# Kaarel Kotkas (slim)

> Kaarel Kotkas is founder and CEO of Veriff. Veriff on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Founder and CEO, Veriff.

Kaarel Kotkas founded Veriff and is its CEO.

## What Kaarel builds

- [Veriff](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/veriff.md), graded C, 61.1/100, in Identity & 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.

## Works with

- [Janer Gorohhov](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/janer-gorohhov/), Co-founder, Veriff

## Backed by

- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)
- [Alkeon Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alkeon-capital/)
- [IVP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/ivp/)
- [Accel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/accel/)

## Questions

### Who is Kaarel Kotkas?

Kaarel Kotkas founded Veriff and is its CEO.

### What does Veriff OÜ make?

Anchor Terminal lists Veriff from Veriff OÜ.

### Who has invested in Veriff OÜ?

The sources our research read name Tiger Global, Alkeon Capital, IVP and Accel.

### How are Kaarel's tools graded?

Veriff is graded C, 61.1 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.veriff.com/
- https://www.veriff.com/our-story
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veriff

These 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.