Tim Ray — Co-founder, VeriFast

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Podcast

Winners' Circle: Powering Trust at Scale for Renters with Tim RayBusiness Intelligence Group

2026

Interview

Horizontal Interview with Tim Ray VerifastProperty Management Systems Workshop (YouTube)

2024

Article

With backing from celebrity investors and mortgage lenders, Verifast wants to improve identity, financial verificationBetaKit

2022

Quick answers

Did Tim Ray found VeriFast?

Ray is a co-founder who joined after the start. BetaKit reported on 2022-09-19 that Craig Schoen and Chad Guziewicz founded the company in 2019, and that Ray, who led its pre-seed round in fall 2020, became CEO in October 2021 and joined as a co-founder.

What drew Ray to the company?

BetaKit reported on 2022-09-19 that Ray cited personal experience as, in Ray's words, a very unsuccessful landlord, and saw potential in the company's approach to tenant screening.

What did Ray do before VeriFast?

BetaKit reported on 2022-09-19 that Ray is a repeat entrepreneur whose ventures include airline booking startup CHIRP and Carnivore Club, which was bought by BattlBox and later Emerge Commerce.

Is Ray still involved with the company?

Business Intelligence Group's Winners' Circle podcast, published 2026-05-04, introduced Ray as co-founder and CEO of Verifast, focused on renter verification for the U.S. multifamily housing market.

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