Where does Jonas Huckestein work?

Jonas Huckestein is Co-Founder & CTO of Monzo and Founder at Ark.

What check size does Jonas Huckestein write?

Jonas Huckestein typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.

What companies did Jonas Huckestein found?

Jonas Huckestein founded Monzo, Ark.

Where did Jonas Huckestein go to school?

Jonas Huckestein studied at University of California, Berkeley (Sustainable Urban Mobility at School of Information); Technical University of Munich (B.Sc., Computer Science); University of Cologne (Vordiplom, Mathematics).

Jonas Huckestein

Unicorn founder

Co-Founder & CTO at Monzo · Founder at Ark

United Kingdom

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

FoundedMonzo$5B Ark · YC

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10,540 people in our graph share verified history with Jonas — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Alex TranunlockedJonas: together at Monzo Bank (2018–2023)

×2Jonas: together at Monzo Bank

×5Jonas: together at YC W12

×3Jonas: together at University of Cologne

Co-Founder & CTO at Monzo

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Monzo's investors · 22

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks Alpha Wave GlobalMiami Avid VenturesNew York City · $500K – $8M checks Blue Wire CapitalLondon · $50K – $300K checks CapitalGSan Francisco · $75M – $100M checks · since 2024 Coatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checks Fabric VenturesLuxembourg · $300K checks G SquaredChicago General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2019 GICSingapore · since 2024 Goodwater CapitalBurlingame · $5M – $50M checks · since 2017 GV (Google Ventures)Mountain View · $250K – $50M checks · since 2024 HedosophiaLondon · since 2024 HongShan Capital GroupHong Kong · $100K – $50M checks · since 2024 ICONIQSan Francisco nzt.capitalUnterschleissheim Passion CapitalLondon · since 2019 Phoenix CourtLondon Stripesince 2019 Tencent HoldingsShenzhen · $3.9M – $400M checks · since 2024 Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2019 Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Monzo

Tom BlomfieldCo-Founder & former CEO

Jason BatesCo-Founder

Paul RipponCo-Founder

Gary DolmanCo-Founder & former CFO

Founder at Ark YC W12

Intro paths

Jonas went through Y Combinator (Winter 2012) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Jonas can intro founders to Ark's investors below.

Ark's investors · 2

Expansion Venture CapitalNew York · $100K – $2M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2012

Co-founders at Ark

Yiming LiuFounder/Chief Platform Officer

Patrick RileyFounder

Experience

Iterate.comFounder / CEOcurrent2024 — present
Monzo BankCo-Founder2015 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
HipDialFounder2012 — 2018San Francisco
Starling BankSoftware Engineer2014 — 2015London
StartupBusDirector of Experience2010 — 2012
Campfire Labs (acquired by Groupon)Lead Engineer2010 — 2012
Academy ConsultManagement Consultant2007 — 2010
ExB Communication Systems GmbHNLP Researcher2008 — 2009

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship40Start-ups59Venture Capital7Product Management14Ruby on Rails25Ruby11JavaScript7

Languages English · German

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jonas Huckestein?: Angel
Where does Jonas Huckestein work?: Jonas Huckestein is Co-Founder & CTO of Monzo and Founder at Ark.
What check size does Jonas Huckestein write?: Jonas Huckestein typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Jonas Huckestein found?: Jonas Huckestein founded Monzo, Ark.
Where did Jonas Huckestein go to school?: Jonas Huckestein studied at University of California, Berkeley (Sustainable Urban Mobility at School of Information); Technical University of Munich (B.Sc., Computer Science); University of Cologne (Vordiplom, Mathematics).