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We build the software and buy the businesses that run on it.

Operating software written for our own companies first. Then the acquisitions that should be running on it. Held, never flipped.

PAYROLL · STATUTORY FILING
Tally
Payroll that files itself.
OCTOBER RUN
EMPLOYERS184
HEADCOUNT2,310
EXCEPTIONS3
Harbour Logistics42Filed
Lim & Partners11Filed
Tanjong Dental27Review
Eastside F&B63Filed
INDUSTRIAL AGENTS
Foreman
A factory back office run by agents.
PLANT OPS
09:12quote-agent parsed RFQ #4471, 38 lines
09:12spec-agent matched 36/38
09:14doc-agent bilingual quotation drafted
09:15ops-agent 3 approvals pending
09:31212 tasks today · 0 escalations
INFRASTRUCTURE · PUBLIC
Atlas
A region's data centres, on one live map.
LIVE SITE MAP
SITE 14 · 120 MWSITE 22 · 200 MWSITE 31
RESEARCH · UNATTENDED
Lantern
A supply chain mapped every morning.
DAILY 06:30
LayerStanceTell
L3 PackagingConstructiveCapacity vs orders
L5 MemoryWatchContract tape
L8 PowerConstructiveLead times
L11 NetworkNeutralAttach rates
COMPLIANCE · CONTINUOUS
Sentry
Registries watched every day.
ENTITY WATCH
WATCHED1,240
CHANGES17
ESCALATED2
Client 0412New directorUpdated
Cpty 1106Winding-up noticeEscalated
Client 0097Return due 14 dSent
INSTALLED BASE · SOFTWARE
Successor
Old software, loyal users, a second life.
MIGRATION
SUBSCRIBERS640
MIGRATED512
CHURN1.4%
Data modelAccess → PostgresDone
ClientVB6 → WebDone
SupportFounder → AgentLive
6systems, every one written in-house because nothing we could buy was good enough
7years running what we build inside our own companies before offering it to anyone else
1team. The people who write the software are the people who run the businesses on it

Software built by the people who do the work beats software sold to them. Every system here began as something we needed inside our own companies and could not buy. We built it, ran it until it was boring, and kept it. Now we acquire the businesses that should be running on it, and hold them. No fund, no exit timetable, no hierarchy to speak of.

Products

Tally
Payroll
BUILT 2026 · FROM SEVEN YEARS OF OUR OWN FILINGS
  • Monthly payroll, pension contributions, year-end returns and leave on one system, filed without a human in the loop
  • An acquired client book onboards in weeks, with clients noticing only faster answers
OCTOBER RUN
EMPLOYERS184
HEADCOUNT2,310
EXCEPTIONS3
EmployerStaffGrossStatus
Harbour Logistics Pte Ltd42168,400Filed
Lim & Partners LLP1161,900Filed
Tanjong Dental Group2796,300Review · PR date
Eastside F&B Holdings63152,100Filed
Foreman
Industrial
IN PRODUCTION SINCE 2026 · FOUR PLANTS
  • Quotations, specification matching, bilingual documents and reporting handled by agents inside the company's own chat platform
  • Hundreds of tasks a day, escalations in the single digits, zero new headcount
PLANT OPERATIONS
09:12:04quote-agent parsed RFQ #4471 (PDF, zh), 38 line items, 2 flagged
09:12:09spec-agent matched 36/38 to catalogue, 2 routed to engineer
09:14:51doc-agent drafted bilingual quotation, pricing rules v12
09:15:02ops-agent posted summary, 3 approvals pending
09:31:41idle · 212 tasks today · 0 escalations
Atlas
Infrastructure
PUBLIC SINCE 2026 · UPDATED BY AGENTS
  • Every data centre being built across a region, with capacity, pipeline and operator, on one live map
  • Read by the people building and financing the next gigawatt; built because the map did not exist
LIVE SITE MAP
SITE 14 · 120 MWSITE 09 · 60 MWSITE 22 · 200 MWSITE 31SITE 03SITES · CAPACITY · PIPELINE · OPERATOR● LIVE
Lantern
Research
RUNNING DAILY SINCE 2025 · 14 LAYERS · 100+ NAMES
  • Maps the AI hardware supply chain overnight: deep dives, weekly re-tiering, earnings briefings, a ledger of forward indicators
  • Built to find what is mispriced, never to restate consensus; grades its own calls
DAILY 06:30
LayerNamesStanceLeading tell
L3 Advanced packaging7ConstructiveCapacity adds vs orders
L5 Memory9WatchContract price tape
L8 Power and cooling11ConstructiveLead-time stretch
L11 Networking8NeutralAttach rates
Sentry
Compliance
CONTINUOUS · REGISTRIES, GAZETTES, CALENDARS
  • Know-your-business, beneficial ownership, litigation and insolvency screens for regulated small firms, run every morning from primary sources
  • A change in a client or counterparty is known the day it is published; the obligation never ends, so neither does the subscription
ENTITY WATCH · 06:00 DAILY
WATCHED1,240
CHANGES TODAY17
ESCALATED2
EntityChangeSourceAction
Client 0412New director appointedRegistryPack updated
Counterparty 1106Winding-up noticeGazetteEscalated
Client 0097Annual return due in 14 dCalendarReminder sent
Client 0251Beneficial owner changedFilingEscalated
Successor
Acquisitions
THE MODEL EVERYTHING ELSE REPEATS
  • Software products whose founders stopped developing them years ago, with subscribers who still pay the maintenance invoice
  • We keep the screens the users know, replace everything behind them with our stack, and answer the support line the same day
MIGRATION · PRODUCT 2
SUBSCRIBERS640
MIGRATED512
CHURN SINCE DAY 11.4%
ModuleLegacySuccessorStatus
Data modelAccess 2007PostgresDone
ReportsCrystal, 41 templatesGeneratedDone
Desktop clientVB6Web, same screensDone
Statutory updatesManual, yearlyRulebook, automaticRolling out

Our own technology

Six shared systems every product is built from. Written in-house, owned outright, reused each time we start or acquire something new. It is why the seventh thing we build takes weeks, not years.

RulebookEvery payroll, pension, tax and registry rule we have ever met, as executable code with its effective date attached.
CrewThe agent runtime behind Foreman, Lantern and Tally. Tasks, tools, approvals and an audit trail for every action.
LedgerOne record of every client, employee, filing and payment across everything we run. Nothing lives in a spreadsheet.
WatchScheduled research and monitoring. Reads sources, scores signals, writes the brief, wakes a person only when a threshold is crossed.
VerifyRegistry, gazette and sanctions lookups as a library. Sentry calls it a thousand times a day; a person calls it once, before signing.
RelayBilingual documents and correspondence. Contracts, quotations and client letters drafted in two languages from one source.

What we buy

Three kinds of business belong on our stack. If you own one and are thinking about what comes next, we are the buyer who already does the work. Indicative offer within 48 hours of a conversation, closing within 30 days, your name on the goodwill you built.

Recurring service booksPayroll and employer administration for 20 to 300 clients, where every month brings the same obligation and the same invoice.
RUNS ON TALLY
Installed-base softwareProducts with paying subscribers and a founder ready to hand over. Screens stay, everything behind them is replaced.
RUNS ON SUCCESSOR
Compliance workflowsMonitoring, filing and reporting duties that regulated firms cannot switch off, and would rather not staff.
RUNS ON SENTRY
Your company, your premises and your staff stay with you unless they want to come.
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Unglamorous. On purpose.

We take the businesses nobody photographs and make them run like software.

Emailhello@heyumbra.com
Office
Singapore