# Johannes Jaeckle

> Johannes Jaeckle is the co-founder and CEO of Heron Data, a New York fintech that uses large language models to automate document-heavy workflows in financial services. Heron reads emails, classifies submissions, extracts data, and syncs it into CRMs and loan platforms for more than 150 customers - from small lenders to FDIC-insured banks - processing over 350,000 documents a week. Jaeckle started building with LLMs in 2020, two years before ChatGPT went public, after a fintech operating career that included running the remittance company Taptap Send and serving as UK Managing Director of Segovia Technology. In July 2025 Heron raised a $16.6M Series A led by Insight Partners.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Heron Data
- **Organizations:** Heron Data, Taptap Send, Segovia Technology, Y Combinator
- **Education:** BA, Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), University of Oxford, Master's, Development Economics, University of Oxford
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Heron Data, serving 150+ customers including FDIC-insured banks and insurance carriers, Built the company to process 350,000+ documents per week, Raised a $16.6M Series A led by Insight Partners (July 2025), bringing total funding to $23.3M

## Career timeline

- **—** — Studied PPE, then a Master's in Development Economics, both at the University of Oxford
- **—** — Early team member and UK Managing Director at Segovia Technology
- **—** — Managing Director & CEO at Taptap Send, a remittance fintech
- **2020** — Co-founded Heron Data with Dominic Kwok and Jamie Parker; began building with LLMs; joined Y Combinator (Summer 2020 batch)
- **2024** — Heron Data opened its New York office
- **2025** — Raised a $16.6M Series A led by Insight Partners; total funding reached $23.3M

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Heron Data, serving 150+ customers including FDIC-insured banks and insurance carriers
- Built the company to process 350,000+ documents per week
- Raised a $16.6M Series A led by Insight Partners (July 2025), bringing total funding to $23.3M
- Began building production LLM products in 2020, well before ChatGPT's public launch
- Helped customers cut submission-to-decision time by 60% and automate 80%+ of insurance submission triage

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — Heron Data raised a $16.6M Series A led by Insight Partners, with Y Combinator, BoxGroup and Flex Capital participating; total funding reached $23.3M.

## Links

- Website: https://herondata.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-jaeckle

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