Jesus Castillo

CEO

San Francisco, California, United States8 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of a neobank for 1.5 billion underbanked people.
  • Co-founder of Venezuela's largest micro-lending platform.
  • Led product for the first AI marketplace in Latin America.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and AI entrepreneur with a focus on financial inclusion.

Contact

jesus@kontigo.latLinkedIn

About

Founder of Kontigo. USDC-based neobank for over 1.5 billion underbanked people. Backed by Y Combinator + Coinbase + Goodwater + DST + Soma Capital + Pioneer Fund + Tom Brown (NYCA) + HF0 + OrangeDAO + Transpose + Founders, Inc + 20more. I'm a 3-time founder from Venezuela committed to closing the financial exclusion gap.

Experience

8 yrs 11 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Kontigo (yc s24)

CEO & Co-Founder

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

  • USDC-based neobank for over 1.5 billion underbanked people.

Oha ai

CPO & Co-founder

Aug 2022 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr · Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela

  • Led product & operations. The first AI marketplace in LatAm using micro-payments instead of subscriptions.

Pidelo app

Co-Founder

Jan 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos · Caracas, Federal District, Venezuela

  • The largest micro-lending platform in Venezuela, reaching over 500k small shops in low-income communities with no financial history implementing a credit score powered by AI.

Bicuye

Founder

Jun 2017 – Dec 2022 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Carora, Lara State, Venezuela

  • The most exotic Agave-Based Liquour with an Ultra-Premium membership club.

Education

Y Combinator

S24 Alumni

Jun 2024 – Oct 2024

HF0

W24 Batch — Engineering

Jan 2024 – Apr 2024

buildspace

Student SF1 batch — AI

Mar 2023 – Present

Harvard Innovation Labs

Disruptive Business Models & Go to market strategies

Jan 2020 – Present

Babson College

Entrepreneurial operations — Gestión y supervisión de operaciones

Jan 2020 – Present

IESA

Balanced Scorecard: Control de gestión — Gestión empresarial

Jan 2018 – Jan 2018

Y Combinator

SS 22

Dec 2022 – Present

UCAB - Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc — Economics

Sep 2019 – Jan 2022

Jesus Castillo - CEO | Stackforce