Jakob Rost
Jakarta, Jakarta , Indonesia
STARTUP & FINTECH ENTHUSIAST of the INDONESIAN TECH LANDSCAPE:
~10 years experience in the Indonesian Tech Ecosystem e.g. E-commerce, Fintech, and Financial Services
- Particular interest in Open Banking, Payments, Embedded Finance, the API Economy, Lending & Digital Banking
CEO & FOUNDER of AYOCONNECT- Indonesia's largest Financial API Platform:
- Clients include Tier 1 Banks, E-commerce, E-Wallets, and traditional companies
- Raised 20m US$ from institutional VC & PE funds and strategic investors
- Active Angel investor
- Speaker at Industry Conferences
- Startup Mentor (MDI Indigo, Startup Studio Indonesia)
- Advisor for early-stage companies
Previously:
- Managing Director for Lazada Indonesia, South-East Asia's largest E-commerce group which was acquired by Alibaba for 4bn US$.
- The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) focusing on financial services, banking and corporate finance.
Based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Start-Up Details
Ayoconnect
- Industry Technology, Information and Internet
- Website https://www.ayoconnect.id/
Ayoconnect is Southeast Asia’s largest financial API platform. It enables developers to choose from a wide range of white-label financial products on Ayoconnect’s API platform and quickly launch them to their users. Ayoconnect remains in the background, focused on building and operating the necessary infrastructure while allowing its clients to monetize and expand their business quickly and effectively.
Founded in 2016, Ayoconnect’s API stack has seen rapid adoption. More than 200 companies trust it as clients, including leading banks, retailers, e-commerce, fintech, and e-wallets such as Bank BRI, Bank Mandiri, DANA, Indomaret, Bukalapak, Home Credit, Pegadaian, and connects more than 1,000 institutions through its network of APIs. Ayoconnect’s APIs process more than 300 million API hits annually.
Ayoconnect has raised a total of US$15 million from leading local and international institutional investors. Ayoconnect's investors include Mandiri Capital Indonesia, Bank Mandiri’s corporate venture capital unit; BRI Ventures, Bank BRI's corporate venture capital unit; Indonesia’s AC Ventures, headed by Chairman of the Indonesian Fintech Association Pandu Sjahrir; Patamar Capital, Southeast Asia’s leading impact venture capital; Kakaku, a public company listed on the Tokyo Exchange (TYO); and Finch Capital among others. Ayoconnect continues expanding its ecosystem to accelerate financial inclusion and adoption of embedded finance throughout Southeast Asia.
Preferences
- Raised Less than $200,000
- Raised Less than $1,000,000
- Did not raise capital
- Raised Less than $500,000
- Has no cashflow
- Has no employees
- I'm open to business proposals / partnerships from other founders.
- $15,000,000 - Series B - 2022 Jan 30