Our history

Let's give eyes to our everyday heroes

Anthony and Jovien participate in the 4th season of the show “Who Wants to Be My Associate” on M6 in January 2024. The two co-founders won over 4 jurors out of 5. After consultation, they decided to be accompanied by Marc Simoncini and Tony Parker, who each agreed to invest €375,000 against 15% of the capital, i.e. €750,000 and 30% of the capital in total.

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Who are we?

Anthony & Jovien met during a partnership between HEC Paris and Ecole 42 and they decided to found Urgentime together. They didn't know it yet at the time, but these two were going to become professional soul mates.

Anthony Tabuyo

CEO

Jovien Chappex

CTO

Where it all started

Founded in 2017 by Anthony Tabuyo and Jovien Chappex, Urgentime was born out of the desire to prevent dramatic situations. After an accident that nearly caused lifelong paralysis, Anthony and his professional partner Jovien joined forces to create an innovative solution, offering a vision for everyday heroes.
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2013

Anthony is almost paralyzed for life following a motorcycle accident because there is no way for the emergency services and firefighters to see the victim on a video call before moving.

2016

Anthony met Jovien during a partnership between HEC Paris and Ecole 42 and they decided to found Urgentime together. They didn't know it yet at the time, but these two were going to become professional soul mates.

2019

After 2 years of R&D, Jovien succeeded in the impossible: video calling has become stable, enough to market it. A first SAMU uses it, as well as a large moving company in France to make quotes remotely. Working with companies makes it possible to finance the activity with the SAMU.

2023

Urgentime is taking on an unexpected scale, and is on the way to become the global reference for video in emergency call centers. Urgentime covers 1/4 of the emergency services in France, 1/3 of France, 1/3 of Switzerland, and 1/3 of the US in 911 emergency call centers. This is unprecedented. At the same time, fifteen major groups are adopting Urgentime. It's a fairly intense year of structuring, since the team is made up of... three people.

Our values

At Urgentime, we believe in the importance of values that guide our daily work. These values are at the heart of everything we do, shaping our approach and commitment to our customers.

Adaptability

We are committed to being flexible and to adapting to the changing needs of our customers and their environment.

Innovation

Innovation is at the heart of our DNA at Urgentime. We are constantly striving to push the boundaries of technology to offer unique and cutting-edge solutions to our customers.

Human proximity

At Urgentime, we understand the importance of human relationships in our work. We strive to create authentic relationships with our customers based on trust, respect and transparency.