rafael

rafael

tryna build. in taiwan (apr '24)

rafaelsoh.com

Projects

Ongoing

Dime is a personal finance manager built with iOS design guidelines in mind.

Work Experience

2022 — Now
Singapore

Photon is an indie app development studio that prioritizes intuitive, accessible design.

  • Solo-developed Dime, an open-source personal finance manager featured by Apple (73k users, 1.3k 5-star ratings on the App Store at 4.9 overall, >600 stars on GitHub).

  • Led development for Moments (social productivity tool) and Empty (intermittent fasting tracker), both currently in beta.

2021 — 2022
Business Development at Carousell
Singapore

Carousell is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing C2C marketplaces.

  • Worked on InstantBuy Tech (now Certified), Carousell's latest venture into sustainable re-commerce.

  • Spearheaded partner acquisition, doubling the number of electronics merchants and weekly order volume within a span of 4 months.

2019 — 2020
Co-Founder and CEO at Bridge
Singapore

Incubated by Temasek Holdings, Bridge is a mobile payments application for teenagers to spend and budget their allowance. Parents can monitor spending whilst setting expenditure limits and saving goals for their children to work towards.

  • Developed and launched QR payment system school wide in Raffles Institution.

  • Collaborated with teams from Instarem, VISA and FavePay to build upon VISAʼs Virtual Debit Card Sandbox and leverage their merchant network.

  • Featured on the Straits Times, Temasek News, e27, Vulcan Post, Tech in Asia and more.

2018 — 2018
Co-Founder at Swap
Singapore

Incubated by the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, Swap allows caregivers to engage nearby volunteers for non-medical elderly care through a mobile app.

  • Crafted business model, developed MVP of mobile application, partnered with senior activity centres.

  • Led volunteer force for initial idea validation with a pool of caregivers and seniors.

Teams

Current
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