jesus alberto Castillo ferrer

Jesus Alberto Castillo Ferrer is the CEO and Co-founder of Kontigo, a USDC-powered neobank for Latino consumers and small businesses, currently based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2023, the profitable financial technology startup is backed by prominent institutional investors including Y Combinator, DST Global, and Soma Capital. Prior to launching Kontigo, he developed Venezuela's largest micro-lending platform, which utilized machine learning and the Muhammad Yunus methodology to provide credit to over 500,000 unbanked small and medium-sized businesses in low-income communities. His entrepreneurial background also includes co-founding Latin America's first large language model marketplace featuring micro-payments, as well as establishing Bicuye, an ultra-premium agave liquor brand and membership club. Castillo Ferrer maintains a primary focus on leveraging artificial intelligence and Web3 infrastructure to expand financial inclusion for underserved populations across emerging and established markets.