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Cohere Network
Techstars '22Lewes, US · Founded 2021 · Delaware corporation · 1 known investors
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Cohere is a member-owned network of coliving communities that uses blockchain-based $COHERE security tokens to offer fractional, tokenized ownership of a portfolio of real estate assets. It serves accredited investors, property owners, and digital-nomad members, combining DeFi mechanisms with SEC-compliant securities in the real estate and coliving space.
Also known as Cohere · Cohere Network Ltd
Founders & leadership
Investors · 1
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Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$150K disclosed across 1 round · 2021
▶$150KraisedDec 2021 · 2 investors · Other Real EstateRule 506(c)
- Dakotah ApostolouExecutive Officer, Director
- Josh BurtnettExecutive Officer, Director
- Dmitriy ZasyatkinExecutive Officer
- Devin LyttleExecutive Officer, Director
- Amount sold
- $150K
- Proceeds to insiders
- $80K
- First sale
- Sep 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2021
- Federal exemptions
- 06c
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Sep 2026Cohere Network operates a planned global network of coliving and coworking communities aimed at remote workers, "changemakers" and impact-oriented entrepreneurs. Members apply to join a curated community and, once locations open, can move between properties in the network, book stays, and participate in on-site projects. The company positions the offering as a hybrid of renting and owning: members are intended to hold fractional ownership of the pooled real estate assets rather than a mortgage on a single home.
Properties in the network are described as intentionally designed around food production, water purification and retention, resilient shelter and shared community space, blending private living quarters with common areas. Assets are sourced from pre-existing communities seeking an economic boost via Cohere's member pool, partner organizations that develop new properties in a franchise-like model, and flagship sites designed and operated by Cohere itself. Physical assets are stated to be held by Cohere Network Ltd, with ownership fractionalized to members and investors. The company also offers regenerative land development consultation to selected outside projects.
Alongside the coliving network, Cohere frames its locations as incubators for regenerative impact projects tied to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, where member participation is compensated with additional fractional ownership in the network.
Business model
Cohere curates and onboards properties into a branded network and sells memberships that provide access to stays across locations, a private online community hub, member events and opportunities to invest fractionally in network properties. Real estate assets are held by Cohere Network Ltd and ownership is fractionalized to members and investors via a security token, with members able to earn equity through contributed skills and labor. The company additionally sells regenerative land development consultation to a limited number of external projects.
Stated sources of value include annual membership fees (listed at $500 per year, with the first year offered free to a limited group of Founding Members), fractional investment by members and investors in network properties held by Cohere Network Ltd, and paid regenerative land development consultation engagements.
Traction
As of its site, Cohere was onboarding properties and had not yet begun booking, collecting waitlist and membership applications. Several communities were described as in the pipeline and under due diligence, with a stated intention to activate ten communities by mid-year and onboard twenty more by year end. A limited Founding Member offer listed 500 total spots, with 13 free-membership spots remaining at the time of capture. Published member testimonials reference prior in-person Cohere experiences.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Cohere presents itself relative to Airbnb, conventional rentals and mortgage-based homeownership, differentiating on equity participation, flexible stays, curated community, purposeful projects and the absence of long-term commitment.
The distinguishing element is a fractional, token-based ownership model under which every member is also an owner of a pooled portfolio of properties, combined with programs that convert member labor and contributions into equity (Workshare) and planned features such as Rent to Earn and Freestay. The company emphasizes resilient, regeneratively designed properties integrating food, water and shelter systems rather than conventional real estate.
Technology
The model is built on a regulatory-compliant security token, $COHERE, issued on Ethereum, which fractionalizes shares of the network's real estate holdings and is intended to make those shares liquid and transferable. Members earn additional tokens through the Workshare program for contributions of skills and labor. Planned platform features include an intelligent matchmaking system for pairing members with communities based on criteria such as geography and governance, a booking system, and a private community hub for connecting members, viewing properties, voting on candidate properties and booking stays.
Go-to-market
Cohere recruits through an application-based membership process, including a limited "Founding Member" cohort capped at 500 spots with a free first year, and collects waitlist signups for notification when properties open for booking. Property owners and communities are invited to submit properties or land for consideration through an application process, and external projects can book a discovery call for regenerative land development consultation. Member testimonials and referral of values-aligned individuals feature in its outreach.
Remote workers and digital nomads, values-aligned "changemakers," cultural creatives and impact entrepreneurs seeking community-based living; also property owners and existing communities willing to bring land or buildings into the network, service providers and advisors.
Geography
Headquartered in Lewes, United States, with a pipeline of communities listed as booking soon in Dulzura, California; Zanzibar, Tanzania; Bahia, Brazil; Lake Atitlán, Guatemala; and Ayampe and Gonzanamá, Ecuador.
History
Founded in 2021 and based in Lewes, US, the company has published member-facing materials describing itself as a member-owned network of coworking and coliving spaces designed to foster co-creation of regenerative impact solutions, with physical assets held by Cohere Network Ltd. Its public site describes the network as pre-launch, with properties being onboarded and bookings to open later.
Risks & controversies
The company's model depends on issuing a security token representing fractional ownership of real estate, which it describes as regulatory-compliant; several member benefits, including Rent to Earn, Freestay, affiliate perks, matchmaking and booking, are marked as planned or coming soon, and no locations were open for booking at the time of capture.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Cohere Network do?
- Cohere Network is building a member-owned global network of coliving and coworking communities with fractional property ownership.
- Who are Cohere Network's investors?
- Cohere Network's investors include Techstars.
- How much funding has Cohere Network raised?
- Cohere Network has disclosed $150K raised across 1 round.
- Where is Cohere Network headquartered?
- Cohere Network is headquartered in Lewes, US.