Three Founders Share Homeland Flavor
Ian Seah was born and raised in Singapore on his grandmother’s Peranakan cooking. His brother Marc grew up sharing—and sometimes losing—snacks with Ian, while Dina Shi remembers wanting healthier Asian snacks during hundred-hour weeks in banking. Together, Ian, Dina, and Marc built Tochi as a way to make the flavors they missed easier to find and easier to share. Their different entry points—family recipes, sibling ritual, and the search for a better workday snack—meet in a brand that treats nostalgia as fuel for modern products.