July 17, 2020, we closed our Series A Preferred Stock offering, which utilized Regulation A under the Securities Act of 1933 and was qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC”) on May 5, 2020. The offering involved sales through a combination of private placements, including through issuance of convertible notes, and investments through the SeedInvest platform. We issued through a conversion of convertible instruments or sold a total of 1,264,452 shares of Series A Preferred Stock at an offering price of $7.79 per share. Gross proceeds raised from this offering were $8.4 million in total and offering costs were $1 million resulting in net cash proceeds of $7.4 million.

As part of this offering, two buyers were also able to purchase shares of Class A Shares of Common Stock for $0.01 per share while paying a price of $7.79 per share for Series A Preferred Stock for a total purchase price of $475 thousand. As a result, the proceeds were allocated between the Series A Preferred Stock and common shares on a relative fair value basis resulting in the recognition of $366 thousand as Series A Preferred Stock and $109 thousand to Class A Common Stock. Gross and net proceeds disclosed above have been adjusted for this allocation.

In addition to the gross cash proceeds above, as part of the Series A Preferred Stock raise, the Company also reserved common shares for stock options and restricted stock awards granted to employees in 2020 with a grant date fair value of $631 thousand, we exchanged $400 thousand of common shares for a portion of the outstanding Emergent SAFE as discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular, and we sold warrants for Class A Shares of Common Stock for in exchange for the extinguishment of a SAFE for $125 thousand, $300 thousand in cash and $300 thousand in prepaid sponsorship value for an accelerator program which is further discussed below.

As of September 8, 2020, the Company and most of the Series A Preferred Stockholders voted to convert all Series A Preferred Stock to shares of Class A Common Stock, and it was effective on that date.

Regulation D Common Stock offering. See more information on Regulation D fundraising in Liquidity and Capital Resources disclosure above.

Convertible Notes. On December 16, 2016, we entered a convertible promissory note with an investor in which we received $100 thousand through the issuance of the convertible promissory note and a warrant to purchase $50 thousand of Class A Shares of Common Stock. The principal, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, was initially due on December 16, 2018 and was not pre- payable unless there is a change in control. An extension was granted by the investor to extend the maturity date to June 30, 2020. The convertible notes included several conversion terms, including one around qualified financing where if our next financing occurred on or before the maturity date, and we raised $2 million or more in case, the note would be converted into preferred stock. The qualified financing term was triggered for this convertible note payable when $2 million was raised prior June 30, 2020 as discussed above. Therefore, this convertible note, along with all accrued interest, totaling $118 thousand was converted to 68,203 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, considering the valuation cap, and is no longer reflected as outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

On December 3, 2019, we entered a convertible promissory note with a customer in which they received $700 thousand. All unpaid principal and accrued interest were due on December 31, 2020 (i.e. the maturity date). However, in the event that the note was not converted into equity securities of the Company, the maturity date would be extended to December 31, 2025. The convertible note included several conversion terms, including one around qualified financing where if we issued and sold shares of our preferred stock for aggregate gross proceeds of at least $3 million (including this Note but excluding all proceeds from the incurrence of all other prior indebtedness that is converted into such preferred stock, or otherwise cancelled in consideration for the issuance of such preferred stock) with the principal purpose of raising capital, the note would be converted into preferred stock. The qualified financing term was triggered for this convertible note payable as $3 million was raised prior June 30, 2020 as discussed above. Therefore, the convertible note was converted to 89,859 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and is no longer reflected as outstanding as of December 31, 2020.

During 2020, we issued $45 thousand in convertible debt to the advisor. As of December 31, 2020, we had converted the $45 thousand in convertible debt to Series Preferred Stock at a value of $7.79 per share, and ultimately into Common Stock on December 8, 2020.

Non-Convertible Promissory Notes Payable. On April 22, 2020, the Company entered into a promissory note for $350 thousand with Second Century Ventures ("SCV”) in which the Company received net proceeds of $345 thousand after issuance costs. The unpaid principal, together with any then unpaid and accrued interest and any other amounts payable was due and payable on April 22, 2021 or in an event of default or a change in control as defined in the agreement. The note accrued interest at a rate of 8% per annum, compounded monthly. The note was repaid in a timely manner.

