Startup · Founder · Accelerator · 2024–2025

Perch

Find quiet, anywhere. Private work pods in public spaces, connected by a seamless booking app.

Role: Founder & CEO
Product: Work pods + mobile app
Accelerator: Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks
Outcome: Shut down, then founded Archen

My role

Founded Perch, took it into an accelerator in Hong Kong, then shut it down and started Archen.

Render of a Perch pod in a wood-paneled building lobby — A Perch pod in a building lobby.

Line illustration of a café with Perch pods — Pods placed where people already spend time.

A place to focus

Perch was designed for remote professionals and commuters who needed privacy for focused work or calls in noisy public places. Soundproof pods and an on-demand app brought a quiet workspace into the places people already spent time.

Find, reserve, unlock

The experience connects discovering a nearby pod with reserving time and unlocking it on arrival.

Perch app screens: sign in, reserve a pod at $25/hr, and pick a date — Find a pod, reserve time, unlock on arrival.

Perch booking flow: location home, select date and duration, reservation details — Booking flow.

Building the company

I founded Perch and created its brand identity alongside the product.

Perch brand on swag.

We built a working pod prototype and an app ready to launch. The business model combined pay-per-use access, memberships and location partnerships.

Perch made it into the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks accelerator but didn't advance past the first round. With only a little funding and nothing set up in the United States yet, I shut it down and put that energy into Archen.

Perch pitch deck pages in a diagonal grid — The Perch investor deck.

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