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Kirill Klokov
Co-founder and CEO at Truv
Kirill Klokov, Co-founder and CEO at Truv
Kirill Klokov is the Co-Founder and CEO of Truv, a fintech startup that provides consumer-permissioned financial data solutions to lenders and financial institutions.14 He co-founded the company in 2020 with the mission of putting data back in the hands of consumers and making income and employment verification faster, more affordable, and secure.24
Background
- Immigrated to the U.S. and attended Stanford Business School for his MBA14
- Led product organizations at several startups including ezHome, Trust Wallet, and Carta13
- Experienced firsthand the struggles of getting approved for a loan with a low credit score despite having a good job and education45
Truv's Solutions
Truv's platform empowers financial organizations with access to consumer-permissioned financial data sources, providing certainty, reliability, security and cost savings for businesses and consumers.4 Key offerings include:
- Income and employment verification
- Asset verification
- Tax data verification
- Bank transaction data verification
- Insurance data verification4
Impact and Growth
- Truv has raised $28.5M in funding from top VCs like Kleiner Perkins and NYCA4
- The company has grown to 68+ team members and serves over 100 customers4
- In 2022, Truv processed over 3 million successful transactions4
- Freddie Mac recently approved Truv for payroll verifications and consumer-permissioned income verification6
Kirill emphasizes Truv's relentless customer focus, transparency, ownership, continuous innovation, and meritocracy as core values that drive the company's success.4 He is optimistic about Truv's ability to help lenders rebuild their tech stacks and make their core employees more productive in challenging economic times.6