About
A woman of her own making.

Portrait - Dubai, 2026
The short version
Avi Siwa is the founder of Hooked - a dating app for people with taste.
Avi built her name the long way. Years in beauty, years in tech, years spent watching brilliant women use dating apps designed by people who had never been on the receiving end of them.
In 2025 she launched Hooked - a platform built on the premise that the message you send matters more than the photo you post. It sold out its first city in a weekend.
This website is the rest of her. The beauty rituals, the dating rules, the founder diaries. Written in her voice, edited by no one.
Founded
Hooked, 2025
Based
Manila
Writing
Startup · Dating · Beauty · Motherhood
Currently
Sprint to MVP
In her words
"Elegance is knowing what to leave out. That applies to a face, a wardrobe, a life, and an app."