Musha Ventures

Musha Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York that focuses on early-stage investments in Africa. Established in 2011, the firm operates as a micro VC and angel fund, targeting sectors such as education, healthcare, fintech, agriculture, and supply chain. Musha Ventures aims to support innovative startups and entrepreneurs in these critical areas, contributing to the growth and development of the African economy.

Aadil Mamujee

Founder

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Hohm Energy

Seed Round in 2022
Hohm Energy is an online marketplace that connects customers with accredited solar providers, product suppliers, and financiers. It provides clients with an evolving solar purchasing experience by utilizing scalable technology that manages their entire solar transition journey from scoping for the solution, installation, ongoing operations, and maintenance. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Gauteng, South Africa.

Novek

Seed Round in 2022
Novek builds IOT technology to completely eliminate single use plastic from FMCG Supply chains.

Earnipay

Seed Round in 2022
Earnipay enables employers to offer employees access to their earned salaries instantly at any time without making changes to their existing payment process.

Tazah Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tazah's mission is to improve the lives of producers, businesses and consumers by building a tech-enabled OS for food and agri supply chain of Pakistan

Garage Mobility

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Garage is Africa’s premier automotive technology company, connecting regional and global manufacturers and distributors with fleets, retailers and mechanic shops and providing best in class software for inventory management, shop management and eCommerce.

OmniBiz

Seed Round in 2021
Omnibiz is a digital platform for small businesses willing to attract new customers.

Medsaf

Seed Round in 2021
Medsaf is a pharmaceutical supply chain company based in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2014. It specializes in the delivery of medications, including antacids, antiviral drugs, antineoplastics, and various supplements, to hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, NGOs, and government entities. Medsaf aims to enhance the availability, affordability, and quality of medications in emerging markets through its end-to-end procurement platform. The company utilizes technology to automate and finance medication procurement, integrating logistics, quality control, and financing services. With a focus on data analytics and blockchain, Medsaf provides stakeholders with essential information regarding the movement of medications, ensuring a more efficient supply chain. The company also offers its products online, expanding access to vital healthcare resources.

Bloc

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bloc is a FinTech and Banking as a Service infrastructure provider.

ZUMI

Venture Round in 2021
ZUMI is a Kenya-based company established in 2016 that operates an online magazine focused on fashion, beauty, food, and living. Additionally, it serves as a marketplace connecting apparel wholesalers and retailers, emphasizing transparency and affordability. ZUMI empowers women retailers by providing them with technology, logistics, and financial services to facilitate their business growth. Customers can place orders through various methods, including SMS, phone calls, or by engaging a ZUMI Agent. The company collects orders from suppliers each morning, and its logistics partners ensure delivery within 18 hours. Payments are conveniently processed via mobile money, making the experience efficient for both retailers and customers.

Chaka Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Chaka Technologies Limited is a financial technology company based in Lagos, Nigeria, that operates an online stock trading and investment platform. The company facilitates access to global capital markets for African individuals and businesses, enabling them to create trading accounts and invest in a wide range of assets, including equities, mutual funds, fixed income products, and cryptocurrencies. With access to over 3,000 assets across more than 40 countries, including major markets such as the United States, China, and the United Kingdom, Chaka aims to lower barriers to investment. Its platform is designed to be regulatorily compliant, serving a diverse clientele that includes corporate and institutional clients, investment advisors, stockbrokers, and fund managers.

nGrow.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2021
nGrow is a low code solution for push notification marketing. nGrow is like Google or Facebook auto-marketing campaigns, but in the push notifications channel. With nGrow AI tool, our customers see up to 30% incremental Revenue growth. The company was founded by a Marketing Director and a Tech co-founder, with 8+ years of experience in connecting AI and marketing across 40+ apps. We launched nGrow in November 2021, and now it delivers 150M notifications daily. We’re backed by Y Combinator and ex-Dropbox and ex-Google investors.

Claap

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of an asynchronous meetings platform designed to solve roadblocks. The company's platform allows to easily review codes, and share and analyze the performance, enabling people to share video updates, get feedback and make decisions without the need to be in the same room, at the same time.