With the issuance of the note on April 22, 2020, the Company entered into a warrant agreement to purchase Class A Shares of Common Stock of the Company with SCV. The warrant agreement issued SCV a warrant to purchase 75,000 shares at a strike price of $0.002 per share through April 22, 2021. At the expiration of the warrant agreement the warrants will be automatically exercised if the fair market value of the exercise shares exceeds the exercise price. If at any time during the term the fair market value of the exercise shares exceeds five times the exercise price the Company shall provide SCV written notice and SCV may elect to exercise the warrant. If at any time during the term of the warrant agreement any portion of the Class A Shares of Common Stock are converted to other securities the warrants shall become immediately exercisable for that number of shares of the other securities that would have been received if the warrant agreement had been exercised in full prior to the conversion and the exercise price shall be adjusted. We determined that the appropriate classification of this warrant was as an equity instrument that will not be subject to fair value remeasurement going forward.

As the promissory notes issued included equity classified warrants issued, U.S. GAAP requires that the proceeds from the sale of debt instruments with a separate equity instrument be allocated to the two elements based upon the relative fair values of the debt instrument without the warrant and of the warrant itself at the time of issuance. The portion of the proceeds allocated to the Class A Shares of Common Stock shall be accounted for within stockholders’ equity as additional paid-in capital and recorded as a debt discount and be charged to interest expense over the life of the convertible notes. The remainder of the proceeds shall be allocated to the debt instrument portion of the transaction. The value of the promissory note was allocated on a relative fair value basis between the note and the warrants. This allocation based upon relative fair values of the promissory note and warrant resulted in an amount of $88 thousand being allocated to the equity warrants and $262 thousand being allocated to the promissory notes, resulting in the same amount representing a discount to the promissory note. Accretion expense of $62 thousand was recorded and interest payable of $20 thousand was accrued related to these notes during the year ended December 31, 2020.

On June 11, 2020 we entered into an agreement with Emergent, as described below, whereby their SAFE would be extinguished in exchange for several forms of consideration. As part of that agreement, one form of consideration is that the Company issued promissory notes to Emergent in the amount of $387 thousand which is due in two tranches in August and September 2020. No interest is due and payable under these notes if we pay by the maturity dates previously described. We paid within the maturity date.

Warrants. In January 2020, the Company has issued to an investor a warrant to purchase 932,210 shares of the Company’s Class A Shares of Common Stock at an exercise of $1.60 per share in exchange for the cancellation of a $100 thousand SAFE issued on August 18, 2017 by the Company’s affiliate Trusted Mail Inc. with an agreed value of $125 thousand. See Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular for the reduction in SAFE liability for this amount. The warrants were issued on January 23, 2020. There is no vesting period, and the warrants expire on December 20, 2024.

In January 2020, the Company has issued to an investor a warrant to purchase 4,660,555 shares of the Company’s Class A Shares of Common Stock at a strike price of $1.60 per share in exchange for $300 thousand in cash and "Premium” sponsorship status with a credited value of $100 thousand per year for 3 years totaling $300 thousand. This "premium” sponsorship status provides the Company with certain benefits in marketing and networking, such as the Company being listed on the investor’s website, as well providing the Company certain other promotional opportunities organized by the investor. The warrants were issued on January 23, 2020. There is no vesting period, and the warrants expire on December 20, 2024.

The fair value of the two warrants above issued in January 2020 was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton model and was valued using the following assumptions: fair value of Class A Shares of Common Stock of $1.56, exercise price of $1.60 risk free interest rate of 1.58%, dividend yield of 0%, expected volatility of 44%, and contractual term of two years. The total fair value of these warrants was determined to be $2.1 million and is recorded in the consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity (deficit). Thus, fair value is $1.4 million in excess of the total consideration received for the warrants of $725 thousand. This amount is expensed within the consolidated statement of operation.

