Parent companyDhaka, Bangladesh

AREX Ventures

Better than yesterday.

The parent company of NonAcademy, Avaton, OLM, NAP and Tukroo, founded by AI Arif.

See the companies
  1. 01NonAcademy
  2. 02Avaton
  3. 03OLM
  4. 04NAP
  5. 05Tukroo

The companies

Five companies at different stages.

Status as of October 2026

01 / 05EducationSince 2021

NonAcademy

Live

Career-Connected Education Platform

স্কুল, কলেজ ও বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় যা শেখায় না, আমরা শেখাইWhat school, college and university don’t teach, we teach.

Practical skills in Bangla, taught by industry experts, for kids, teenagers, university students and professionals.

Learners trained
2,000+
Founded
21 November 2021
Format
Self-paced courses, live classes and mentorship
Programs
Skills for All, NanoDegree, kids and academic courses

02 / 05Software engineeringSince 2023

Avaton

Live

Beyond Limits

Senior engineers, on your terms.

Hire for a day, a week, a month or a whole project, to build new software or keep yours running. AI writes faster; engineers decide what ships, and a person reads every change.

Projects since 2023
25
Live today
8
Engineers start
Within 48 hours of the call
Code and IP
Yours from day one
Team
Dhaka, working with teams in the US and Europe

03 / 05Academic mentoringHSC and admission

OLM Online Live Mentor

Open for students and mentors

Live one-to-one help for HSC and admission students, over video, chat and whiteboard. A student finds a mentor who is online right now and sends an instant request; the mentor accepts and the session starts.

Students pay per problem or per hour, with no monthly fee. Questions in Bangla get answers in Bangla.

Students
Class 11, Class 12 and admission
Mentors
University students from across Bangladesh
Mentor levels
New, Expert, Top Rated
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After document verification

04 / 05Exam prepPart of NonAcademy

NAP NonAcademy Practice

Coming soon

An exam-prep app for Bangladeshi students preparing for SSC, HSC, BCS and university admission.

Exams
SSC, HSC, BCS, university admission
Family
NonAcademy

05 / 05Short-form newsDhaka, est. 2026

Tukroo

Live

The bilingual daily. News in 60 seconds.

এক টুকরোয় পুরো পৃথিবীThe whole world, one tukroo at a time.

Short news, written natively in Bangla and English. Editors and AI cut every story down to what matters and fit it on one card.

Read time per story
60s
Links out
None
Feed
Ends when you are caught up
New edition
Every morning
Available on
The web and Google Play

One parent for all five.

AREX is short for Arif’s Exclusive.

Founder

AI Arif

  • Founder, AREX Ventures
  • CEO and Founder, Avaton
  • Founder and CEO, NonAcademy

Self-taught programmer with 7+ years in blockchain and Web3. BSc in Agricultural Engineering from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). Originally from Chapainawabganj, based in Dhaka.

  1. 2019First startup failed.
  2. 21 Nov 2021NonAcademy founded.
  3. NowFive companies under AREX Ventures.

Values

Brutal honesty.
Speed of execution.

A permanent student of life who only compares himself to his past self.

Works with Solidity, Rust, Node.js/NestJS, Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis and AWS

Contact

Dhaka, Bangladesh