Janlo van den Heever Fractional CMO for Crypto Infrastructure

Currently in South East Asia · GMT+8

The best crypto infrastructure keeps losing to the best brand. I fix that.
Repositioned a 2M-user wallet into a premium Bitcoin neobank. Closed Google, Walmart and Derulo. 18 years building brands and closing deals across crypto, fintech and consumer.

Janlo van den Heever — Fractional CMO for Crypto Infrastructure

Testimonials

★★★★★

"Janlo is an absolute beast of a marketing director."

Ran Neuner

Ran Neuner

CEO & Founder, Crypto Banter

★★★★★

"Instrumental in driving discipline & structure in the LATAM region."

Diego Collicchio

Diego Collicchio

President Red Bull Brazil / ex-President Red Bull US

★★★★★

"His ability to slice and dice diverse datasets is what impressed me most."

Simon Lloyd

Simon Lloyd

Founder, Algorithm USA & UK

What I Do

Positioning & Brand

Name, message, audience, category, built from scratch. I repositioned a 2M-user product from "crypto wallet" to premium Bitcoin neobank. Most infra companies have world-class tech and amateur positioning. I make infrastructure legible to the people who actually decide: founders, partners, press, and users who don't read the docs.

Deal-Making & Keynotes

I close. Walmart, Google, Jason Derulo, the muscle is the same regardless of the industry. I build the keynote decks for major stages and I carry the room. For infra companies that live on partnerships, ecosystem deals, and investor narrative, I'm the commercial face as much as the marketer.

GTM Strategy & Execution

Strategy built and executed by the same person. Zero to launch across B2C, B2B and API. Crypto native since 2017, deep across L1s and L2s. I've shipped the GTM, not just the slide that describes it.

Full Stack with AI

I ship product, not just campaigns. I coded a trading app end to end, built its indicators, and built the AI interfaces on top of it. 3,000+ commits in the last year. LLMs, agents and APIs running real workflows: content, CRM, reporting, meeting prep. This is how I run a full growth function as one person.

Growth Systems

Started at Nielsen in retail measurement science. Data is not a skill I bolted on — it's how I think. Analytics-first across acquisition, CRM and retention. Systems that compound, not campaigns that fade.

Selected Work

18 years. Crypto infrastructure, fintech, FMCG, edtech, ecommerce. Always from the trenches.

Xverse

Head of Growth

Bitcoin Neobank GTM & Brand Repositioning

  • Repositioned 2M-user product from crypto wallet to premium Bitcoin neobank
  • Closed Google as enterprise partner, B2B GTM built from zero
  • Card waitlist: 2,000 signups in 48 hours
  • Rebuilt full growth function as one person using AI automation after team layoffs
xverse.app

Crypto Banter

Head of Marketing

Krown Trading School, Influencer Deals & Revenue Growth

  • Launched Krown Trading School from zero, core monetised product with master trader Eric Krown
  • Closed deals with Jason Derulo, Scott Melker, Eric Krown, and more
  • 40%+ improvement in top-of-funnel conversion via CRM overhaul
  • Affiliate partnerships with Bybit, TradingView, Coingecko
Crypto School

Red Bull

LATAM Head of Trade Marketing & Pricing

$10M+ Marketing Across 20+ Global Markets

  • $10M+ annual budget across B2C, hardware and B2B partners
  • 20+ markets across Latin America and globally
  • Price architecture ownership across the region
  • Direct partnership with MDs and country GMs

HyperionDev

Global Head of Marketing

3x Revenue Growth in 12 Months

  • 3x revenue in under 12 months
  • $2M+ annual media budget ownership
  • 10,000+ applicants sourced for UK DfE-funded bootcamps
  • Partnerships: Imperial College London, University of Manchester
hyperiondev.com

Timewarp Delivery

Founder

First to Market: Sub 1-Hour Delivery in South Africa

  • First to market with sub 1-hour ecommerce grocery and retail delivery in South Africa
  • 10,000+ app downloads on iOS & Android in under 6 months
  • 100,000+ item catalogue with payment & stock feed integrations
Watch demo

Moms Who Trade

Co-Founder

New

Created & Positioned a New Trading Education Brand

  • Created the brand from scratch — name, positioning, identity and GTM strategy
  • Mission: take any mom from zero to her first $1,000 trading
  • Built product, brand and growth from zero
  • Revenue from workshops to memberships
app.momswhotrade.co
18+
Years Experience
$10M+
Budgets Managed
2M+
Users Grown
15+
Markets Owned
3x
Revenue Growth

What They Say

Janlo is one of the most knowledgeable people in the crypto space, both in terms of projects and industry partners. His expertise and proactive approach make any partnership strategy a success.

Miguel Rovira Vilches

Growth, Capital.com — Fintech & Crypto

In an extremely short space of time and with a team that was barely formed, Janlo managed to lead the recruitment of thousands of applicants. We set very ambitious targets and these were nearly all met.

Riaz Moola

Founder & CEO, HyperionDev (Forbes 30 Under 30 / Cambridge Gates Scholar)

Janlo is the ideal person to work with. Ethical, consistent and extremely talented. His passion and knowledge of digital marketing is the best I've come across.

James Campbell

Head of Growth, Enreach.ai / Co-Founder, Africa Conn3ct

Being a founder, he always thinks revenue and commercial impact. Whatever he sets his mind to is crafted with meticulous detail — which is rare to find.

Lincoln Naicker

Strategic Growth, Stitch