Founder
Ade Popoola
Founder & CEO, Ownich
Ade Popoola founded Ownich to solve a problem he experienced first-hand: the absence of a reliable, transferable proof of ownership for physical items in the secondary market. With a background spanning technology, operations, and consumer product, he built Ownich from Manchester to address the trust gap between buyers and sellers of high-value goods — creating infrastructure that makes ownership verifiable, portable, and permanent.
Company at a glance
Founder
Ade Popoola
Founded
2026
Headquarters
Manchester, United Kingdom
Company number
17324418 (England & Wales)
Trademark
UK IPO registered — Classes 9, 35, 36 & 42 (approved & registered September 2026)
Product
Digital Ownership Certificate & Ownership Passport platform
Target users
Consumers reselling high-value items; brands and retailers issuing certificates at point of sale; marketplaces requiring provenance verification
Technology
Cryptographically signed Digital Ownership Certificates, QR-linked Ownership Passports, mobile app (Flutter), REST API, Digital Product Passport (DPP) integration layer, fractional ownership and transfer
Business model
Consumer freemium with Pro tier; B2B API licensing; enterprise white-label integration; Founding Members programme
Current availability
Live at ownich.io — web platform and mobile app available globally. Founding Members programme open.
Markets served
Luxury goods, watches, jewellery, electronics, art, collectibles, bicycles, cameras
Company boilerplate
Short boilerplate
Ownich is digital ownership infrastructure for physical assets. It creates verifiable Digital Ownership Certificates and persistent Ownership Passports that record an item's identity, ownership, provenance, evidence and transfer history. Founded in Manchester, UK, Ownich serves consumers, brands, retailers, and marketplaces across luxury goods, watches, jewellery, electronics, art, and collectibles.
Long boilerplate
Ownich (ownich.io) is a Manchester-based technology company building the infrastructure layer for physical asset ownership in the digital age. The platform issues cryptographically signed Digital Ownership Certificates that link a physical item to its owner at a specific point in time, and accumulates those certificates into a living Ownership Passport — a permanent, transferable record of provenance, ownership history, and verified events. Ownich serves individual consumers through a free-tier app and founding membership programme, and enterprise clients through a B2B API and white-label integration layer. The company is registered in England and Wales (company number 17324418) and holds UK Intellectual Property Office registered trademarks for the Ownich brand across Classes 9, 35, 36, and 42.
Positioning statement
The first structured, state-machine-governed fractional transfer system for physical item certificates — built for everyday consumers.
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Brand colours
Ownich Navy
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Primary brand colour
Ownich Green
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Secondary / accent
Ownich Coral
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Accent / CTA
Brand assets
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Key terminology
A glossary of terms used across Ownich documentation and press materials. Full glossary at ownich.io/glossary.
Digital Ownership Certificate
A cryptographically signed record that links a physical item to its owner at a specific point in time.
Ownership Passport
A living, transferable record of an item's provenance, ownership history, and verified events — accumulated from its certificates.
Fractional Transfer
The structured, state-machine-governed process by which a percentage of a physical item certificate is transferred between parties.
Transfer State Machine
A 15-state lifecycle governing every fractional transfer — from initiation through consent, review, settlement, and completion.
Possession Attestation
A monthly on-chain confirmation by the possessor that they still hold the physical item.
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Press contact
Press enquiries
press@ownich.ioGeneral
hello@ownich.ioFor press enquiries, interview requests, and asset downloads, please use the press email above.