Breather
Find and unlock beautiful, private spaces to work, meet and relax.
Currently operating out of NYC, SF, Boston, Montreal and Ottawa, Breather lets you unlock a space of your own, on-the-go and on-demand.
Booking is easy – simply find and reserve a Breather near you on our iOS and Android apps or on our website at Breather.com. You can book rooms for 30 minutes, a few hours or an entire day.
By partnering with Breather, property owners, building managers and commercial real-estate brokers can make more money from their unused and under-performing space and thereby increase the value of their existing real estate portfolios.
Breather has raised funding from Valar Ventures, RRE, Real Ventures, SOS Ventures and Slow Ventures and others.
Since launching, we’ve been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fortune, Dwell and TechCrunch, to name a few.
Technology
While customers are going to love our easy-to-use mobile apps to find, reserve, and pay for space, Breather’s smarts are really behind the scenes: in our smart reservation system and back office tools, deployment of cutting-edge and cost-effective “Internet of Things” technologies, and even in the physical design of our rooms.
Our technology will allow us to identify the highest-traffic, highest-value spaces that our real estate partners provide, enabling the agile creation of new and profitable locations in an ever-growing number of cities.
Breather’s engineering heritage shows demonstrable attention to security, reliability, performance, and extensible architecture.
Founders
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Co-founder, Head of Product & Experience@Breather · Previously Creative Director at @the-swap-team-1
Traction
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LaunchedOctober 2013
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Customers
Just as Uber opened up luxury sedan rides to taxi cab customers, Breather unlocks high-quality private space for people who need it at a moment’s notice.
Our customers need private space but are settling for crowded coffee shops, packed coworking facilities, and noisy hotel lobbies. They live in and travel through cities around the world.
Breather provides comfortable and beautiful private space that is both highly functional and relaxing, allowing for business and personal use whenever you need it, for as long as you like.
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As a freelancer roaming the city for an office, Breather is fresh air to the over-crowded coffeeshop culture that is killing my productivity
Funding
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TECHCRUNCH.COMBreather Raises $20M From Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures To Expand Its On-Demand Private Room BusinessBreather, the on-demand private room service has raised $20M led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures. The series B brings Breather’s full raise to… -
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PANDODAILY.COMThe sharing economy has transformed our relationship to ownership and accessibility in a variety of categories. In terms of transportation, car- and…
INVESTORS from previous rounds
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InvestorJulien is way smarter than I am. And he’s as intense and focused as they come. He’s surrounded himself with the best and Breather is going after a big, crazy opportunity. Easy decision for me.
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Investor
Managing Director @Slow Ventures, Advisor @General Catalyst Partners. First 10 Employees @Facebook.@Wall Street Journal Columnist.
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Investor
Author, Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor. Sharing Economy focus. Feastly, Honest Buildings, Munchery, OpenROV, RelayRides, Solar Mosaic, Traity, Tripping, Yerdle
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Investor
Social Media Traveler / Writer / Photographer / Founder: Boston Media Makers / Videoblogging Pioneer / Investor / Humorist /
Team
EMPLOYEES
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Senior Developer
Full-stack engineer/designer@Breather.
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Senior Business Intelligence Researcher
Data for Insight and Foresight; Business Intelligence Researcher; Rhodes Scholar; PhD New York University
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Operations
Ops @Breather; Previously Ops@Homejoy; Analyst in FinTech @Eze Software Group ; Graduated from@Wellesley College
PAST EMPLOYEES
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Head of New Markets
Advisor and coach to community pros and startups, community management UBC instructor. Former Head of Community @Yelp, Invoke Labs, Chimp.
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General Manager Boston
Founder of SkyHomes. Previous experience in Consulting and with SCVNGR, LevelUp, BuyWithMe. Strong Business Background (Babson MBA, International Consulting)
ADVISORS
ATTORNEYS
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Attorney
BOARD MEMBERS
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Board Member
VC + Mentor + Student. Now @rre. Previously @LererVentures. Always learning, playing and helping. Thankful.
Projects
More Info
Breather creates peaceful, practical and beautifully designed private spaces where you can work, meet and relax.
See Campaign: https://angel.co/breather?utm_source=trending
Contact Information:
Zachary Sims
Martin Reisch
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Source: ICNW