Emergent and Tripartite Agreement

The Company and Emergent entered into a SAFE in which Emergent obtained the right to shares of the Company’s stock (purchase amount of $2.1 million and valuation cap of $20 million) that would be exercised upon a qualified equity financing. A put option also exists in this agreement in which at the earlier of 18 months from the agreement date and the date on which the Company has raised more than $7 million of qualified equity financing, Emergent may require repayment of the unrepaid element of the purchase amount and the Company would be required to make such repayment.

On February 4, 2020, the Company entered into a tripartite agreement with Emergent and 10Clouds whereby:

On June 11, 2020, the Company entered into an additional agreement with Emergent whereby:

The intention of the above services and transactions is to wholly settle the SAFE and as of December 31, 2020, the Emergent SAFE was extinguished in full. The Company converted the $200 thousand SAFE note into 25,674 shares of Series A Preferred Stock which was subsequently converted to Class A Shares of Common Stock on September 8, 2020 along with all shares of Series A Preferred Stock.

Regulation A Warrant Offering. On January 26, 2022, the Company commenced an offering pursuant to Regulation A in which it qualified for issuance 1,435,068 shares of our Class A Common Stock that may be issued upon exercise of the warrants of the Company issued in the Company’s Regulation Crowdfunding offering (the "Reg CF Warrants”), the Company’s Regulation D offering (the "Reg D Warrants”), and the Company’s Regulation S offering (the "Reg S Warrants”). The Reg CF Warrants, Reg D Warrants, and Reg S Warrants are exercisable into Class A Common Stock of our Company at an exercise price of $4.00 per share, for maximum gross proceeds of $5,740,272. As of April 6, 2022, the Company has received $57 thousand in proceeds from the exercise of 14,250 warrants in this offering.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020:

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities of $6.71 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily related to net loss of $9.06 million and changes in net operating assets and liabilities of $1.36 million which is offset by non-cash charges of $2.78 million related to stock based compensation and $574 thousand related to depreciation and amortization expense. The net change in operating assets and liabilities were primarily due to an increase in accounts receivable of $1.14 million, increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $538 thousand, increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $177 thousand, an increase in deferred revenue of $34 thousand, and an increase in customer deposit liabilities of $280 thousand.

Net cash used in operating activities of $4.48 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 was primarily related to net loss of $10.68 million and change in net operating and assets and liabilities of $1.3 million which is offset by non-cash charges of $2.52 million related to stock based compensation, depreciation and amortization expense of $406 thousand, noncash warrant expense of $1.41 million, non-cash revenue related to Emergent termination of $904 thousand, and the write off of investment in Emergent amounting to $962 thousand. The net change in operating assets and liabilities were primarily due to an increase in other assets of $151 thousand, increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $985 thousand, increase in related party payables of $250 thousand and an increase in deferred revenue of $328 thousand.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities of $768 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2021 was related to amount capitalized for internal developed software of $482 thousand, cost related to patent application of $161 thousand, acquisition of Pixelpin intangible assets of $91 thousand, and purchases of property and equipment of $34 thousand.

Net cash used in investing activities of $512 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2020 was related to amount capitalized for internal developed software of $360 thousand, cost related to patent application of $22 thousand and purchase of property and equipment of $130 thousand.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities of $9.35 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 was primarily related to proceeds from issuance of common stock for $8.76 million, soft loan and grant proceeds from the government of Malta of $856 thousand, and the repayment of the promissory note payable with SCV of $344 thousand.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $6.09 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 was primarily related to proceeds from issuance of Series A preferred stock of $6.80 million, proceeds from issuance of common stock of $264 thousand, proceeds from issuance of Series A preferred stock warrants of $300 thousand, proceeds from debt of $345 thousand which was offset by issuance cost of $1.00 million and repayment of SAFE note of $607 thousand.

Liquidity

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. The Company is a business that has not yet generated profits with a loss in the year ended December 31, 2021 of $9.06 million, operating cash outflows of $6.71 million for the same period, and an accumulated deficit of $27.21 million as of December 31, 2021.

