Build together tools for the social-ecological transformation

Octree designs and develops agile, secure and ethical applications to create viable technologies for the commons. The company is guided by its purpose (see above) rather than profit.

  • The company commits to innovation work in the following areas:

    • the social-ecological transformation

    • participatory democracy

    • the digital commons

    • circular economy

  • The team is organized democratically thanks to a clear and distributed governance based on holacracy.

    Practically speaking, the partners have given up their decision-making privileges and work with other members, as a team.

    This allows us to be efficient, pragmatic and creative.

    • Web & mobile applications

    • Open source & open data

    • DevOps & platform engineering

    • Non-profit business models

    • Lean startup

    • Semantic web

    • UX & UI design

Octree is a non-profit company affiliated to the Chamber of Social and Solidarity Economy of Geneva, Switzerland.

From global to local

An interdisciplinary team spanning 3 countries over 2 continents: we talk every day and are organized in a democratic way

Xavier von Aarburg, Product Strategy, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Product Strategy, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Development intern, Geneva, Switzerland

Hadrien Froger, Decidim tech lead, Caldas, Portugal
Tim Izzo, Platform engineer, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Decidim tech lead, Caldas, Portugal

  • Platform engineer, Geneva, Switzerland

Lucien Langton Product design, Geneva, Switzerland
Simon Mulquin, Developer, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Product design, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Developer, Lisbon, Portugal

Renato de Deus, Developer, Campinas - Saõ Paulo, Brazil
Thomas Ruesch, UX Design, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Developer, Campinas - Saõ Paulo, Brazil

  • Product design, Geneva, Switzerland

Guillaume Saunier, Fundraising, Geneva, Switzerland

  • Fundraising, Geneva, Switzerland

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