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Jon Yongfook.

Singapore-based maker behind Bannerbear, an API for automated image and video generation. Still runs the whole business on Rails 6 and jQuery past $1M ARR.

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$83,333MRR · Sep 19, 2025
1Active products
0Retired products
0Employees
2020First launch
4Sourced datapoints

Revenue History.

EVERY ROW SOURCED · CSV ↓
DateMRRKindSource
Sep 19, 2025$83,333Self-ReportedSource →
Feb 5, 2024$53,000Self-ReportedSource →
Jul 1, 2023$50,000Self-ReportedSource →
Jan 24, 2021$10,000Self-ReportedSource →

Products.

1 ACTIVE · 0 RETIRED
● ACTIVE

Bannerbear

API for automated image and video generation.

Stack — what they build with

Ruby on RailsjQuery

Lessons — worth stealing

ALL SOURCED
L-01

Once you're bootstrapped, profitable, and paying yourself a decent salary, everything changes.

SRC: Source → · Apr 27, 2022
L-02

Bannerbear got to $1 million ARR on Rails 6 and jQuery. You don't need to be on the cutting edge of tech all the time.

SRC: Source → · Sep 19, 2025