# Jonas Huckestein

> Jonas Huckestein is a seed investor at Monzo (London) backing FinTech and Finance. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Monzo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monzo)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonashuckestein
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jonas
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonas.huckestein

Jonas Huckestein is a seed investor at Monzo in London focused on FinTech and Finance. Jonas Huckestein creates great products from scratch. After moving to the US from Germany in 2010 he was the first engineer at Campfire Labs (acquired by Groupon), founding CTO of Ark.com, and is a Director at the StartupBus. He got a Mathematics degree at 18, Computer Science at 21 and is on leave from technology management grad school. Beforemoving here he worked in management consulting.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.6M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Finance | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Logistics | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Payments | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Tanzania | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gradient Labs | Gradient Labs is an AI firm developing an operating system for AI agents to automate manual, repetitive tasks. | $3.6M | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| Nala | Nala is a FinTech company developing a mobile payments application to simplify money transfers and transactions without data connectivity. Their services include financial inclusion, digital financial services, mobile money, and fintech. | $10M | Seed | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| Packfleet | On a mission to empower independent businesses across the UK to offer the best deliveries on Earth | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 08, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amplo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCG Expeditions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcg-expeditions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DFS Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dfs-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Entrée Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entree-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Monzo

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Monzo (previously Mondo) is a bank for people who live their lives on their smartphones and is targeted at people who want to get things done in a click and who don’t see the need for branches and cheque books. The platform is focussed on building the best current account in the world and ultimately working with a range of other providers so thatMonzo can be an intelligent hub for your entire financial life.

5 contacts available at Monzo.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bilal Djelassi | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bilal-djelassi |
| Carol Kobuke Nelson | CEO & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carol-kobuke-nelson |
| Jonas Huckestein | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonas-huckestein |
| Oliver Beattie | VP Architecture | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oliver-beattie |
| Thomas George | Director of Operations USA | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-george-a1f3 |

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## FAQ

### What does Jonas Huckestein invest in?

Jonas Huckestein invests primarily in FinTech, Finance and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jonas Huckestein's check size?

Jonas Huckestein typically joins rounds of $3.6M–$10M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jonas Huckestein participates in.

### When did Jonas Huckestein last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jonas Huckestein closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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