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France stands at a turning point. We need builders, not spectators.

France stands at a turning point. We need builders, not spectators.

For decades, France has watched the greatest technological revolutions of our era pass it by.

  • The Internet.
  • Social networks.
  • The cloud.
  • Smartphones.
  • Artificial intelligence.
  • Blockchain.

With every revolution, the companies that transformed the world were built elsewhere.

But the real challenge may not be technological.

What is most troubling is that we have gradually lost confidence in our ability to build great companies in France. Many entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers, and investors have come to believe that, in order to succeed, they had to leave.

Our talents cross borders. Our innovations sometimes finance the success of others. Our collective ambition has slowly weakened.

Yet some are making a different choice.

The choice to build here.

  • Despite the constraints.
  • Despite the doubts.
  • Despite the obstacles.

For more than two years, this is exactly the path we have chosen with OZAPAY.


A conviction above all

We are not simply building an application.

We are building a European infrastructure designed to give users back control over their money, their digital assets, and, tomorrow, their digital identity.

Our vision rests on a few simple principles.

  • Users must remain the owners of their assets.
  • Technology must serve freedom, not dependency.
  • Innovation can be born in France and shine internationally.

We deeply believe that the next generation of technological leaders can be French.

Provided we dare to build.


Two years of construction

Since our founding, we have preferred to move forward in silence rather than multiply announcements.

We have devoted the past two years to:

  • Developing our technology.
  • Validating our first use cases.
  • Building an engaged community.
  • Signing our first partnerships.
  • Demonstrating the economic viability of our model.

Today, these foundations are solid.

Our technical proofs exist.

Our commercial proofs as well.

The time has now come to accelerate.


We are preparing our Seed round

After funding our development for more than two years through the trust of our earliest investors, we are now preparing our Seed funding round.

This new milestone should enable us to:

  • Accelerate our product development.
  • Strengthen our teams.
  • Deploy our vision on a European scale.
  • Build a sovereign alternative in the world of payments and digital assets.

Our ambition goes far beyond simply paying with cryptocurrencies.

We want to participate in building a new generation of digital services where everyone regains control over their data and their assets.


Sovereignty is a collective project

Digital sovereignty is not decreed.

It is built.

Company after company.

Product after product.

Entrepreneur after entrepreneur.

Every company that chooses to create in France contributes to this effort.

Every investor who supports these projects helps build a stronger economy.

Every user who chooses a European solution also takes part in this transformation.


The time to act

We can continue to watch the great innovations being born elsewhere.

Or we can decide to become their builders.

At OZAPAY, our choice has been made for a long time.

We build.

Here.

For France.

For Europe.

And for all those who believe it is still possible to bring forth European technological champions.


The next revolution will not only be technological.

It will be carried by those who have chosen to build rather than to watch others do it.

J. Decottignies, CEO Ozapay

By Johan Decottignies

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