# Moses Lo

> Moses Lo is the co-founder and CEO of Xendit, the Southeast Asian payments infrastructure company that became Indonesia's first Y Combinator unicorn. He runs it from San Francisco and Jakarta, and built it after pivoting away from a bitcoin remittance idea six weeks into YC.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Xendit
- **Organizations:** Xendit, Y Combinator (S15 alum), Barker Bespoke (former), Amazon (former), Boston Consulting Group (former)
- **Nationality:** Indonesian-Australian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Commerce, Finance & Information Systems Management, University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia), MBA, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Xendit, Indonesia's first Y Combinator unicorn, Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Won The Asian Banker Best Payments Initiative award

## Career timeline

- **2011** — Joined Boston Consulting Group as a consultant
- **2012** — Founded Barker Bespoke, a tailored menswear venture
- **2014** — Joined Amazon's Retail Leadership Development program
- **2015** — Earned MBA from Berkeley Haas; co-founded Xendit and joined Y Combinator S15
- **2015** — Xendit launched in Jakarta in July, first as a bitcoin remittance idea then pivoting to payments
- **2021** — Xendit raised $64.6M Series B led by Accel, then a $150M Series C led by Tiger Global, reaching unicorn status
- **2022** — Expanded Xendit's operations in the Philippines
- **2026** — Continued leading Xendit from San Francisco and Jakarta with around 800 employees

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Xendit, Indonesia's first Y Combinator unicorn
- Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
- Won The Asian Banker Best Payments Initiative award
- Featured on CNBC Upstart 100
- Raised over $600M in total funding for Xendit from Tiger Global, Accel, Amasia and others

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Xendit reported a fresh debt financing round of roughly $50M as it continued scaling cross-border payments and merchant services across SEA.
- **2025-08** — Spoke at Singapore Fintech Festival programming on regional payments innovation.

## Links

- Website: https://xendit.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/moseslo
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/xenditco
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mosesjlo/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xendit

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Last updated: 2026-05-30