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern in the next twelve months following the date the consolidated financial statements were available to be issued is dependent upon its ability to produce revenues and/or obtain financing sufficient to meet current and future obligations and deploy such to produce profitable operating results. Management has evaluated these conditions and due to the capital raise as discussed in Note 17 to the consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing elsewhere in this Offering Circular, we believe that we have sufficient liquidity to support the planned operations of our business for twelve months from the date these financials are issued.

Commitments and Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our non-cancellable contractual obligations as of December 31, 2021:

The contractual commitment amounts in the table above are associated with agreements that are enforceable and legally binding. Obligations under contracts that we can cancel without a significant penalty are not included in the table above.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have, during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, any off-balance sheet financing arrangements or any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, including entities sometimes referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, that were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, as well as related disclosures. We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our actual results could differ from these estimates.

The critical accounting policies and estimates, assumptions and judgments that we believe have the most significant impact on our consolidated financial statements are described below.

Capitalized Internal-Use Software, Net

Costs related to software acquired, developed, or modified solely to meet our internal requirements, with no substantive plans to market such software at the time of development are capitalized. The Company capitalizes eligible costs to develop internal-use software that are incurred subsequent to the preliminary project stage through the development stage. These costs consist of personnel costs (including related benefits and stock-based compensation) that are incurred during the application development stage. Costs incurred during the preliminary project stage and during the post implementation operational stage are expensed as incurred. Maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. The estimated useful life of costs capitalized is evaluated for each specific project. Actual economic lives may differ from estimated useful lives. Periodic reviews could result in a change in estimated useful lives and therefore changes in amortization expense in future periods.

Revenue Recognition

The Company derives its revenue primarily from professional services. Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control of promised products and services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for those products or services. If the consideration promised in a contract includes a variable amount, the Company includes an estimate of the amount it expects to receive or the total transaction price if it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur.

The Company determines the amount of revenue to be recognized through the application of the following steps:

At contract inception, the Company will assess the services agreed upon within each contract and assess whether each service is distinct and determine those that are performance obligations. The Company then recognizes as revenue the amount of the transaction price that is allocated to the respective performance obligation when (or as) the performance obligation is satisfied. In general, each contract with a customer consists of a single performance obligation to perform services in which revenue is recognized when the service has been delivered.

During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into a significant contract with ICE that contained multiple performance obligations, including software application development, phones, and services to assist ICE. The Company allocates the transaction price for this contract based on the stand-alone selling price of each performance obligation. The Company uses the expected cost-plus margin approach for determining the stand-alone selling prices of the phones and services to assist ICE, as this is believed to be the most accurate method of allocating the transaction price to these performance obligations, maximizing the use of observable inputs. As the Company does not have a similar software application that has been sold to another customer, the Company uses the residual approach for determining the stand-alone selling price of the software application development by subtracting the sum of the stand-alone selling prices for the phones and services to assist ICE from the total transaction price.

Contract Balances

The timing of customer billing and payment relative to the start of the service period varies from contract to contract; however, the Company bills many of its customers in advance of the provision of services under its contracts, resulting in contract liabilities consisting of either deferred revenue (a "contract liability”) or customer deposit liabilities. Deferred revenue represents billings under noncancelable contracts before the related product or service is transferred to the customer. Such amounts are recognized by the Company over the life of the contract upon meeting the revenue recognition criteria, but generally within one year. Customer deposit liabilities consist of billings or payments received in advance of the start of the contractual term or for anticipated revenue generating activities for the portion of a contract term that is subject to cancellation for convenience. Certain of the Company’s arrangements generally include terms that allow the customer to terminate the contract for convenience and receive a refund of the amount of the customer deposit for the percentage of the work not performed prior to the notice of termination. In these arrangements, the Company concluded there are no enforceable rights and obligations after such notice period and therefore the consideration received or due from the customer that is subject to termination for convenience is recorded as customer deposit liabilities.

