On a mission to inspire the world to start selling and make secondhand the first choice. Our belief is that everyone has stuff in their life that is unused or underutilized, and they should sell them instead of eventually letting them go to waste in the landfills. And if you need/want something, you should consider secondhand first--you get something fully functional, save money, get something unique, save the earth and more. - Spent a year in Silicon Valley and fell in love with technology, came back to Singapore with a passion to solve meaningful problems at a global scale with tech - Stumbled upon a personal problem that resonated with a lot more people than us 3 co-founders after we demo-ed a prototype our team hacked together in 54 hours at Startup Weekend - Dropped my honours year to start Carousell with my co-founders Lucas and Marcus full-time in May 2012 - Bootstrapped our way to being No.1 Shopping app in Singapore since Jan 2014 with an app that makes selling as easy as taking a photo, and buying as simple as chatting - Discovered that this was not just a problem unique to Singapore, but a truly global one! Hence began our international expansion with the support of world-class investors Telenor, Naver, STIC Investments, Peak XV Partners (formerly known as Sequoia Capital India), Rakuten Ventures, Golden Gate Ventures, 500 Startups, EDBi, DBS - Inspired daily by stories of how Carousell has made a meaningful impact on the lives of our community of tens of millions of users across 7 markets - Feel very lucky to work alongside our passionate & talented teammates of ~20 nationalities based across 8 offices in the region - Excited to inspire the world to start selling and make secondhand a first choice by making selling and buying secondhand a lot more convenient and trusted with recommerce