# Gabriel Frans

> Gabriel Frans is a Jakarta-based technology founder and CrediBook’s co-founder and CEO. After product roles at KUDO, BAMMS and Traveloka, he co-founded the company in 2020; customer feedback helped take its bookkeeping app into wholesale commerce through CrediMart. He studied electrical and electronics engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung and also makes music.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at CrediBook
- **Organizations:** CrediBook, Forevr, Traveloka, BAMMS (PT Teknologi Optimal Prima), KUDO (PT Kudo Teknologi Indonesia)
- **Education:** Sarjana Teknik, Electrical and Electronics Engineering; cum laude (self-reported on LinkedIn), Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB)
- **Known for:** Co-founded CrediBook, a Y Combinator Winter 2022 company., Led CrediBook when it announced an $8.1 million Series A in April 2022., CrediBook was identified as the first-place Pahlawan Digital UMKM 2020 winner in November 2020 reporting.

## Career timeline

- **2015–2017** — Associate Product Manager at KUDO.
- **2017–2018** — Product Manager at BAMMS.
- **2018–2020** — Product Manager, Expansion at Traveloka.
- **2020-02** — Co-founded CrediBook with Christian Lie and Dekha Anggareska; became CEO.
- **2021-06** — Appeared with Hendra Kwik at the Payfazz Buku launch in Jakarta.
- **2022** — CrediBook participated in Y Combinator Winter 2022 and announced an $8.1 million Series A.
- **2025-10** — LinkedIn lists an additional Co-Founder & CEO role at Forevr from October 2025.

## Achievements

- Co-founded CrediBook, a Y Combinator Winter 2022 company.
- Led CrediBook when it announced an $8.1 million Series A in April 2022.
- CrediBook was identified as the first-place Pahlawan Digital UMKM 2020 winner in November 2020 reporting.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — His public LinkedIn profile lists a Co-Founder & CEO role at Forevr beginning this month, alongside CrediBook.
- **2023-03** — Featured in Kontan discussing CrediBook’s development from bookkeeping to a B2B marketplace.
- **2022-11** — Discussed customer feedback behind CrediMart and its payment features in a Bisnis interview.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://id.linkedin.com/in/gbyfrans
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gbyfrans

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Last updated: 2026-10-15