The payment terms and conditions vary by contract; however, the Company’s terms generally require payment within 30 to 60 days from the invoice date. In instances where the timing of revenue recognition differs from the timing of payment, the Company elected to apply the practical expedient in accordance with ASC 606 to not adjust contract consideration for the effects of a significant financing component as the Company expects, at contract inception, that the period between when promised goods and services are transferred to the customer and when the customer pays for those goods and services will be one year or less. As such, the Company determined its contracts do not generally contain a significant financing component.

Costs to Obtain and Fulfill Contracts

Incremental costs of obtaining a contract include only those costs that are directly related to the acquisition of contracts, including sales commissions, and that would not have been incurred if the contract had not been obtained. The Company recognizes an asset for the incremental costs of obtaining a contract with a customer if it is expected that the economic benefit and amortization period will be longer than one year. Costs to obtain contracts were not material in the periods presented. The Company recognizes an asset for the costs to fulfill a contract with a customer if the costs are specifically identifiable, generate or enhance resources used to satisfy future performance obligations, and are expected to be recovered. Costs to fulfill contracts were not material in the periods presented.

Remaining Performance Obligation

Our remaining performance obligations are comprised of product and services revenue not yet delivered.

Stock-Based Compensation

The Company accounts for its stock-based compensation arrangements at fair value. Fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of grant using either the Black-Scholes-Merton Model for stock options granted or using the fair value of a common stock for grants and restricted stock units. The calculated fair value is recognized as expense over the requisite service period, net of estimated forfeitures, using the straight-line method.

Income Taxes

The Company records a provision for income taxes for the anticipated tax consequences of the reported results of operations using the asset and liability method. Under this method, the Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes and the tax bases of assets and liabilities, as well as for loss and tax credit carryforwards. The deferred assets and liabilities are measured using the statutorily enacted tax rates anticipated to be in effect when those tax assets and liabilities are expected to be realized or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date.

A valuation allowance is established if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company considers all available evidence, both positive and negative, including historical levels of income, expectations and risks associated with estimates of future taxable income in assessing the need for a valuation allowance.

The Company’s tax positions are subject to income tax audits by multiple tax jurisdictions. The Company recognizes the tax benefit of an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not the position will be sustainable upon examination by the taxing authority, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes. This evaluation is based on all available evidence and assumes that the tax authorities have full knowledge of all relevant information concerning the tax position. The tax benefit recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit which is more likely than not (greater than 50% likely) to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the taxing authority. The Company recognizes interest accrued and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. The Company makes adjustments to these reserves in accordance with the income tax guidance when facts and circumstances change, such as the closing of a tax audit or the refinement of an estimate. To the extent that the final tax outcome of these matters is different from the amounts recorded, such differences may affect the provision for income taxes in the period in which such determination is made and could have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition and operating results.

Simple Agreements for Future Equity ("SAFEs”)

The Company has issued several SAFEs in exchange for cash financing. These funds were classified as long-term liabilities The Company accounted for its SAFEs as liability derivatives under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging. If any changes in the fair value of the SAFEs occurred, the Company would have recorded such changes through earnings, under the guidance prescribed by ASC 825-10.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

For information on recently issued accounting pronouncements, refer to Note 1 to the financial statements included under the Consolidated Financial Statements section below

MANAGEMENT

*Independent Director

Our directors are appointed for a one-year term to hold office until the next annual general meeting of our stockholders or until removed from office in accordance with our bylaws. Our officers are appointed by our board of directors and hold office until removed by the board. All officers and directors listed above will remain in office until the next annual meeting of our stockholders, and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.

Set forth below is a brief description of the background and business experience of our current executive officers and directors.

Gareth Genner, Chief Executive Officer, Director

With over 20 years’ experience in founding, operational and advisory capacities, Gareth provides Trust Stamp with technical, managerial, and visionary skills, as well as legal expertise. Gareth has successfully conceptualized, implemented, scaled, and exited multiple businesses including a cloud storage enterprise which was sold, and an online educational platform which was acquired by a non-profit educational entity. Immediately prior to T Stamp Inc. Gareth served as full-time CEO of Edevate LLC, and President of Pontifex University as well as part-time Chancellor of Holy Spirit College. Gareth now serves as unpaid President of Pontifex University and Holy Spirit College which are merged and managed by a professional team. A British lawyer by training, Gareth holds a U.S. LLM in International Taxation & Financial Service Regulation.

