Student in HEC, the one who wanted to “become an architect and open restaurants” finally launched two years ago in this everyday object. With Trone, The company he started with three partners, he entered into with the hope “of arousing desire for something that has never aroused any.”
Xavier Niel invests in the business
Bingo. Icone 0.1, his first “throne” sold up to 2 euros, design and high-end (29% made in France with enamelled ceramic bowl, ash wood bezel and transparent glass water tank), allowed the start-up to exceed one million euros in turnover.
On the strength of a recent fundraising of two million euros. (Xavier Niel, Thibaud Elzière, Frédéric Jousset and Victor Lugger entered the capital), Hugo Volpei’s company wants to continue to shake up the poo break with a second generation of toilets … anti-scent.
“Bactericides, virucides and fungicides”
“Our ambition has never been to work only on design. This ‘Icon 0.2’ will offer an optional air treatment device. Captured, it will be mixed with ozone to destroy odors in less than a minute ”, promises the young entrepreneur.
And this novelty, which should be marketed in February, will also have the advantage of “purifying the atmosphere of the room with bactericidal, virucidal and fungicidal properties ”, still boasts Hugo Volpei.