The people behind Proudli

Meet the Proudlifounders.

Who founded Proudli

Proudli was co-founded by Australian entrepreneurs Darren Moffatt and Seb Perez. Together, they bring decades of experience across property, financial services, digital marketing, software engineering and online platform development.

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Darren and Seb also co-founded iDownsize, a decision-support platform for Australians navigating property downsizing. Proudli is a separate platform focused on helping people assess individual professionals through structured evidence of their work, experience, reputation and expertise.

Portrait of Darren Moffatt, co-founder of Proudli

Co-Founder

Darren Moffatt

Darren Moffatt is the co-founder of Proudli and an Australian entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience across finance, property, digital marketing and online marketplaces.

Darren began his career in financial services, holding roles with Westpac, Royal & Sun Alliance and Challenger. In 2006, he founded Seniors First, an Australian reverse mortgage and home-equity-release brokerage, where he remains Founder and Managing Director.

He later launched the property social network Housenet and co-founded Sydney digital growth agency Webbuzz. Darren is also the host of the Nerds of Business podcast and has appeared as a media commentator and speaker on entrepreneurship, digital disruption, property and financial services.

His experience building trusted brands and digital marketplaces helped shape Proudli's evidence-first approach to professional reputation and online discovery.

Portrait of Seb Perez, co-founder of Proudli

Co-Founder

Seb Perez

Seb Perez is the co-founder of Proudli and a senior software engineer and software architect with more than 20 years of technology experience.

Across his career, Seb has engineered, architected or built close to 100 software solutions spanning real estate, financial services, healthcare and other industries. He specialises in designing practical digital products that make complex information and decisions easier for users to understand.

Seb previously partnered with Darren Moffatt to co-found and develop iDownsize. At Proudli, his technical and product experience supports the platform's professional profiles, structured Proof Stories, evidence relationships, verification workflows and machine-readable data architecture.

Seb's focus is on building dependable software that turns fragmented professional information into clear, structured and useful evidence.

Why they created Proudli

Darren and Seb created Proudli after identifying a persistent problem in professional discovery: people can find plenty of claims, ratings and promotional content online, but often struggle to find structured evidence showing why a particular professional is relevant to their specific needs.

Proudli was built to make that evidence clearer—for consumers, traditional search engines and AI assistants.

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