Andrew Gowasack, President, Director

An economist by education, Andrew began his career in financial services sales and marketing. Although Trust Stamp is Andrew’s first start-up, he has immersed himself in the lean-start-up environment by completing multiple incubator programs, each of which programs provided a unique perspective and honed a distinct set of startup skills. Andrew is actively committed to ongoing learning, studying at world-class institutions. He completed Harvard Business School’s HBX CORe program and, through MIT Sloan School of Management, he has completed courses in design thinking and business innovation and application of blockchain technologies. Prior to joining Trust Stamp Andrew worked at Ashford Advisers, a financial services company, where he worked as a Marketing Coordinator. As President, Andrew oversees business development and operations and acts as Chief Product Evangelist.

Alex Valdes, Chief Financial Officer, Board Secretary

Before graduating college, Alex founded and operated four separate companies to pay his way through college. Before graduating, Alex spent 15 months studying abroad in Mexico where he launched an innovative microfinance lending system in partnership with the Yucatan State Department of Economic Development. From 2007 to 2012, Alex successfully exited each of the businesses and completed his degree in accounting at The University of Georgia. Alex qualified as both a CMA and CPA and worked in public accounting from 2014 to 2016 as a strategy consultant. In January of 2016, Alex became an Advisor for Trust Stamp. After 9 months as an Advisor, Alex joined the Company full-time and now serves as the Chief Financial Officer, EVP, & Board Secretary.

Andrew Scott Francis, Chief Technology Officer

Prior to joining Trust Stamp as CTO, Scott served for 9 years in the Program Management Office with Google. This role was very entrepreneurial in nature as he was tasked with helping oversee the creation and development of a global PMO team spread across multiple data centers across the US and Europe, essentially acting as a startup intrapreneur. Prior to Google, Scott served for 10 years in a number of startup companies in Atlanta, Austin and Silicon Valley in software programming, management, and configuration management roles. As CTO, Scott oversees the Company’s software development team and programs, has responsibility for the Company’s hardware and software assets and plays a key role in working with the Company’s clients on all technical aspects of the relationship.

Mark Birschbach, Independent Director

Mark is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Business, Innovation & Technology at the National Association of REALTORS. Mark and his team drive innovation in real estate and benefits to NAR members through strategic relationships with a broad range of business and technology players around the globe. Those strategic relationships drive significant non-dues revenue, return on investment, and cost savings to NAR members. Mark drives the success NAR’s tech investment portfolio through Second Century Ventures, the most active investor in real estate technology; the award-winning REACH technology accelerator, with operations in the US, Australia, Canada and the UK; Mark leads NAR’s strategy and innovation efforts through the creation of NAR’s Emerging Technology group, the Innovation, Opportunity, and Investment (iOi) Summit, NAR’s Strategic Think Tank, Big Tech Initiatives, and other strategic projects. Mark also leads NAR’s Realtor Benefits® Program, NAR’s top level domain businesses with .realtor and .realestate, NAR’s Products business, MVP program; manages NAR’s relationship with Move Inc., operator of Realtor.com.

David Story, Chairman of the Board

David is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors with a focus on commercial real estate investment and portfolio management. David is Managing Director of Trust Stamp’ UK subsidiary and Chairman of the Board. For more than three decades, David has worked alongside Gareth in multiple ventures in parallel to building and managing his own commercial property investment portfolio and serving as a consultant to several property investment enterprises. David has served in management, operational and advisory capacities in multiple European ventures and brings strong analytical and consensus building skills to the Trust Stamp team.

Joshua Allen, EVP, Director

Josh joins Trust Stamp as EVP of Mergers and Acquisitions in addition to serving as a director, having spent over 20 years in private equity, venture capital, and non-profit management. He serves on the Board of Directors of several charitable and educational organizations. Josh has applied entrepreneurial models of operation to several US domestic and international non-profit organizations, transforming them into effective leaders in their respective spaces. Josh’s M&A transactional expertise is centered around financial services and technology.

