# Anh-Tho Chuong

> Anh-Tho Chuong is the co-founder and CEO of Lago, the open-source billing and invoicing platform trusted by companies like Mistral AI, Groq, PayPal, and Synthesia. Born in Réunion to a Vietnamese father who fled the war, she built her career through McKinsey consulting, a formative run as VP Growth (employee #1) at Qonto, and a pivot inside Y Combinator that turned a failed data-tools idea into one of Europe's fastest-growing developer infrastructure plays. Lago has raised $44M in total funding, amassed 9,000+ GitHub stars, and is reshaping how SaaS companies handle complex pricing without handing control to Stripe.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Lago
- **Organizations:** Lago, Qonto, Weebly, Mailjet, McKinsey & Company, Orange DAO
- **From:** Réunion, France
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Master's in Management, ESCP Business School (ESCP Europe), Preparatory Class (Classes Préparatoires), HEC Stanislas, Social Sciences Preparatory Class, Lycée B/L Preparatory Class
- **Known for:** Co-founded Lago, reaching 9,000+ GitHub stars and becoming a leading open-source billing platform, Raised $44M total ($7M seed + $22M Series A + additional) from FirstMark, SignalFire, Y Combinator, New Wave, and Script, Landed marquee customers including Mistral AI, Groq, PayPal, Together AI, and Synthesia

## Career timeline

- **2010s (early)** — Internship at Orange - discovered passion for telecom, Africa, and mobile money
- **2012-2015** — Management Consultant at McKinsey & Company
- **2015-2016** — Head of Strategic Projects at Mailjet (eFounders portfolio)
- **2016** — Head of Strategic Activity at Weebly, overseeing French market expansion
- **2016-2021** — First employee & VP Growth at Qonto - built growth division from scratch, scaled ARR from $0 to tens of millions
- **2021** — Accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2021 with a data/marketing automation project
- **2021-2022** — Pivoted inside YC to billing infrastructure after identifying market pain via Hacker News; co-founded Lago
- **2022** — Launched Lago as open-source on GitHub; raised $7M seed led by SignalFire
- **2024-03** — Raised $22M Series A led by FirstMark Capital; total funding reaches $44M+

## Achievements

- Co-founded Lago, reaching 9,000+ GitHub stars and becoming a leading open-source billing platform
- Raised $44M total ($7M seed + $22M Series A + additional) from FirstMark, SignalFire, Y Combinator, New Wave, and Script
- Landed marquee customers including Mistral AI, Groq, PayPal, Together AI, and Synthesia
- Built Qonto's entire growth marketing division as employee #1, scaling ARR from $0 to tens of millions
- Active angel investor with a portfolio including Hugging Face, Anchor (YC S22), Easop, Crew, Payhippo, Karbon Card, Cycle App, Claap, and Djamo
- Limited Partner at Orange DAO
- Guest author at TechCrunch
- Recognized as a leading 'operator angel' investor in European tech by Sifted

## Latest updates

- **2024-03** — Lago raised a $22M Series A led by FirstMark Capital, bringing total funding to $44M+
- **2024-03** — TechCrunch coverage of Lago's Series A highlights customers Mistral AI, Groq, PayPal, and Synthesia
- **2023** — Lago surpassed 9,000 GitHub stars and grew to 53+ employees
- **2022** — Lago launched publicly on GitHub and closed $7M seed round led by SignalFire

## Links

- Website: https://getlago.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anhthochuong
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/byAnhtho
- GitHub: https://github.com/getlago

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Last updated: 2026-05-18