# Juan Pablo Ortega

> Juan Pablo Ortega is a Colombian entrepreneur, the co-founder and CEO of payment-orchestration company Yuno, and a co-founder of Rappi. After helping Rappi expand across nine countries and building its payments, fraud, and financial-services capabilities, he co-founded Yuno with Julián Núñez to turn the complexity they had experienced into one global payments layer. Yuno now says it connects more than 1,000 payment methods and 460 integrations across over 190 countries; in August 2026 it announced a $45 million Series B and a goal of reaching $100 billion in annual transaction volume within 12 months.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Yuno
- **Organizations:** Yuno, Rappi, World Economic Forum, Sequoia Capital
- **From:** Bogotá, Colombia
- **Nationality:** Colombian
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Applied Economics, Cornell University
- **Known for:** Co-founded both Rappi and Yuno., Helped Rappi grow from a small delivery startup into a multi-function platform operating in nine countries., Built and scaled Rappi's payment and fraud teams and helped architect its financial-services arm.

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Completed a bachelor's degree in Applied Economics at Cornell University.
- **2015** — Co-founded Rappi and began a six-year period helping build and expand the company.
- **2017** — Led Rappi's launch into Mexico, its first market outside Colombia.
- **2019** — Helped build RappiPay and RappiBank, along with Rappi's payments and fraud capabilities.
- **2022** — Co-founded Yuno with Julián Núñez; the company announced a $10 million seed round.
- **2023** — Yuno was selected as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer.
- **2024** — Yuno announced a $25 million Series A led by DST Global Partners; Ortega appeared as a panelist at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.
- **2026** — Yuno announced a $45 million Series B led by Global PayTech Ventures, bringing disclosed total funding to $80 million.
- **2026** — Built and launched Voyage, an AI group-travel planner, with Daniel Lozano.

## Achievements

- Co-founded both Rappi and Yuno.
- Helped Rappi grow from a small delivery startup into a multi-function platform operating in nine countries.
- Built and scaled Rappi's payment and fraud teams and helped architect its financial-services arm.
- Led Rappi's first international expansion into Mexico.
- Raised a $10 million seed, a $25 million Series A, and a $45 million Series B for Yuno with co-founder Julián Núñez and their team.
- Twice received the President's Volunteer Service Award, in 2012 and 2013.
- Earned an FAA instrument-rated commercial pilot qualification.
- Represented Yuno as a panelist at the 2024 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Yuno and Revolut announced an integration spanning the UK, EEA, Singapore, and Australia.
- **2026-08** — Yuno announced a $45 million Series B led by Global PayTech Ventures, with funding aimed at product expansion, U.S. growth, and a path to profitability.
- **2026-07** — Ortega shared progress on Yuno Brain and publicly described shipping production code with Claude.
- **2026-06** — Ortega launched the Voyage group-travel app with Daniel Lozano and presented his payments perspective at Founders Forum Global.
- **2026-04** — Yuno Payments Arabia received Payment Technical Service Provider certification from the Saudi Central Bank.

## Links

- Website: https://jpom.me/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanpabloom/

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Last updated: 2026-09-26