Carrot is dedicated to providing the world's fastest and easiest to use online payment system, particularly aimed at large numbers of small transactions and democratizing access to online payment. Our goal is to enable "casual commerce" on the Web, and to foster new business models and applications with frictionless payment technology.

The Carrot service and associated software has been created and developed by RMP Protection Limited, an international company founded in 2005 to bring patented payment-based technology to market.

Management Team

Ricky Rand - CEO: Ricky is a technology visionary with over 25 years experience in the computer industry. Ricky started his working life with Acorn Computers in Cambridge UK and went on to found his first company (AFE Computer Services), together with Martin Riley in Hong Kong in 1985. Ricky went on to found FutureTV Inc. in 1995 and was able to raise substantial funding for this company from the private equity market in 1999. In 2003 Ricky began work on a process to eliminate e-mail spam including a method to cost effectively facilitate small valued transactions on the Internet. In 2005 Ricky teamed up once more with Martin Riley and Mr Paul Fan in Hong Kong to establish RMP Protection Ltd., a company dedicated to commercialising the Patent which resulted from Ricky's earlier work.

Martin Riley - Business development director: Martin is a Chartered Accountant who is currently based in Champery in Switzerland. Martin has over 25 years experience in Management and Financial positions in the technology industry, having worked for Acorn Computers (Far East) Ltd in Hong Kong and then as a partner with Ricky in AFE Computer Services Ltd, a leading financial information provider based in Hong Kong. On the sale of AFE Computer Services Ltd to Reuters, Martin moved to Switzerland from where he manages his family interests and where he was a founding member of the Valais Business Angels Club.

Paul Clark - CTO: Paul is a software and systems architect with over 20 years experience in high-performance real-time and distributed systems. Paul was formerly CTO of Ricky's interactive TV company FutureTV, and has held a number of other senior technology roles. Paul is the main designer and developer of the network protocols, back-end servers and client software which power the Carrot service and also turns his hand to marketing communications. Paul lives in Cornwall, UK, where he also continues to work within the video-on-demand and interactive media market.

RMP Protection Limited is a recent incubatee graduate of the Incu-Tech Programme of Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP).