Own your business

Name

Own your business

Legal name

OWN YOUR BUSINESS LTD

Website

https://ownyourbusiness.tech

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Blockchain Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Interoperability & Integration Middleware (ERP/core banking connectors, messaging, APIs, cross-chain to permissioned) (FSAPAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trade Finance & Supply Chain Tokenization (invoices, bills of lading, provenance) (FSAPAIAK), Regulatory Reporting, Tax & Audit Trails (reconciliation, provenance) (FSAPAJAI), Compliance, Risk & RegTech for Tokenized Assets (KYC/AML, sanctions, travel rule, reporting) (FSAPAIAH)

Keywords

• Enterprise blockchain software
• Blockchain document notarization
• Supply chain traceability
• Blockchain-as-a-service
• Smart contract platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. OYB API License: Non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the OYB API, with the right to sublicense to end customers. The API grants blockchain-based validation of data, metadata, codes and other inputs. Revenue is generated through licensing fees as defined in the Price List (Schedule 2). The contract has a 2-year duration.
2. White-Label Partner Program: Partners use OYB blockchain solutions in white label to create new business models and digital applications. Partners gain access to OYB technology to resell or embed under their own brand, generating revenue through their own markup on OYB technology.
3. Ready-to-Market Blockchain Solutions: Sale and implementation of pre-built blockchain applications including RedApp, BIMChain, ViSeQR, XCASE4Fire, Smart API, e-BIM, and G-Cloud 13. Revenue from solution sales, customization, and implementation services.
4. Blockchain Consulting: Professional services helping companies adopt blockchain through consolidated, modular, and adaptable methodologies. Includes impact evaluation and implementation consulting.
5. Education and Training: Courses for professionals from Banking, Telco, Energy, Public Administration and other sectors on how blockchain can bring value to their organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Own Your Business sells enterprise blockchain software built on the proprietary Ylium platform, including a portfolio of ready-to-market applications (RedApp, BIMChain, ViSeQR, XCASE4Fire, e-BIM, Smart API Polygon, G-Cloud 13) and the OYB API for programmatic document notarization. The technology uses SHA-256 hashing on Ethereum, Polygon, and Bitcoin public blockchains with information decoupling to deliver GDPR-compliant data and document validation, supply chain traceability, and anti-counterfeiting. Revenue is generated through API licensing, subscription contracts, white-label partner programs, and professional services such as consulting and education.

Product overview

Own Your Business (OYB) is a blockchain solutions provider offering a portfolio of enterprise products centered around the Ylium platform. The core offering includes Ylium (blockchain platform), Ylium ID (notarization), Ylium Platform, Ylium Ecosystem, Ylium Onboarding, and Ylium AI. Supporting this platform are specialized blockchain applications including Smart API Polygon (API integration), RedApp (document notarization), BIMChain (BIM management), e-BIM (3D model management), ViSeQR (anti-counterfeiting), XCASE4Fire (fire safety), and G-Cloud 13 (UK government data notarization). The OYB API enables programmatic access to blockchain validation services. Services include consulting, Web 3.0, NFT Art, and Education. Solutions target use cases in digital product passports, food security, supply chain, intellectual property, skills certification, and waste management. The company operates primarily in Italy and the UK, serving enterprises seeking blockchain integration without technical complexity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Ylium: Blockchain platform for business, enabling simple and fast blockchain adoption for enterprises
• RedApp
• BIMChain
• ViSeQR
• XCASE4Fire
• Smart API Polygon
• e-BIM

