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  "markdown": "Founder and CEO, Veriff.\n\nKaarel Kotkas founded Veriff and is its CEO. He was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Estonia in 2020 and was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2023.\n\n## What Kaarel builds\n\n- [Veriff](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/veriff.md), graded C, 61.1/100, in Identity \u0026 business verification. Identity verification service from Veriff in Tallinn. It checks an identity document and a selfie, with liveness, database checks and PEP and sanctions screening. Sessions are created and read through the Public API v1, with results sent by webhook. Founder and CEO, Veriff, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Janer Gorohhov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/janer-gorohhov/), Co-founder, Veriff\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)\n- [Alkeon Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alkeon-capital/)\n- [IVP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ivp/)\n- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Kaarel Kotkas?\n\nKaarel Kotkas founded Veriff and is its CEO. He was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year in Estonia in 2020 and was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe in 2023.\n\n### What does Veriff OÜ make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Veriff from Veriff OÜ. Identity verification service from Veriff in Tallinn. It checks an identity document and a selfie, with liveness, database checks and PEP and sanctions screening. Sessions are created and read through the Public API v1, with results sent by webhook.\n\n### Who has invested in Veriff OÜ?\n\nThe sources our research read name Tiger Global, Alkeon Capital, IVP and Accel.\n\n### How are Kaarel's tools graded?\n\nVeriff is graded C, 61.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.veriff.com/\n- https://www.veriff.com/our-story\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veriff\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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