Highly automated identity verification software from Veriff. We help you build trust and transparency online.

AI-powered Identity Verification Software

Our Story

At Veriff we believe that your identity is who you are, it’s your most valuable asset. Therefore you deserve real safety, real protection, real transparency. Veriff is dedicated to keeping transparency at the heart of every online interaction. We’re a diverse and collaborative team of experts across the globe, and both our products and teams reflect our mission for a safer internet for everyone.  

At Veriff we are passionate about creating a safer environment online. We believe that more accountability and transparency is needed online. Everyone deserves to know that the person they are interacting with online is the person they say they are.

Company established on October 20th, 2015

Covering 30+ countries, 10 supported languages

Recieved $8.3 million in Series A funding

$100 million in Series C funding, & became a Unicorn with $1.5 billion evaluation

The future of Veriff

Our mission is to bring transparency to the digital world — making it safer for everyone online. We’re constantly building towards global digital transparency, and even with 45 supported languages and over 10,200 recognized documents, we know this is just the beginning. 

Kaarel is the strategic thinker and visionary behind Veriff. In 2018, Nordic Business Report named him one of the 25 most influential young entrepreneurs in Northern Europe. He keeps Veriff’s growing team one step ahead of fraud and competition in the dynamic world of online identification. With plenty of energy and enthusiasm, he encourages the Veriff team to stand for honesty in the digital world.

Janer is in charge of Veriff’s product and innovation to make sure that our verification engine is a trend-setter and outperforms every other solution on the market. He is a tech-savvy innovation enthusiast who started his career as a full-stack developer. Before joining Veriff, he gained experience in project management, and worked with fundraising and finance. He holds a degree in computer and information science from the University of Tartu.

Jaanus manages Veriff’s current and future tech solutions. Working in startups since 2003, Jaanus is a technical leader with hands-on skills and was formerly in charge of operating Core Services at Skype. He enjoys designing and running end-to-end platforms that blend hardware or software clients with cloud-based back-ends. He has a great operational mindset for technology that knows how to handle a crisis.

Indrek’s leadership experience and strategic mindset ensure that our teams are aligned to achieve our ambitious goals. He has 15+ years of experience working as a leader, strategist, and consultant in 20 countries on 3 continents, with companies including Luminor Bank, Jumia, McKinsey and others. Indrek believes in Agile Leadership philosophies, investing in and growing talent, and working smart with a good focus. High-performing teams can achieve pretty much anything, as long as there is a clear shared dream they want to achieve. 

Amish is in charge of financial operations at Veriff. Before joining Veriff, he was working as VP of Finance at Monese for five years responsible for the accounting; financial planning and analysis; business intelligence and treasury functions. He oversaw the company’s rapid development from pre-launch to headcount of several hundred with operations in four countries. Prior to Monese Amish was an investment banker for 10 years working on mergers and acquisition, capital raising and strategic advisory projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

Caroline leads Marketing at Veriff. Prior to Veriff, she spent 15 years at Google and experience management company Qualtrics in London and Singapore. Caroline built and led both EMEA and global partner marketing at Qualtrics. She is an economist by training with degrees from Cambridge and the London School of Economics, and started her career at the Bank of England.

Byron is in charge of executing Veriff’s commercial strategy. Before Veriff, he spent over a decade at Microsoft leading key Channel and Office 365 initiatives, co-founding a logistics company serving online business models, and leading the Cloud and Software P&L at Zones. Byron is passionate about building and executing commercial models and working across multiple teams — and guiding philosophy is CASH; consistency, accountability, simplicity, and highly engaged teams.

Tiit works on the cross-road where engineering and product meet. To clarify, he’s responsible for product and software delivery, joining Veriff from Pipedrive where he was the Head of Quality Engineering. Previously, Tiit has also served as General Manager at Skype Estonia. He knows how to give people a nudge in the right direction and keeps the enthusiasm levels high wherever he goes.

Kristina and her teams’ main goal at Veriff is to attract talent and to keep team Veriff happy. She is great at inspiring people and getting things done, particularly when the pressure is on. Prior to joining Veriff, Kristina was co-founder and COO at Scoro, where she was responsible for process development, automation, and managing investor relations. Kristina also has experience as a creative marketer.

Ulla is Veriff’s passionate legal counsel who ensures that Veriff complies with all applicable laws. She and a fantastic legal team make sure things at Veriff are done by the book. With over 12 years of experience in corporate law, Ulla was the Baltic Regulatory Affairs Manager at Luminor Bank and an Associate at SORAINEN law firm before joining our team. Her secret mission is to prove that law is not boring and that not all lawyers are extremely serious (at least not all the time).