Slerp

Series A in 2021
Slerp is an e-commerce platform that powers websites allowing for on-demand ordering. Slerp allows brands to bring a network of bricks-and-mortar locations online with custom inventory control, connection to last-mile couriers and customisable checkout journeys.

Bypa-ss

Convertible Note in 2021
Bypa-ss is digitizing healthcare information exchange between healthcare providers who want to deliver best quality of care to their patients. Connecting care providers and creating a single digital identity for a patient with their all medical data on them all the time dramatically enhance quality of care cutting down time waste, redundant costs and medical errors while providing pool of data for further development of operations, marketing, investments and even medical procedures.

Sendbox

Seed Round in 2021
Sendbox Software Technologies Limited develops a tech-enabled platform which provides shipping, escrow payments, and discovery services to merchants and customers who carry out e-commerce transactions on social media platforms. Its platform provides services, such as pick up and drop-offs, tracking and notifications, integrations, automatic scheduling and routing, cash handling and remittance, and nationwide delivery services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

Stitch

Seed Round in 2021
Stitch Money provides full API access to financial accounts. Stitch Money allows users to share their transaction history and balances, confirm their identities, and initiate payments.

Micro C, LLC

Venture Round in 2021
Micro C, LLC is a medical device company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 2016 by Dr. Greg Kolovich and Evan Ruff. The company specializes in the development and marketing of innovative imaging devices designed specifically for surgeons and physicians treating disorders of the extremities. Its flagship product, a hand-held, multi-modal x-ray and digital imaging device, enhances image clarity while minimizing radiation exposure. This ergonomic device facilitates faster workflows and improves surgical and clinical productivity, enabling healthcare professionals to capture images with greater accuracy and safety.

LipaLater

Venture Round in 2021
Lipa Later is a facility that provides electronic loans, business loans, and salary loans to individuals and businesses in the low to middle income bracket in Kenya. The company is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Micro C, LLC

Seed Round in 2021
Micro C, LLC is a medical device company based in Savannah, Georgia, founded in 2016 by Dr. Greg Kolovich and Evan Ruff. The company specializes in the development and marketing of innovative imaging devices designed specifically for surgeons and physicians treating disorders of the extremities. Its flagship product, a hand-held, multi-modal x-ray and digital imaging device, enhances image clarity while minimizing radiation exposure. This ergonomic device facilitates faster workflows and improves surgical and clinical productivity, enabling healthcare professionals to capture images with greater accuracy and safety.

Hello HR

Pre Seed Round in 2021
HelloHR provides a cloud-based payroll solution connecting accountants, organizations, and employees, and works closely with the Xero cloud-based accounting software in South Africa.

Ramani

Seed Round in 2021
Ramani develops an application for salespeople to track inventory, register their customers, and record their sales transactions. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Metafy

Venture Round in 2020
Metafy, Inc. develops and operates an esports platform that enables competitive players to monetize their talent through coaching and courses. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Blairsville, Pennsylvania.

Turaco

Seed Round in 2020
Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.

AMMP Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
AMMP Technologies is an Amsterdam-based provider of digital solutions for energy service companies in emerging markets. The AMMP SaaS platform is a vendor-agnostic solution for remote monitoring and management of portfolios of renewable/hybrid energy systems. It enables data-driven operational excellence, leading to higher system uptimes and significant OPEX savings. Since AMMP’s founding in 2018, the company’s operational base has grown to nearly 1,000 systems worldwide. Prior to AMMP, the founding team worked together at E.ON Off Grid Solutions to successfully deploy and operate mini-grids across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Heron Data

Seed Round in 2020
We are a software company that categorises and labels bank transaction data. If you think deciphering a transaction on your bank statement is hard for you, it’s way harder for your lender, personal finance manager, or neobank, so we offer an easy service to solve this problem.

Workpay

Seed Round in 2020
WorkPay is a payroll processing company for small and medium sized businesses in Africa. We do this by providing this businesses simple tools for time tracking, payroll processing and salary disbursements to banks and mobile wallets like M-Pesa.

