Apothes Group began with a quiet question:
What if we stopped rushing?

Not just in business, but in life.
What if we built places where people could slow down,
and actually feel something?

The truth is, most of us don’t mean to miss the moments that matter.
But we do.

We move fast.
Task to task. Room to room.
The kids get taller.
The memories get blurrier.

We think we’ll remember the good stuff.
But we don’t, not unless we’re really there for it.

Apothes was born from that realization.

A desire to create spaces that hold people, not just serve them.
Ventures built around presence, not pressure.

We’re not here to disrupt.
We’re here to restore.

To bring people back—
to each other, to themselves,
and to what they didn’t realize they were missing.

A café that feels like a second living room.
A family space that invites play and pause.
A gathering place that lingers in memory
long after the moment passes.

Everything we build is rooted in one idea:
Time, when filled with care, becomes something you can feel.

This didn’t start with a pitch deck.
It started with a feeling.

And we’re building companies that help people feel it again.

— John Li
Founder, Apothes Group