Ventures

Businesses I started, designed, manage and optimise. Some retired, some acquired and some ongoing.

FrontKit logo

FrontKit

2025 – now

A curated library of production-ready frontend components and patterns for Framer, Next.js and Tailwind CSS. Currently waitlist only but in active development.

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DiviWP

2016 – now

Landing Pages, Layouts and Sections for the Divi WordPress theme. 1700+ sales on the Divi Marketplace, 500+ customers and 5-star reviews.

Ongoingdiviwp.com
TravelBud logo

TravelBud

2013 – now

A meaningful-travel company sending volunteers and adventurers abroad. Acting CEO and Technical Director, owning product, web, and operations.

CultureRoute logo

CultureRoute

2014 – 2019

A TEFL Course travel brand, run alongside TravelBud, covering product design, product management, and web development.

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Clickshape

2013 – 2025

Award winning UX Design and development agency.

Shut down
MyVideo logo

MyVideo

2008 – 2011

South Africa’s first video sharing platform.

Shut down

Didn’t make it

Not everything ships. These never reached escape velocity but provided valuable learnings that I take into each new project.

  • ThemeHealthA WordPress theme auditing and health-check tool.
  • VideoJuiceA video compression tool which created mobile optimised videos.
  • Galaxy PluginsA WordPress plugin suite.
  • 3scapeA generative art project.

I’m in Cape Town, South Africa where it’s (GMT+2).

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