Prospa

Seed Round in 2020
Prospa is a technology company focused on supporting African entrepreneurs and small businesses through its banking application. This application enables business owners to open and manage business accounts, providing them with an account number in the company's name. Prospa's platform facilitates various financial transactions, including sending and receiving transfers, creating invoices, and establishing sub-accounts. By addressing common financial challenges faced by small businesses, Prospa aims to enhance productivity and streamline operations for its users.

SkillMagic

Seed Round in 2020
SkillMagic's AI finds the best technical content, delivers it directly to your engineers, keeps them engaged, and helps you track their progress.

Topos Network

Seed Round in 2020
Banking As A Service protocol built on blockchain to provide a safe and redeemable store of value where even banks cannot go. Topos enables communities to invest in themselves by providing a banking network which they own. By codify monetary policies in democratically controlled smart contracts, we are creating the first deCentral Bank on-chain.

FORME

Seed Round in 2020
FORME provides in-home instructions that specialize in sports and fitness. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Playbook

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Playbook Software Inc. develops application for managing workflow process. The company helps to create, execute, and track any process with a team, customers, and more. It provides services to HR and people Ops, customer success, cybersecurity, finance, operations, and digital events. Playbook Software Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Austin, Texas.

solve. io

Seed Round in 2020
Solve Data Inc. develops an in house data management platform. Its services, include data enablement, application programming interface endpoint management, privacy, smart optimization, and unleashing engineers. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Wellington , New Zealand.

Swell

Seed Round in 2020
Swell Commerce Corp. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in developing an e-commerce platform focused on customization and headless integration. It provides both client-side and server-side application programming interfaces, along with a customizable content management system and subscription management features. This platform allows businesses to create unique shopping experiences and accommodate complex business models. Additionally, Swell operates as a multi-channel direct marketer, offering surf apparel, equipment, and lifestyle products.

FinAccess

Seed Round in 2020
FinAccess Global LLC designs and develops a cloud based baking platform for micro finance institutions. The company provides digital infrastructure to micro finance institutions which allows them to offer digital services to their clients, such as personalized payment reminders, arrears follow up, transaction notification, issue debit cards, and bring in mobile money integration. FinAccess Global LLC also offers credit scoring capability. The company is based in Nigeria.

Autochek

Seed Round in 2020
Autochek is an automotive technology company founded in 2020 and based in South Africa. It operates online platforms that connect buyers and sellers in the automotive sector, enhancing commerce through digital solutions. The company focuses on creating a marketplace that improves access to auto loans, quality maintenance, aftersales services, and warranty solutions. By offering a comprehensive digital infrastructure, Autochek aims to streamline the coordination and maintenance of vehicle records, facilitating smoother transactions and interactions within the car market.

Swell

Seed Round in 2020
Swell Commerce Corp. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that specializes in developing an e-commerce platform focused on customization and headless integration. It provides both client-side and server-side application programming interfaces, along with a customizable content management system and subscription management features. This platform allows businesses to create unique shopping experiences and accommodate complex business models. Additionally, Swell operates as a multi-channel direct marketer, offering surf apparel, equipment, and lifestyle products.

Carry1st

Seed Round in 2020
ADG Technology Inc. designs and develops interactive mobile applications for African consumers. The company matches gaming demand in Africa to the youth’s demands. The company's products include Carry1st Trivia and Hyper! games. ADG Technology Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Yoco

Series B in 2020
Yoco Technologies Proprietary Limited, known as Yoco, is a South African company based in Cape Town that specializes in providing tools and services for small businesses to facilitate payments and enhance operational efficiency. Established in 2015, Yoco offers a range of products including mobile card machines, payment gateways, point of sale systems, and a business portal, enabling merchants to accept payments in-store, online, and on-the-go. The company aims to simplify the payment process for both buyers and sellers, reducing the complexities associated with managing multiple systems. Yoco currently supports around 100,000 small businesses in South Africa and has been recognized as one of the top 250 most promising fintech companies in recent years.