William McClintock, Independent Director

Bill McClintock is a well-respected figure within the United Kingdom property market, having been involved in real estate for over fifty years. During that time, he had also been Managing Director of Royal Life Estates South with a chain of two hundred and fifty offices. He successfully exited Cornerstone Estate Agencies (three hundred and forty-seven offices), when it was purchased from Abbey National plc., and subsequently joined Hamptons as International Development Director with specific responsibility for business generated in the markets of Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. In 2003 he became the Chief Operating Officer of The Ombudsman for Estate Agents for the UK and in 2007 became Chairman, a post he held until the end of 2015.

Kristin Stafford, Independent Director

Kristin Stafford is a successful serial entrepreneur specializing in SaaS and enterprise platforms supporting global compliance and background screening. Kristin is the co-founder and CEO of Vital4, a global enterprise, cloud-based platform, which provides instant data screening to support compliance, background screening, due diligence and more, on a global scale. Kristin has served as CEO of Vital4 from its inception in February 2016, and still serves as its CEO as of the date of this this Offering Circular.

Kristin is the co-founder and former managing partner of one of the first independent wholesale international background screening firms in the US – International Screening Solutions, Inc. Kristin managed and developed the Company from 2009 and 2015, helping to lead the Company from the ground-up into a multi-million-dollar business that recently sold the platform she designed to Dun and Bradstreet in 2021.

Kristin has more than 20 years of experience in operations management, process architecture and software development. She has organized and managed teams of over 100 employees and consultants and brings to the table a vast array of experience in facilitating the requirements of corporate clients in the development and implementation of operations systems management and software development. Before entering the international background screening space, she managed the financial operations of a large Atlanta-based financial services corporation, served as a senior consultant for Delta Technology and Northern Trust Bank and held a management role within a start-up division of GE Capital.

In her off time, Kristin is usually found surrounded by family and friends, or travelling with her three children, husband Scott, and her three fur babies Chubbs, Mable and Dipper.

Berta Pappenheim, Independent Director

Berta Pappenheim is the CEO and Co-Founder of The CyberFish Company, an organizational psychology and industry leading cyber security company that assesses and improves cybersecurity incident response capabilities of its clients. Prior to co-founding The CyberFish in January 2018, Berta worked as an occupational psychologist, delivering competency-based assessment programs in the financial and professional services, natural resources and manufacturing industries. From July 2012 to January 2017, Berta was the Managing Director of a cyber threat intelligence consulting firm, Tempest Security Intelligence, where she established and cultivated the firm’s first international office in the UK.

Berta holds a Masters in Social Sciences from the University of Linköping in Sweden and currently studies towards an MSc in Neuroscience at King’s College London.

Family Relationships

There are no family relationships among any of our executive officers and directors.

Corporate Governance

Board of Directors and Board Committees

We have listed our shares of Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market. Under the rules of Nasdaq, "independent” directors must make up a majority of a listed company’s Board of Directors. In addition, applicable Nasdaq rules require that, subject to specified exceptions, each member of a listed company’s audit and compensation committees be independent within the meaning of the applicable Nasdaq rules. Audit committee members must also satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.

Our Board of Directors currently consists of eight (8) members. Our Board of Directors has determined that Mark Birschbach, William McClintock, Kristin Stafford and Ms. Berta Pappenheim qualify as independent directors in accordance with the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq listing requirements. Messrs. Genner, Gowasack, Allen, and Story are not considered independent. Nasdaq’s independence definition includes a series of objective tests, such as that the director is not, and has not been for at least three (3) years, one of our employees and that neither the director nor any of his or her family members has engaged in various types of business dealings with us. In addition, as required by Nasdaq rules, our Board of Directors has made a subjective determination as to each independent director that no relationships exist that, in the opinion of our Board of Directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In making these determinations, our Board of Directors reviewed and discussed information provided by the directors and us with regard to each director’s business and personal activities and relationships as they may relate to us and our management. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or executive officers.

As required under Nasdaq rules and regulations and in expectation of listing on Nasdaq, our independent directors meet in regularly scheduled executive sessions at which only independent directors are present.

