Tracxn - Sharing Economy Startup Landscape - Feb 2015

Sharing Economy
Landscape
Feb 2015
Deal Discovery Made Easy

Sectors we cover
Illustrative Sectors Tracked
ENTERPRISE
INFRASTRUCTURE
TECHNOLOGY MOBILE CONSUMER
ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS EDTECH
HEALTHTECH
SECURITY
STORAGE
NETWORKING
MOBILITY
IT OPS
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
API MANAGEMENT
BIGDATA INFRASTRUCTURE
SMART CARS
WEARABLE TECH
INDUSTRIAL IOT
IOT INFRASTRUCTURE
NEWSPACE
3D PRINTING
MOBILE COMMERCE
MOBILE PAYMENTS
MOBILE MARKETING
MOBILE DEV TOOLS
MOBILE HEALTH
MOBILE GAMING
MOBILE LEARNING
MOBILE COMMUNICATION
MARKETPLACES
SUBSCRIPTION COMM.
FOOD TECH
INTERNET FIRST BRANDS
UBER FOR X
SHARING ECONOMY
TRAVEL
GAMING
SAAS
MOBILE FIRST ENT. APPS
INTELLIGENT ENT. APPS
OPEN SOURCE
RETAIL TECH
MARKETING TECH
FINTECH
BITCOIN
PAYMENTS
MOBILE PAYMENTS
DRONES
SMART HOMES

Sharing Economy – Sector Overview
•  Over $900M invested since Jan 2014
•  35 investments in the last year
–  16 investments in the transport segment
•  Most active investors
YC (Airbnb, Flightcar, Backpack, Guesty, Style Lend)
SV Angel (AirBnB, Flightcar, Sidecar, Blackjet, Getable, Ridejoy)
Index Ventures (BlaBlaCar, HouseTrip, Onefinestay, JustPark, Drivy)
Google Ventures (HomeAway, RelayRides, Sidecar, Space Monkey)
Floodgate (Chegg, Lyft, Zimride, LiquidSpace)
Andreessen Horowitz (AirBnB, Lyft, Getable, Yard Club)
General Catalyst Partners (Airbnb, Couchsurfing, Flightcar, Getaround)

60
96
283
357
116
958
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Funding in Sharing Economy Start-ups by Year ($M)
Sharing Economy: Trend in overall funding
Notable
rounds
Chegg: $57M HomeAway: $28M
Airbnb: $112M
Wimdu: $90M
Airbnb: $200M
HouseTrip: $40M
Lyft: $60M
Airbnb: $475M
Lyft: $250M

0
5
10
15
20
25
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
# Funding rounds split by early and late stage in sharing economy start-ups by year
Early Stage (Seed and Series A) Late Stage (Series B and Above)
As the is Sector Maturing, the # of Late Stage
Rounds Have Grown from 16% in ‘09 to 33% in ‘14
33%
16%

Sharing Economy Landscape
PEER-‐TO-‐PEER

STAY

Peer-‐to-‐Peer
hospitality
–

ren1ng
personal
spaces,

sharing
hotel
rooms
etc.

Airbnb($776.4M),

Wimdu($90.0M)

TRANSPORT

Peer-‐to-‐Peer
rentals
for

cars,
boats
etc.
Also

includes
parking
space

rentals

Ly8
($333M),

RelayRides($53.2M),

Boatbound($5.3M)

STORAGE

Peer-‐to-‐Peer
rentals
for

unused
storage
space

Roost($160k),

StowThat($50k)

LOGISTICS

Delivery
of
goods
by

travellers
heading
in
the

same
direc1on

Friendshippr($1.2M),

WeDeliver($0.8M)

PERSONAL

GOODS

Peer-‐to-‐Peer
rentals
of

apparel,
accessories,
tools

and
other
personal
items

Cheggg
($252M).
Bag

Borrow
or
Steal($20.0M)

FOOD

Hos1ng
meals
and

providing
home
cooked

food

EatWith
($9.2M),

Suppershare

BUSINESS-‐TO-‐BUSINESS

PRIVATE
SPACE

Rentals
for
oﬃce
spaces,
retail
spaces,
shoo1ng
loca1ons
etc.

LiquidSpace($26.2M),
PivotDesk($6.7M),
Storefront($8.9M)

BUSINESS

EQUIPMENT

Rentals
for
business

equipment
–
oﬃce
supplies,

construc1on
equipment
etc.

