Jonie Oostveen is the founder of Arto, an online gallery that brings the kind of discovery experience you can find at a music app like Spotify to the world of art.

Originally from the Netherlands but now based in Singapore, Jonie’s journey into entrepreneurship started with working at large mobile telcos like KPN before later being involved in more dynamic tech organizations (Spotify, Philips Ventures, Ebuddy and Miyowa). Even though these organizations had startup-like cultures, they couldn’t replace the challenge and thrill of running your own startup.

In this interview we talk about the problems he’s trying to solve at Arto as well as the challenges (and advantages) of being an older entrepreneur. Is a 41 year old startup founder more or less likely to succeed? Jonie successfully raised $500k angel seed to kick start Arto and is now seeking a further round of capital.