Making the internet a safer place
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.

Where are we going?

We are on a mission to make the internet safer for everyone. We’re constantly working towards global digital transparency, and even with 48 supported languages and over 12,000 recognized documents, we know this is just the beginning.
Meet our leaders
Kaarel Kotkas
Founder and Chief Executing Officer
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Kaarel Kotkas
Founder and Chief Executing OfficerKaarel is the strategic thinker and visionary behind Veriff. 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. In 2023, he was honoured in the EU Forbes 30 Under 30, in 2020 he was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Estonia and Nordic Business Report has named him one of the 25 most influential young entrepreneurs in Northern Europe.
Jeffrey Guy
President and Chief Operating Officer
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Jeffrey Guy
President and Chief Operating OfficerJeffrey leads Veriff’s operational strategy. He brings 25+ years of leadership experience at technology companies in driving profitable growth and expanding product portfolio. Before Veriff, he was COO at DigitalOcean, a publicly traded cloud computing platform provider, where he built and led a global team of 1,100 – scaling and maturing the business from $180M of revenue to $800M while simultaneously turning around the free cash flow of the company. Before DigitalOcean, he held similar leadership roles at DigitalGlobe (Satellite and Earth Observation) and Trimble (GPS Technologies).
Hubert Behaghel
Chief Product & Technology Officer
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Hubert Behaghel
Chief Product & Technology OfficerHubert leads the Product & Engineering division at Veriff, ensuring that the company’s product and engineering strategy supports its growth and innovation. He has nearly two decades of experience with industry titans such as Amazon, Marks and Spencer, and Sky, where he led significant expansion in their respective engineering divisions while introducing new initiatives and refining existing ones. Before joining Veriff, he was Typeform’s first-ever VP of Engineering, overseeing a streamlined expansion of the company’s engineering team, growing its global presence, and introducing a range of new functions while reducing expenses.
John Pickering
Chief Financial Officer
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John Pickering
Chief Financial OfficerJohn leads Veriff’s finance organization. He brings 15+ years of diverse experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), operations, corporate development, SEC reporting, and public accounting, with a focus on scaling technology companies financially and operationally. Before Veriff, John worked for DigitalOcean, a publicly traded cloud computing platform, as Head of Finance and Operations for its AI/ML business and as a member of the FP&A team. Prior to DigitalOcean, he held finance roles at Trimble, DigitalGlobe, and Ernst & Young.
Carly Brantz
Chief Marketing Officer
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Carly Brantz
Chief Marketing OfficerCarly leads the Marketing organization at Veriff, driving brand, growth, and go-to-market strategy. She brings over 25 years of experience building high-performing marketing teams at companies including DigitalOcean, SendGrid, and Twilio. Before joining Veriff, Carly served as CMO at DigitalOcean, where she led the company’s marketing efforts through its IPO, redefined its brand, and helped drive significant revenue growth. She also held marketing leadership roles at SendGrid, creating it’s self service revenue model, supporting its IPO, and acquisition by Twilio.
Orlando Mazzotta
Vice President of Sales and Customer Success
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Orlando Mazzotta
Vice President of Sales and Customer SuccessOrlando oversees Sales and Customer Success at Veriff. He brings a solid track record in carving out new markets and steering GTM approaches for innovative tech ventures. Before his role at Veriff, Orlando held the position of VP of Sales at Shortcut and led commercial teams across EMEA and the Americas at Dropbox. Passionate about collaborating with early-stage tech founders, Orlando serves as a Mentor at Endeavor – a leading global community for high-impact entrepreneurs – and offers his expertise as an advisor to various tech startups.
Luke Govier
Vice President of Business Operations
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Luke Govier
Vice President of Business OperationsLuke leads Business Operations at Veriff, ensuring that we successfully execute our business strategy and that we move forward as One Veriff. His background lies within the People space, having led Talent Acquisition at multiple scale-ups, including WeWork and Dojo. Following this, he led the People Division at Veriff, with a core focus on enabling decision-making at all levels of the organisation and building a culture of shared success, celebration and learning.
Meet the board
Jules Maltz
General Partner at IVP
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Jules Maltz
General Partner at IVPJules 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, Wise, 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
Partner at Accel
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Matt Weigand
Partner at AccelMatt 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
Co-founder and Partner, Mosaic Ventures
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Simon Levene
Co-founder and Partner, Mosaic VenturesSimon 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.
Ott Kaukver
Independent advisor and investor
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Ott Kaukver
Independent advisor and investorOtt Kaukver is a technology leader with a deep background in scaling global products. As the former Chief Technology Officer of Twilio and Checkout.com, and an early engineering leader at Skype, Kaukver brings extensive experience in building robust engineering cultures and driving disruptive innovation within high-growth environments. Kaukver has also served as an advisor and investor for Wise and Pipedrive, supporting their growth, and has also been Executive in Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners.
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