Kreet is in charge of Verification Operations, helping our operations team to do their best in stopping fraud and helping real people get verified. Before Veriff, Kreet was a Verification Operations Lead at TransferWise. Kreet is constantly pushing for innovation and growth within the teams and Veriff products and enjoys nothing more than a fast-paced fintech environment. She is excellent at spotting talent and matching the right person with the right role. She’s also a firm believer in products needing to be built for customers and companies being built for colleagues.

Brian is in charge of Veriff’s global revenue team, leading our uber-talented team of sales professionals in their quest of helping customers prevent digital fraud. Prior to Veriff, Brian led the Americas expansion for Anyvision (now Oosto) as an initial team member heading up the company’s expansion outside of Europe. He is passionate about sales truly being a competitive advantage, and helping sales team members reach their highest potential of knowledge and skills.

The people behind Veriff

Jules Maltz joined IVP in August 2008 and has over 15 years of venture capital and startup experience. He focuses on later-stage venture investments in rapidly-growing software and Internet companies. Jules was recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 100 venture capitalists in the world by his inclusion in the 2020, 2019, and 2018 Midas Lists. Jules led IVP’s investments in Buddy Media, Checkr, Dropbox, Eightfold, G2, Grammarly, Hims & Hers, Hopin, Indiegogo, MuleSoft, NerdWallet, Nextdoor, Oportun, RetailMeNot, Slack, SteelBrick, Tala, TransferWise, TuneIn, Zendesk, and Zenefits. Jules currently serves as a Board Director or Board Observer for Eightfold, G2, Grammarly, Hims & Hers, Hopin, Indiegogo, Tala, and Wise.

Matt Weigand joined Accel in 2013 and focuses on enterprise software and security businesses. Matt represents Accel on the Board of Veriff, Snyk, and Cognite and is actively involved with Accel’s investments in Cornershop, G2Crowd, MessageBird, Xero, and GoFundMe. Prior to joining Accel, Matt worked with William Blair’s technology investment banking group.

Simon Levene is a co-founder and partner of Mosaic Ventures, a London-based venture capital fund focused on early stage investing. Previously Simon was a partner at Accel, and served as VP Corp Dev at Yahoo, and Dir Corp Dev at Excite@Home and its predecessor, @Home. His recent Series A investments include Nexar, Clue, Blockstream, and Number Four; and previously Etsy, Fotolia, Squarespace, Shapeways, ResearchGate, and MyHeritage.

Taavet Hinrikus is the co-founder of Wise and an angel investor. Prior to starting Wise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first employee. He recently launched a new VC fund Taavet+Sten, (Taavet Hinrikus and Sten Tamkivi), to invest their personal capital in early-stage European founders. He’s an active angel investor and advisor with investments including Zego, Cleo, Uncapped, Meatable, Bolt, Certific and many others.

“In a world that is becoming increasingly remote and digital-first, every company needs a solution like Veriff to facilitate internet trust.”

Jules Maltz, General Partner at IVP

“Veriff is a global IDV powerhouse. We look forward to supporting Veriff’s efforts to help companies prevent online crime and establish a vital aspect of their business: building trust with customers.”

Matt Weigand, Partner at Accel

Bringing transparency online

Making the internet a safer place

2015

Company established on October 20th, 2015

2016

1st product launched

2017

Covering 30+ countries, 10 supported languages

2018

Recieved $8.3 million in Series A funding

2019

New York office opened

2020

London office opened

2021

Recieved $69 million in Series B funding

2021

Barcelona office opened

2022

$100 million in Series C funding, & became a Unicorn with $1.5 billion evaluation

2022

Reached 500+ employees

2022

Supporting 45 languages

Where are we going?

Meet our leaders

Kaarel Kotkas

Janer Gorohhov

Jaanus Kivistik

Indrek Heinloo

Amish Mody

Caroline Mogford

Byron Fehler

Tiit Paananen

Kristina Lilleõis

Ulla Helm

Kreet Prants

Brian Krause

Meet the board

Jules Maltz

Matt Weigand

Simon Levene

Taavet Hinrikus

Our lead investors

“In a world that is becoming increasingly remote and digital-first, every company needs a solution like Veriff to facilitate internet trust.”Jules Maltz, General Partner at IVP

“Veriff is a global IDV powerhouse. We look forward to supporting Veriff’s efforts to help companies prevent online crime and establish a vital aspect of their business: building trust with customers.”Matt Weigand, Partner at Accel

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“In a world that is becoming increasingly remote and digital-first, every company needs a solution like Veriff to facilitate internet trust.”

Jules Maltz, General Partner at IVP

“Veriff is a global IDV powerhouse. We look forward to supporting Veriff’s efforts to help companies prevent online crime and establish a vital aspect of their business: building trust with customers.”

Matt Weigand, Partner at Accel