About COFO

A network created by founders,for founders.

Coliving Founders is an international alliance of independent spaces that choose collaboration over competition and work together to protect the authentic meaning of coliving.

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COFO founders working together in a bright coliving courtyard

Why we started

No founder should build a community alone.

Building a coliving is rewarding, but the questions behind it are often faced in isolation: how to keep a community alive, grow sustainably and stay true to the values that made the project meaningful.

COFO began as the trusted network we wished we had. A place where founders can share practical knowledge, solve real problems and create opportunities together.

Together we evolve.

Our purpose

Strengthen independent colivings while raising the standard of the industry.

Share

Turn individual experience into useful knowledge for the whole network.

Connect

Create trusted relationships, referrals and collaborations across borders.

Represent

Give authentic, community-led colivings a stronger collective voice.

The people who started it

Three founders. One shared conviction.

COFO was founded by independent coliving operators who experienced the same challenges and saw the value of solving them together.

The people behind the places

Meet the founders growing COFO.

Every COFO partnership begins with a person who believes in community, collaboration and a more human way to live and work.

This is more than a directory. It is a collective effort to shape the future of coliving.

Become a Partner

Join an international network of authentic coliving spaces and grow together with other founders.

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