Where we’re from.
This is how our paths crossed, and what led us to Orizen.
The story began in a finance department. For years, Jérôme watched business leaders who wanted to steer their company get bogged down in admin, caught between tools that don’t talk to each other. “I experienced that pain from the inside,” he says.
To set up ForgeTheWeb, he went back to school: at Le Wagon, he learned to code. There he met Vincent, a former serviceman, and Xavier, a former logistics manager at several companies, who was teaching there at the time.
The team took shape around finance, product, engineering and field sales, the domain of Mickaël, a former automotive sales director. During our year in the Starter by La Mêlée programme, Lilas joined us to raise the brand’s profile.
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ForgeTheWeb is born in Toulouse
Orizen begins to take shape.
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We join Starter by La Mêlée
At the Quai des Savoirs incubator, we seek out workshops, introductions and tough scrutiny of our business model and pricing.
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Our first big public appearance
Two minutes on the Trajectoire show, on BFM Business: Jérôme explains why an SME owner does not need fifteen tools.
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Launch evening at the Quai des Savoirs
In front of some sixty guests (partners, beta testers and first customers): a stage, two speeches, a touch of emotion. The place that incubated us hosts Orizen’s launch.
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Orizen arrives on iPhone
Published by ForgeTheWeb on the App Store, the app takes Orizen all the way out into the field.
Who you’ll talk to.
The people who design Orizen are the ones who answer you: the same team, from first contact to day-to-day support.
Vincent Lelong
Application developer
Former serviceman, then client advisory and chartered accountancy. Trained at Le Wagon, with a rigorous, systems-minded approach.
Xavier Le Faou
Application developer
From logistics to web development: logistics manager at several companies, trained at Le Wagon Toulouse, former Lead Teacher.
Jérôme Anciaux
Founder · President
Former CFO, 15 years in corporate leadership (M&A, transformation, growth). Certified web developer, builder of solutions.
Lilas Estaves
Communications manager
A sharp pen and a creative eye, she makes the brand shine: content that lands and expertly run social media. Trained at ESP Toulouse.
Mickaël Lion-Cerf
Sales
Former sales director in the automotive industry, expert in sales strategy and network growth. ISC Paris.
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Jérôme Anciaux
Founder · President
Former CFO, 15 years in corporate leadership (M&A, transformation, growth). Certified web developer, builder of solutions.
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Vincent Lelong
Application developer
Former serviceman, then client advisory and chartered accountancy. Trained at Le Wagon, with a rigorous, systems-minded approach.
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Mickaël Lion-Cerf
Sales
Former sales director in the automotive industry, expert in sales strategy and network growth. ISC Paris.
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Lilas Estaves
Communications manager
A sharp pen and a creative eye, she makes the brand shine: content that lands and expertly run social media. Trained at ESP Toulouse.
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Xavier Le Faou
Application developer
From logistics to web development: logistics manager at several companies, trained at Le Wagon Toulouse, former Lead Teacher.
Our partners.
The school where three of us met, the digital cluster that supported us, and everyone on the road with us.
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It all starts when people meet.
When we invited our partners to the launch of Orizen, we wrote that innovation is born when the right people meet. We still believe it: a tool alone does not steer a business, so we also support the people who use it.