Contra

Seed Round in 2020
Contra gives everyone the tools and infrastructure they need to work for themselves.

Nomio

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of document management software designed to transform signed legal contracts into an intelligent format. The company's software facilitates users to create contracts, manage structured web information, contract management, and architecture management, enabling clients to integrate various sources and manage contract documents into the database.

ZUMI

Seed Round in 2020
ZUMI is a Kenya-based company established in 2016 that operates an online magazine focused on fashion, beauty, food, and living. Additionally, it serves as a marketplace connecting apparel wholesalers and retailers, emphasizing transparency and affordability. ZUMI empowers women retailers by providing them with technology, logistics, and financial services to facilitate their business growth. Customers can place orders through various methods, including SMS, phone calls, or by engaging a ZUMI Agent. The company collects orders from suppliers each morning, and its logistics partners ensure delivery within 18 hours. Payments are conveniently processed via mobile money, making the experience efficient for both retailers and customers.

Turaco

Seed Round in 2019
Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.

Dash

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Spektra is building APIs and tools that make it possible for businesses to accept and disburse Mobile Money payments from and to multiple providers and currencies within minutes, NOT months, without dealing with Mobile Network operators at all. With a few lines of code, a single tap or click, your customers can pay you with our seamless and easy to use products on the web, mobile, and in-app.

LipaLater

Seed Round in 2019
Lipa Later is a facility that provides electronic loans, business loans, and salary loans to individuals and businesses in the low to middle income bracket in Kenya. The company is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Dash

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Spektra is building APIs and tools that make it possible for businesses to accept and disburse Mobile Money payments from and to multiple providers and currencies within minutes, NOT months, without dealing with Mobile Network operators at all. With a few lines of code, a single tap or click, your customers can pay you with our seamless and easy to use products on the web, mobile, and in-app.

BuyPower

Seed Round in 2019
BuyPower is a utility payment platform based in Nigeria, focused on providing a convenient solution for electricity bill payments. The platform allows users to recharge their prepaid electricity meters online, offering services for customers in AEDC and JED PLC States. By enabling users to purchase electricity tokens through their phones or computers, BuyPower eliminates the need for physical queues and simplifies the payment process. This online service is designed to enhance the overall customer experience, making it easier for individuals to manage their electricity payments at any time and from any location.

Kudi

Seed Round in 2018
KUDI is a financial service provider focused on providing access to electronic banking and financial services by leveraging conversational interfaces, natural language processing and artificial intelligence to provider faster access, frictionless experience, and ultimately boost financial inclusion in emerging markets. KUDI is enabling secured financial transactions via Facebook, Telegram, Slack and Skype. KUDI's focus is the African market with a primary focus on the Nigerian Payment ecosystem and the company does this in partnership with e-payment regulators, a leading commercial bank, and an international payment processor.

Safeboda

Seed Round in 2018
At the click of a button, SafeBoda provides a safe, more convenient, mobile-first alternative to urban transportation for Africa’s booming young population. They are working to improve the industry for both drivers and passengers by increasing the number of safe trips taken per day and by making travel around cities convenient and stress-free.Founded in the heart of Kampala Uganda, they are truly an African business, designed for the African context.

Apollo Agriculture

Seed Round in 2018
Apollo Agriculture, founded in 2015 and based in Nairobi, Kenya, focuses on providing financial and technical support to smallholder farmers in emerging markets. The company offers farming loans to help farmers purchase essential inputs such as fertilizer, seeds, and crop insurance, along with access to expert consultations via mobile technology. By utilizing agronomic machine learning and remote sensing, Apollo tailors its services to individual farmers, assessing credit risk and customizing packages based on satellite and soil data, as well as crop yield models. This approach not only enhances the effectiveness of farming practices but also aims to significantly increase yields and profits for farmers.

