June 24, 2021
Kaarel Kotkas, Founder & CEO of Veriff on Their Journey from Estonia to YCombinator to United States
My guest today is Kaarel Kotkas, Founder & CEO of Veriff. Kaarel is a 25-year-old Estonian entrepreneur, whose online identity verification start-up Veriff is set to be the next tech ‘unicorn’ or billion-dollar company coming out of Estonia. Today’s
On Veriff
- [01:20] Could you tell a little about how and why you started Veriff?
- [03:53] What shortcoming did you notice in the current solution that made you think you could do something different and better than what existed?
- [6:42] How are fintech companies with their legacy systems able to use your new advanced verification system?
Growing your business
- [8:20]How did you go to your first ten to hundred customers? What did you prioritize in those initial stages?
- [12:38] How did you do employer branding to attract good talent from all over the world?
- [14:10] So far what are you most proud of doing in how you’ve built Veriff?
- [15:30] How do you hire at Veriff?
- [17:16] In hindsight, what would you do differently?
- [19:00] What helped you secure funding from people like the founder of TransferWise to tier 1 investors like Accel, beyond the basics?
- [23:11] What motivates you? Did you always have an entrepreneurial streak or did you fall into this?
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