Guaranteed savings for students. Guaranteed revenue for vendors.

TAPAUU is a prepaid meal wallet platform connecting budget-conscious university students to campus hawkers — at below-retail prices.

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1.3M university students in Malaysia
RM4 saved every 6 meals
Live in Sunway
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WHY TAPAUU EXISTS

A broken ecosystem.

For Students

Malaysia has 1.3 million university students eating near campus every day. Most are spending inconsistently, skipping meals, or making last-minute decisions with limited money.

For Vendors

80% of small campus hawkers experience unpredictable daily sales. They cook blind every morning with no idea how many customers will show up.

The real problem isn't food waste. It's demand inconsistency.

HOW IT WORKS

Simple for students. Powerful for vendors.

1

For Students

  • Subscribe to a prepaid meal package
  • Browse participating vendors near campus
  • Redeem your meal at below-retail prices
  • No decision fatigue. Smart spending.
2

For Vendors

  • List your top meals on TAPAUU
  • Receive pre-committed orders from subscribers
  • Cook exactly what you know will sell
  • Get paid daily — predictable cash flow

Students know what they'll spend. Vendors know what they'll sell.

OUR JOURNEY

Listening to the market.

Sep 2025 – Jan 2026

What We Believed

Built a surplus food auction model. Spoke to 50+ vendors across Sunway and Bangi. Shipped the first app version.

"80% of small vendors don't have a surplus problem. They have a demand problem."

Market told us the real issue. We listened.

The Pivot

Feb 2026 – Apr 2026

What We Did About It

Pivoted to a meal subscription model. Built an operational MVP. Launched a live pilot in Sunway with 3 vendors, 9 meal options, and 10 student testers over 10 days.

PILOT · SUNWAY 2026

We didn't just build it. We ran it.

The pilot validated daily usage behavior, vendor satisfaction, and the redemption flow. Results directly shape our next subscription tiers and expansion plan.

3Vendors
9Meal Options
10Student Testers
10Days Live
THE MODEL

Everyone wins. That's the point.

Students

Purchase a prepaid meal wallet → eliminate daily decision fatigue → skip the queues with rapid grab-and-go pickup

Vendors

Receive pre-committed demand → offer meals at a fixed discounted rate → benefit from predictable daily cash flow

Platform

Captures RM1 per meal redeemed → scales through high-frequency daily usage → model improves as vendor trust deepens

* These are pilot numbers. As vendors commit to deeper discounts, student savings grow and so do our margins.

WHERE WE'RE GOING

Building the campus infrastructure.

Phase 1

Density Network

We're saturating campus perimeters first. Our immediate goal is to onboard every single highly-trafficked vendor within a 1km radius of universities, creating unbeatable convenience.

Phase 2

Deepening Discounts

As transaction volume becomes highly predictable, we leverage this data to negotiate even steeper discounts for students without compromising the bottom line of our partners.

Phase 3

Default Ecosystem

TAPAUU evolves from an app to an infrastructure. If you're a student, your wallet is on TAPAUU. If you're a vendor near campus, your demand is generated by TAPAUU.

THE FOUNDERS

Built across time zones.

Three university students. One real problem. Built across Germany, the US, and on the ground in Sunway.

Linath

Linath

Co-Founder
Raaj

Raaj

Co-Founder
Daniel

Daniel

Co-Founder