Getable($3.2M),
Yard

Club($1.6M)

CLOUD
SHARING

Share
unused
compute

and
storage

SpaceMonkey
($3.0M)

ENABLERS

ENABLERS

BUSINESS-‐TO-‐BUSINESS

Sharing Economy Sub-Sector Map
PEER-‐TO-‐PEER

STAY
TRANSPORT
STORAGE
LOGISTICS

PERSONAL

GOODS

FOOD

Home
Car
Storage
LogisAcs
Household
Goods
Food

Hotel
Rooms
Parking
Space
Apparel
Meals

Boat
Accessories

Bike
Adventure
Gear

Plane

PRIVATE
SPACE
EQUIPMENT
CLOUD
SHARING

Oﬃce
Space
Sets/ShooAng
LocaAons
Equipment
Rental
Compute

Kitchen
Space
Retail
Rental
Space
3D
PrinAng
Peer
to
peer
storage

Private
Space

ENABLERS

ENABLERS

Stay, Transport and Personal Goods Dominate
Funding Across Sub-Sectors
0.3
4.1
10.5
16.2
50.8
273.3
644.8
800.0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Storage
Logistics
Food
Business Equipment
Private Spaces
Personal Goods
Transport
Stay Airbnb($776.4M), Wimdu($90.0M)
Lyft ($333M), RelayRides($53.2M), Boatbound($5.3M)
Chegg ($252M; IPO at $1.1B). Bag Borrow or Steal($20.0M)
LiquidSpace($26.2M), PivotDesk($6.7M), Storefront($8.9M)
Getable($3.2M), Yard Club($1.6M)
EatWith ($9.2M), Suppershare
Friendshippr($1.2M), WeDeliver($0.8M)
Roost($160k), StowThat($50k)
Top-Funded CompaniesTotal Sector Funding ($M)

Stay
Transport
Personal Goods
Private Spaces
Business Equipment
Food
Logistics
Storage
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
TotalFunding(LogScale)
Average Year Of Inception
Age of Various Sub-Sectors within Sharing Economy
Mature – Well Funded
Growth – Mid Stage
Funding
Upcoming – Early Stage
Funding
Size of the bubble corresponds to the
number of companies in the sector
Note: Includes a total of 240 companies, globally (76 funded). Company to sub-sector tagging has been done manually. Avg. age of the companies is simple average of all
companies in that segment. Funding is cumulative funding raised by the funded companies in that segment. For full company list refer to the company details section
1
2
3

Trends in Funding & New Companies Founded
Across Key Sub-Sectors
Mature–WellFunded
0 200 400 600
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Stay - Funding
0 5 10
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Stay - Companies
0 200 400 600
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Transport - Funding
0 10 20
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Transport - Companies
1
Growth–MidStageFunding
0 50 100
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Personal Goods - Funding
0 5 10 15
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Personal Goods -
Companies
0 10 20 30
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Private Spaces - Funding
0 5 10
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
Private Spaces - Companies
2
Stay: Most funding has occurred in larger, well established companies. Number
of new companies founded have declined.
Transport: Funding has grown steadily over the years. Companies continue to
enter this market in newer segments like bike sharing and parking space rentals
Personal Goods: Funding has declined over the years, however, there has recently
been a spurt in new companies in sectors such as household goods and fashion
Private Spaces: Funding has picked up in the last few years with new several
companies coming into this market in the last 3 years

Recently Funded Sub-sectors
TRANSPORT
–
CAR
–
RIDE
SHARING

•  $250m
Series
D
-‐
LyV

(US)
by

Coatue,
Alibaba,
A16Z,
Founders
Fund

-‐
Apr
2014

•  $100M
Series
C
-‐
BlaBlaCar
(France)
from
index
Ventures,
Accel,
Lead
Edge
Capital
–
Jun
2014

•  $15M
Series
C
-‐
SideCar
(US)
from
Avalon
Ventures,
Union
Square
Ventures
-‐
Sep
2014

TRANSPORT
–
CAR
RENTALS

•  $35M
Series
D
-‐
RelayRides
(US)
from
Trinity
Ventures,
Shasta
Ventures,
Google
Ventures,
August
Capital
-‐
Jun
2014

•  $19.6M
Series
A
-‐
FlightCar
(US)
from
Great
Oaks,
First
Round,
Comcast
Ventures,
SoTbank
-‐
Sep
2014

PRIVATE
SPACES

•  $14M
-‐
Series
C
-‐
LiquidSpace
(US)
from
Shasta
Ventures,
Roth
Capital
Partners,
Lucas
venture
Group
-‐
Oct
2014

•  $7.3M
Series
A
-‐
The
StoreFront
(US)
from
Spark
Capital
-‐
Apr
2014

•  $6M
-‐
Series
A
-‐
Breather
(Canada)
from
RRE
-‐
Sep
2014

•  $3.8M
-‐
Series
B
-‐
PivotDesk
(US)
from
Foundry
Group,
Bullet
Time
Ventures,
Draper
Associates
–
May
2014

