About
Jesus Alberto Castillo Ferrer previously built a micro-lending platform in Venezuela serving SMBs in low-income communities, and co-founded an LLM marketplace in Latin America utilizing micro-payment models. He is now working on Kontigo to address financial inclusion.
Jesus A. Castillo F. @jecastillof
🧡💙🟰🚀. https://t.co/DBqmshrTzK
Jul 30, 2026 · ♥ 2
Jesus A. Castillo F. @jecastillof
Balaji is getting punched in the face by the reality everyone warned him about: you can’t build Silicon Valley outside Silicon Valley. https://t.co/0pAV5jNZnB
Jul 16, 2026 · ♥ 146 · ⇄ 7
Jesus A. Castillo F. @jecastillof
“Like, let’s just think of like a marathoner. Yeah. World class marathoner on mile 21. Is that dude smiling? No, he’s not smiling. By the way, if he is smiling, you know what’s about to happen? He’s about to get his ass whooped. Okay? It’s over. Because why? Because somebody else https://t.co/h3Mf4NP1YS
Jul 16, 2026 · ♥ 6 · ⇄ 1
CEO & Co-founder at KontigoYC S24
Intro paths
jesus went through Y Combinator (Summer 2024) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Kontigo's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, jesus can intro founders to Kontigo's investors below.