Board Leadership Structure and Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

David Story is the Chairman of the Board. The Chairman has authority, among other things, to preside over Board meetings and set the agenda for Board meetings. Accordingly, the Chairman has substantial ability to shape the work of our Board of Directors. We currently believe that separation of the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ensures appropriate oversight by the Board of our business and affairs. However, no single leadership model is right for all companies and at all times. The Board of Directors recognizes that depending on the circumstances, other leadership models, such as the appointment of a lead independent director, might be appropriate. Accordingly, the Board may periodically review its leadership structure. In addition, following the qualification of the offering, the Board will hold executive sessions in which only independent directors are present.

Our Board is generally responsible for the oversight of corporate risk in its review and deliberations relating to our activities. Risk is inherent in every business. As is the case in virtually all businesses, we face a number of risks, including operational, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, and competitive risks. Our management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the risks we face. Our Board of Directors, as a whole and through its committees, has responsibility for the oversight of risk management.

In its oversight role, our Board of Directors’ involvement in our business strategy and strategic plans plays a key role in its oversight of risk management, its assessment of management’s risk appetite, and its determination of the appropriate level of enterprise risk. Our Board of Directors receives updates at least quarterly from senior management and periodically from outside advisors regarding the various risks we face, including operational, economic, financial, legal, regulatory, and competitive risks. Our Board of Directors also reviews the various risks we identify in our filings with the SEC and risks relating to various specific developments, such as acquisitions, debt and equity placements, and new service offerings.

Our Board committees assist our Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight role in certain areas of risk.

Committees of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors has already established an Audit Committee (the "Audit Committee”), a Compensation Committee (the "Compensation Committee”) and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the "The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”). The composition and function of each committee are described below.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee has three members, including Messrs. Birschbach, McClintock, and Stafford. Mr. Birschbach serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee and satisfies the definition of "audit committee financial expert”.

Our Audit Committee is authorized to:

Compensation Committee

The Compensation Committee has three members, including Messrs. McClintock, Birschbach, and Pappenheim. Mr. McClintock serves as the chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Our Compensation Committee is authorized to:

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has three members, including Messrs. Stafford, McClintock, and Birschbach. Mr. McClintock serves as the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

The functions of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, among other things, include:

Our goal is to assemble a Board that brings together a variety of skills derived from high quality business and professional experience.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

None of the members of our compensation committee is or has been an officer or employee of our Company, nor will they be. None of our executive officers has served as a member of the board of directors, or as a member of the Compensation Committee or similar committee, of any entity that has one or more executive officers who served on our board of directors or compensation committee during 2021 or thus far in 2022. For a description of transactions between us and members of our Compensation Committee and affiliates of such members, please see "Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions”.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees, officers and directors, including those officers responsible for financial reporting.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains provisions limiting the liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, and provide that we will indemnify each of our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. Our Amended Charter and Amended Bylaws also provide our Board of Directors with discretion to indemnify our employees and other agents when determined appropriate by the Board. In addition, each employment agreement entered into between the Company and its officers and/or directors contain certain indemnification provisions, which requires us to indemnify them in certain circumstances.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling our Company pursuant to the foregoing provision, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Section 16(a) Reports

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires the Company’s directors and executive officers, persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Company’s equity securities, and certain other persons to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership on Forms 3, 4 and 5 with the SEC, and to furnish the Company with copies of the forms. Based solely on its review of the forms it received, or written representations from reporting persons, except as set forth herein, the Company believes that all of its directors, executive officers and greater than 10% beneficial owners complied with all such filing requirements during 2021.

COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The following Summary Compensation Table sets forth all compensation earned in all capacities during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 by (i) our principal executive officer and (ii) our two most highly compensated executive officers, other than our principal executive officer, who were serving as executive officers as of December 31, 2021 and whose total compensation for the 2021 fiscal year, as determined by Regulation S-K, Item 402, exceeded $100,000 (collectively referred to as the "Named Executive Officers”):

Summary Compensation Table