Cashfree

Seed Round in 2017
Cashfree Payments India Private Limited is a Bengaluru-based payments and banking technology company established in 2015. It provides a comprehensive payment platform that facilitates online and mobile wallet transactions for over 50,000 businesses in India. Its offerings include an online payments kit featuring a payment gateway, API-driven bank transfers, and automatic reconciliation of inward NEFT/RTGS payments. Cashfree also supports marketplace settlements, invoicing, cash-on-delivery e-payments, and the generation of payment links. The company serves a variety of prominent clients, including Cred, BigBasket, Zomato, and HDFC Ergo, enabling them to efficiently collect payments, manage vendor payouts, and disburse instant loans.

Wasoko

Seed Round in 2017
Sokowatch revolutionizes access to essential goods and services by connecting small shops to the digital economy. Through individual agents equipped with proprietary mobile data-collection tools, Sokowatch increases sales and market coverage for companies in emerging markets. It enables informal retailers to order products at any time via SMS or mobile app, and receive free same-day delivery to their store. This makes it easier for shopkeepers to source goods and helps manufacturers ensure that their products are consistently available to consumers. Sokowatch evaluates retailers to provide them with access to credit and other financial services typically not available to informal businesses. Sokowatch's systems track real-time sales and orders across thousands of stores. Access to market trends and purchasing habits enables manufacturers to tailor their marketing strategies and allows Sokowatch to offer personalized promotions and business insights to individual retailers.

Hover

Seed Round in 2017
The global mobile money industry moves over $1.3 billion per day. Our Android API enables developers to integrate any mobile money service worldwide in an afternoon.

Cashfree

Seed Round in 2017
Cashfree Payments India Private Limited is a Bengaluru-based payments and banking technology company established in 2015. It provides a comprehensive payment platform that facilitates online and mobile wallet transactions for over 50,000 businesses in India. Its offerings include an online payments kit featuring a payment gateway, API-driven bank transfers, and automatic reconciliation of inward NEFT/RTGS payments. Cashfree also supports marketplace settlements, invoicing, cash-on-delivery e-payments, and the generation of payment links. The company serves a variety of prominent clients, including Cred, BigBasket, Zomato, and HDFC Ergo, enabling them to efficiently collect payments, manage vendor payouts, and disburse instant loans.

Lidya

Seed Round in 2016
Lidya is a financial services platform based in Lagos, Nigeria, founded in 2016. The company focuses on improving access to credit and financial resources for small and medium enterprises in emerging markets. Lidya enables businesses to open online accounts quickly, manage their funds, and access necessary credit to facilitate growth. Utilizing mobile-first technology and proprietary credit scoring algorithms, the platform offers tools and dashboards that help businesses monitor their cash flow and receivables. This approach allows users to build their credit profiles, which can lead to higher credit limits and more affordable financing options. Lidya aims to empower businesses with the financial tools they need to succeed and plan for the future.

Taptap Send

Series A in 2016
Taptap Send is an app that lets immigrants send money back home to Africa instantly and at very low prices. Since launching in summer 2018, it has already moved tens of millions of dollars and reached tens of thousands of customers. It is live in seven European countries, and support payments into Senegal, Mali, Zambia, Ghana and the Ivory Coast, with more countries launching soon.

Regalii

Seed Round in 2015
Arcus Financial Intelligence, Inc. operates an API platform designed for banks and financial institutions, focusing on managing consumer bills and financial data. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, the company provides real-time bill management and payment services, allowing users to understand their financial obligations, including the number of bills, amounts owed, and due dates. Initially established as a cross-border bill payment provider under the name Regalii, the company shifted its focus in 2016 to enhance bill payment data services in the domestic market, introducing products such as xData and xChange. Arcus has established partnerships with notable fintech mobile payment applications, including Santander and Walmart, enabling accessible payment solutions through its multi-rail payment platform. The company has successfully raised significant funding over the years, attracting investments from prominent venture capital firms and Y Combinator.

Birddogs

Seed Round in 2015
Birddogs is a men's apparel brand founded in 2014 and based in New York, New York. The company specializes in engineered gym shorts that feature a built-in liner, eliminating the need for traditional underwear. These versatile shorts are designed for a variety of activities, allowing customers to run, swim, and relax in a single pair. By focusing on comfort and functionality, Birddogs aims to enhance the workout and leisure experience for men.

