Breather

What Breather does

Breather operates a digital marketplace for flexible workspace, aggregating third-party coworking desks, conference rooms, and private offices into a single booking platform marketed under the Breather brand and powered by the Deskpass reservation system following a merger. The company serves four primary segments — remote and hybrid workers, business teams and enterprises, small businesses and startups, and freelancers — by offering on-demand access to three standardized product categories: Coworking Desks & Day Passes (typically $20–$125 per day), Conference Rooms (starting from $15/hour and exceeding $480/hour for premium spaces), and Private Offices (rental by day, week, or month). Following the Deskpass merger, the unified platform claims access to more than 10,000 reservable workspaces across 260 cities in 22 countries, with inventory sourced from a curated network of third-party space partners including coworking operators and building owners.

The underlying technology is a cloud-based booking engine that exposes real-time availability and transparent per-space pricing through both web and mobile interfaces, with no public API, SDK, or developer ecosystem currently disclosed. Revenue is generated through a transaction-fee / marketplace-commission model: Breather takes a cut on each booking routed through the platform, while space partners pay to access a global demand pool of self-serve customers. The go-to-market motion is primarily self-serve product-led growth (PLG), supplemented by a partner-network channel for supply acquisition and lightweight digital marketing (SEO, blog content, and organic social). Pricing is uniformly usage-based with no commitment requirement, signaling a long-tail customer base and minimal switching costs.

Breather was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Montréal, Canada, with a legal entity of Breather Products, Inc. and 101–250 employees. Cumulative disclosed funding is approximately $134.6M across rounds from 2013 to 2020, with notable backers including Menlo Ventures, Google Ventures, Valar Ventures, RRE Ventures, Real Ventures, Slow Ventures, Temasek, La Caisse, and Ascendas-Singbridge. The most recent material strategic event is the merger with Deskpass, which consolidated supply and platform technology and signaled a shift from equity-funded expansion to operational consolidation.

Name

Breather

Legal name

Breather Products, Inc.

Website

https://breather.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Breather is a digital marketplace that aggregates third-party coworking desks, conference rooms, and private offices into a unified booking platform, serving remote workers, business teams, and small businesses across 260 cities and 22 countries under the Deskpass reservation system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Flexible Workspace Marketplace

NAICS

Office Administrative Services (561110)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Remote Access, Virtual Workspaces & Digital HQ (BPAMAMAL)

Keywords

• Flexible workspace booking
• Coworking marketplace
• Meeting room rental
• Private office leasing
• On-demand workspace

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Workspace Booking Commissions/Transaction Fees: Platform earns revenue through transaction fees or commissions on workspace bookings. Users pay for access to coworking desks, conference rooms, and private offices on an hourly, daily, or monthly basis through the Breather/Deskpass platform.
2. Space Partner Network Fees: Revenue from space partners (coworking operators, building owners) who list their spaces on the Breather platform to access a global network of customers seeking flexible workspace solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Breather operates an online marketplace that aggregates access to 10,000+ third-party workspaces across 260+ cities in 22 countries. Customers search and book coworking desks/day passes, conference rooms, and private offices on-demand through the unified Deskpass reservation platform with transparent hourly, daily, or monthly pricing.

Product overview

Breather is a workspace booking platform that aggregates access to a global network of third-party coworking spaces, meeting rooms, and private offices. Following its merger with Deskpass, the company operates a unified platform where users can search and reserve three core offering types: Coworking Desks & Day Passes (communal desk access bookable by the day), Conference Rooms (hourly and daily meeting space rentals including training rooms and phone booths), and Private Offices (longer-term office rentals). All reservations are now handled through the Deskpass reservation system, which serves as the underlying technology platform powering the Breather brand's workspace marketplace.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Coworking Desks & Day Passes On-demand access to desks and workspace in the communal areas of partner coworking spaces, bookable by the day or hour for remote workers, freelancers, and teams needing flexible workspace.
• Conference Rooms Hourly and daily rental of meeting rooms, conference rooms, event spaces, training rooms, and phone booths at partner locations for team meetings, client presentations, and training sessions.
• Private Offices

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DeskpasscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBreather has merged with Deskpass, combining their workspace booking operations into a single unified platform. All Breather and Deskpass reservations are now processed through the Deskpass platform (app.deskpass.com) using a single account. The merger significantly expanded the available workspace inventory and geographic coverage for customers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• WeWork: WeWork is the largest flexible workspace operator globally, offering coworking, private offices, and meeting rooms across hundreds of locations. While Breather aggregates third-party inventory and WeWork primarily operates its own, they compete directly for the same customer use cases (on-demand desks, hourly conference rooms). WeWork's scale and brand make it the dominant broad incumbent in the space Breather serves.

Direct peers

• Industrious: Industrious provides premium flexible office space, meeting rooms, and coworking across major US and international cities. It directly competes with Breather for enterprise and SMB customers needing hybrid workspace solutions, particularly for conference room bookings and team offices. Both target the same buyer pain points Breather solves — flexible, on-demand access without long-term leases.
• Liquidspace: Liquidspace is a marketplace for meeting rooms, coworking, and offices, allowing users to book on-demand workspace. It is the closest direct competitor to Breather's marketplace model — aggregating third-party inventory with transparent hourly/daily pricing. They compete head-to-head for the same remote worker, freelancer, and SMB use cases.
• Coworker.com: Coworker.com operates a global coworking marketplace with thousands of listings, allowing users to discover and book desks and offices worldwide. It mirrors Breather's aggregated workspace marketplace approach and competes for the same global remote worker and nomad customer segment.
• Knotel: Knotel (now operating under Newmark following acquisition) provided flexible, customized office space and meeting rooms to enterprise clients. It competed directly with Breather for corporate hybrid workspace needs, particularly team offices and recurring meeting space. While Knotel's primary model was enterprise leases, the overlap in customer use cases makes it a relevant peer.
• OfficeSpace.com: OfficeSpace.com provides a marketplace for subletting and short-term office space across North America, allowing businesses to find and lease offices flexibly. It directly competes with Breather's private office booking vertical and addresses the same SMB and startup pain point — avoiding long-term commitments.

Emerging players

• Workfrom: Workfrom is a community-driven platform for finding cafes, coworking spaces, and quiet work locations with Wi-Fi and amenities. It overlaps with Breather's 'find a place to work today' value proposition, though it focuses more on cafes and casual spaces than premium offices. Relevant as a comparison for the casual-desk segment of Breather's offering.
• Spacious: Spacious converted underutilized restaurant and event spaces into daytime coworking and meeting venues, marketed on hourly pricing. Although now operating at reduced scale, its model was directly comparable to Breather's hourly-meeting-room concept and represents an adjacent approach to monetizing flexible space inventory.

Regional players

• Hubble (Hubble Pass): Hubble is a UK-based flexible office marketplace offering hourly, daily, and monthly bookings across London and other UK cities. It mirrors Breather's marketplace model but is geographically focused on the UK/Europe. It is a useful regional comparison for how the model performs in a single-country, dense-urban market.

Others

• Workplaceless: Workplaceless provides remote work infrastructure, training, and virtual office solutions for distributed teams. While it does not aggregate physical workspace like Breather, it addresses adjacent pain points — supporting remote/hybrid workers who also use Breather's marketplace — and represents the broader 'distributed work enablement' category where Breather could expand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/breatherinc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/breather
• Instagraminstagram.com/breather
• Xx.com/breather

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds7 records

Investors13 records

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M&A

Investments

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