Ashborn

Infrastructure for Third Places

Third places—cafes, bookstores, theaters, co-working spaces—are the connective tissue of community. But they're fragmented, isolated, and struggling with thin margins and no collective power.

We're building the network infrastructure that connects them into a coordinated ecosystem.

What We're Building

Hearth
A POS system that venues actually want—affordable, network-connected, and designed for community spaces
Guild
B2B marketplace enabling collective buying power, shared talent, and supplier coordination
Wayfind
Consumer app with unified membership across all venues in the network
Scroll
Knowledge platform for training, certifications, and operational best practices

Every transaction feeds the network. More venues mean more buying power, better prices, and stronger communities. This is infrastructure. Network effects compound.

Our Approach

We're starting in the EEA, where strong café culture and regulatory alignment create ideal conditions for network effects.

From there, we expand to regions where third place infrastructure is either mature (East Asia: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore) or rapidly emerging (CIS, MENA)—markets where community spaces need coordinated infrastructure most.

Each region compounds the network. Shared buying power, operational knowledge, and technology stack scale globally while adapting to local venue needs.

Raising now. Hiring now. Building the infrastructure for third places.

2025