Val Yap is the founder of PolicyPal, a digital insurance management tool that helps people organise insurance plans from multiple companies and keep track of information like premiums, coverage and policy terms. In March 2020, the company was acquired by Hong Kong fintech group AMTD Digital for an undisclosed eight-figure sum.

She is also the author of Balls Inc., a book about her experiences as a female tech entrepreneur, an adjunct lecturer at the Singapore Management University and a member of the executive committee of the Action Community for Entrepreneurship.