Products and services

• Ylium Flagship blockchain platform designed to make blockchain technology accessible, simple, and quick to implement for businesses of all sizes, offering data notarization, security, and transparency with multi-blockchain support.
• OYB API Application programming interface enabling developers to automate blockchain-based document validation, verification, and invalidation operations using SHA-256 hashing on Ethereum Rinkeby testnet and mainnet, with OYB-API-Key authentication and sublicensing rights.
• Smart API Polygon Blockchain integration solution enabling applications and processes to connect to Polygon blockchain without UX/UI modifications, allowing automation of document validation via SHA-256 hash submission.
• RedApp Repository Ethereum Data application using smart contracts to notarize any kind of data and documents on Ethereum blockchain with GDPR compliance, enabling validation, verification, and invalidation of blockchain-registered information across any device.
• BIMChain Application integrating blockchain technology with BIM (Building Information Modeling) methodology using smart contracts to validate exchange processes, roles, skills of actors, and information demonstrating ownership of corporate know-how in BIM model transfer processes, with GDPR compliance through information decoupling.
• ViSeQR Anti-tampering product solution using non-clonable ViSeQR QRCode tags with blockchain certification of supply chain, targeted at agri-food, maintenance, and luxury industries for product authenticity verification.
• e-BIM Solution for 3D models management following ISO 16739-1:2018 Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) standard in openAPI 3.0 and blockchain for the construction sector, enabling secure archival and verification of BIM projects and contracts.
• XCASE4Fire Digital firefighting register on blockchain automating fire safety documentation processes in compliance with Italian fire prevention legislation including Decree DM 1 September 2021, Decree GSA, and Decree Mini Codice.
• G-Cloud 13 Blockchain interface for data notarization available on the UK Government G-Cloud framework, enabling public sector procurement of blockchain solutions for government data notarization.
• Blockchain Consulting Professional consulting services helping companies adopt blockchain through consolidated, modular, and adaptable methodologies, including impact evaluation and implementation consulting across business contexts.
• Web 3.0 Services Services including blockchain domain search and registration across multiple blockchain networks, client wallet creation, and domain transfer to client wallets.
• NFT Art Services Services for creating and implementing NFT strategies and applications for corporate and artistic use cases.
• Education Professional courses targeting Banking, Telco, Energy, Public Administration, and other industrial sectors for blockchain skill development and value understanding.
• Waste Tracking and Traceability Solution Blockchain-based waste management notarization solution enabling tracking of waste flow from production to recycling or final disposal, with smart contract reward mechanisms for recycling.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ylium technology allows decentralized blockchain connection without any technical or economic commitment (no 24/7 node required)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HSPI S.p.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHSPI S.p.A. is a participating company (società partecipata) of Own Your Business. HSPI is an Italian company operating in the technology and consulting space. The partnership provides strategic backing and potential synergies in consulting and technology deployment for Italian enterprises and public administration.
• ViDiTrustcoreTechnology or IntegrationSpecialized in product authenticity solutions, producer of the ViSeQR anti-counterfeiting QR code tag. Co-developed ViSeQR anti-tampering solution with OYB for blockchain certification of supply chains. The ViSeQR tag cannot be cloned and is applied to products with blockchain verification.
• NETGROUPminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDevelops and integrates new technologies in Industry 4.0 projects. Provides automation, notarization, and blockchain verification solutions for data and processes.
• Metodi (e-Metodi)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCompany specialized in consulting services and engineering and informatics for organizational process management and automation. Successfully co-developed e-BIM solution with OYB.
• Creative Web StudiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDigital marketing agency specializing in luxury sector for about 20 years. Co-developed the food safety and ESG blockchain solution with OYB, including the 'Il futuro è oggi' project involving soil analysis and composting data notarization on blockchain.
• Rome Business SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBusiness school offering Master's and MBA programs (in-person and online) and Executive Education programs with international dimension. Potential collaboration in blockchain education and professional certification.
• ITA CorporationminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCompany specialized in enterprise risk study including prediction, management, mitigation, and defense. Services include Inspection, Auditing, and Training in food safety, hygiene, workplace safety, and privacy.
• EgomniaminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerItalian ICT services and solutions company. Co-developed a blockchain application with OYB for notarizing and certifying digital files including contracts, meeting minutes, logos, NDAs, patents, and CVs (intellectual property protection use case).
• Perle della TusciaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAgricultural producer collaborating on the 'Fagiolo del Purgatorio' certified supply chain project using blockchain. QR code applied to packaging links to blockchain-verified information about product origin and production details. Project presented at Taste di Firenze.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Consensys: Major enterprise Ethereum/blockchain infrastructure provider offering tooling, APIs, and platforms for enterprise blockchain adoption. Comparable to OYB as a developer-facing blockchain platform targeting enterprise use cases beyond pure crypto.
• R3 (Corda): Enterprise blockchain platform specializing in permissioned distributed ledgers for financial services and regulated industries. Corda is one of the closest analogues to OYB's permissioned/public hybrid vision for enterprise data notarization.
• Kaleido (ConsenSys): Enterprise blockchain-as-a-service platform offering consortium networks, nodes, and APIs for building tokenization and data-sharing applications. Comparable to OYB's Ylium platform positioning for non-crypto enterprise use cases.
• Polygon Labs: Operator of the Polygon blockchain, which OYB explicitly uses as a primary network for its Smart API Polygon product. Polygon is both a technology provider and a partial competitor for enterprise blockchain workloads.

Broad incumbents

• IBM Blockchain Platform: Enterprise blockchain offering within IBM's broader cloud and consulting portfolio. Targets regulated supply chain, identity, and financial services use cases similar to OYB's verticals, but with much larger sales and consulting depth.
• Oracle Blockchain Platform: Enterprise blockchain service bundled with Oracle's database and cloud applications. Comparable to OYB for enterprise notarization and supply chain use cases, especially for Oracle's existing ERP customer base.
• Amazon Managed Blockchain: AWS-managed Hyperledger Fabric and Ethereum service. Competes with OYB's blockchain-as-a-service positioning for enterprises that prefer to procure blockchain infrastructure via their existing hyperscaler relationship.

Emerging players

• Tatum: Developer-first blockchain infrastructure platform offering unified APIs across multiple chains for tokens, NFTs, and data anchoring. Closely comparable to OYB's OYB API as a multi-chain developer abstraction layer.
• OriginTrail: Decentralized knowledge graph focused on supply chain traceability and data notarization, including work with GS1 standards. Comparable to OYB's supply chain, food security, and digital product passport offerings.

Others

• Hyperledger Foundation (Linux Foundation): Open-source umbrella for enterprise blockchain frameworks (Fabric, Besu, Indy). OYB participates in this ecosystem via Ethereum/Polygon and indirectly through enterprise blockchain norms; it is a structural backdrop rather than a direct sales competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/own-your-business
• Instagraminstagram.com/oybblockchain

Compliance4 records

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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