Sisense

Seed Round in 2012
Sisense Inc. specializes in developing advanced business intelligence and data analytics software solutions. Its flagship product, Sisense, allows users to manage, analyze, and visualize complex data from diverse sources through interactive dashboards and data visualizations. The company enhances analytic adoption by offering Sisense Fusion, an AI-driven analytics cloud platform that integrates analytics into both customer-facing applications and employee workflows. Serving a broad range of industries, including retail, healthcare, and manufacturing, Sisense caters to businesses of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises. With a commitment to customer success, Sisense has been recognized as a leader in the business intelligence sector and has established strategic partnerships, such as with Narrative Science. Founded in 2005, Sisense is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with additional offices in London and Sydney.

Streak

Seed Round in 2012
Streak is a customer relationship management application that operates entirely within Gmail, seamlessly integrating with other G Suite applications. It is designed to simplify various business processes, including sales, partnerships, support, hiring, and deal flow. By managing workflows directly from the inbox, Streak allows users to share contacts, emails, and files efficiently. The platform also offers a suite of email tools, such as email tracking, the ability to schedule emails for later, snoozing messages, and mail merge functionalities. This combination of features enables clients to enhance productivity, close more deals, and resolve support tickets effectively.

RolePoint

Seed Round in 2012
RolePoint's mission is to rethink the way organizations access and retain the highest quality talent by driving the shift in how enterprises use data to hire.

CrowdVision

Seed Round in 2012
CrowdVision is a leading automated pedestrian analytics and insights company. CrowdVision software shows what is happening to an entire pedestrian population, in real time. This enables infrastructure operators like airports, transport hubs, retail malls, convention centres and theme parks to act decisively to increase efficiency and profitability, both in the moment and in the future, whilst improving their customers’ experience. The CrowdVision solution processes live video input from commercial off the shelf cameras, and detects pedestrian movements automatically using sophisticated artificial intelligence techniques. CrowdVision outputs live data about everything from flows, queues and wait times to processing times, occupancies, and asset utilisation. Live dashboards reveal actionable insights to improve real-time operations, whilst accumulated historical data provides reliable evidence for planning and investment decisions. CrowdVision is headquartered in London, with regional offices in Dubai, Melbourne, and New York. More information is available at crowdvision.com.

ID.me

Seed Round in 2011
The mission of ID.me is to make the world a more trusted place by enabling transparent interactions between people and organizations. ID.me is a digital identity network that empowers consumers to prove their identity via a digital medium in contexts where it would benefit the consumer to be known. For relying parties, ID.me provides a single API endpoint through which partners can verify the identity of users attempting to access a website or to unlock an exclusive benefit. The United States Department of Commerce selected ID.me as one of the top five identity companies in America in 2013 and awarded the company a $2.8M grant to participate in the President's National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). ID.me was a Finalist for Wall Street Journal Startup of the Year in 2013. Entrepreneur Magazine selected ID.me as one of 100 Brilliant Companies for 2014 in their June 2014 edition. Key customers include SeaWorld, Overstock.com, Under Armour, Dell, Sears Holding Corporation, and 129 additional retailers and brands.

Chope

Seed Round in 2011
Chope is a website that enables users to find and reserve restaurant in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Bangkok, Phuket, Jakarta, and Bali through the company’s www.chope.co, mobile apps, and plug-ins. The company offers two solutions for restaurants: a sophisticated table management system that integrates customer relationship management functions and a lighter browser-based platform. Both provides restaurants real time control over their online availability. In addition to online reservations, www.chope.co also provides diners with in-house editorials, a summary of press coverage, menus, pricing, and operational information for the listed restaurants. It also serves as an additional marketing channel for client restaurants via an active social media team and targeted offline marketing initiatives. Chope was launched by Arrif Ziaudeen and Clowie Tan in June 2011 and is based in Singapore.