OTHERS

•  $475M
Series
D
-‐
Airbnb
(Homestay)
(US)
from
Sequoia,
TPG
Growth
-‐
Apr
2014

•  $9M
Series
A
-‐
Cohealo
(Business
equipment)
(UK)
from
Krillion
Ventures,
Romulus
Capital
-‐
Oct
2014

•  $8M
Series
A
-‐
EatWith
(Food)
(Israel)
from
GreyLock
-‐
Sep
2014

•  $3.5M
-‐
Boatbound
(Transport
–
Boat
Rentals)
(US)
from
Our
Crowd,
Burnswick
-‐
April
2014

Active Investors
YC
SV
Angel

Index

Ventures

Google

Ventures

Floodgate

A16Z

General

Catalyst

Partners

Redpoint

Ventures

Techstars
Greylock

Homestay
AirBnB
AirBnB

OneFineStay,

HouseTrip

HomeAway
AirBnB

AirBnB,

Couchsurfing

HomeAway,

9flats

AirBnB

Transport

Ride
Sharing
Ridejoy,

Sidecar

BlaBlaCar
Sidecar
LyT,
Zimride
LyT

Car
Rentals
FlightCar
FlightCar
Drivy
RelayRides

FlightCar,

Getaround

Getaround
Getaround

Office
Space
LiquidSpace
PivotDesk

Business
Equipment
Getable

Getable,
Yard

Club

Personal
Goods
StyleLend
Chegg
Peerby

Mature–WellFundedGrowth–MidStageFunding

SUB-SECTOR DEEP DIVE
IDEAL FOR SCANNING AFTER INITIAL PRIORITIZATION OF SUB-SECTORS
(ELSE CAN BE QUITE OVERWHELMING!)
Stay Transport Logistics Storage
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Company Details: Stay (1/8)
Company Details Funding Investors
Home
Airbnb [San Francisco, 2008]: Airbnb provides an online portal and mobile apps for people to list and rent
lodging, including private rooms, entire apartments, castles, boats, manors, tree houses. It has acquired a number
of competitors including Accoleo, CrashPadder, NabeWise, and Localmind. Has over 500,000 listings in 33,000
cities and 192 countries. Reported to be raising funds in 2014 for $10B after-funding valuation.
$801M
[Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital,
Youniversity Ventures, Greylock
Partners, SV Angel, Andreessen
Horowitz, General Catalyst
Partners, Digital Sky Technologies,
CrunchFund, Founders Fund, TPG
Growth, T. Rowe Price]
Home
HomeAway [Austin, 2005]: Online marketplace where travellers can discover and rent short term vacation
homes while homeowners and property managers can advertise their properties. 890K listings throughout 190
countries. The company’s portfolio sites also includes HomeAwayRealEstate.com, which offers real estate
information that highlights a vacation home’s rental income potential and destination-specific characteristics.
$496M
[Austin Ventures, Redpoint
Ventures, Institutional Venture
Partners, Trident Capital,
Technology Crossover Ventures,
American Capital, Google Ventures]
Home
Wimdu [Berlin, 2011]: Wimdu is the central platform for renting all types of private accommodation which unites
travelers with hosts around the world. The host benefits from additional income and provides travelers with a
completely new perspective on the holiday destination. Serial entrepreneurs Arne Bleckwenn and Hinrich Dreiling,
who successfully launched gratispay.de in 2009, founded Wimdu.
$90M
[Investment AB Kinnevik, Rocket
Internet]
Home
HouseTrip [London, 2010]: HouseTrip is a holiday rental marketplace. HouseTrip makes it easy for guests to
find, book and list holiday rental properties securely online. Owners of holiday apartments, villas or cottages cab
Become a HouseTrip Host and list properties to start earning.
$59.7M
[Index Ventures, Balderton Capital,
Accel Partners]
Home
Couchsurfing [San Francisco, 2004]: Couchsurfing is a hospitality exchange and social networking website.
The website provides a platform for members to "surf" on couches by staying as a guest at a host's home, host
travelers, or join an event.
$22.6M
[Omidyar Network, Point Nine
Capital, Benchmark, General
Catalyst Partners, Menlo Ventures,
Lumia Capital]
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Home
Onefinestay [London, 2009]: Onefinestay is marketplace for luxury vacation rentals. It allows homeowners to
earn an extra income from their house or apartment at times when it would otherwise stand vacant. Guests range
from regular business travelers to families on vacation. They can book a home instantly online or over the phone.
The company cleans the home before they arrive, provides hotel-grade linens, towels and toiletries, and even
lends them an iPhone stocked with detailed local tips from the hosts.
$15.9M
[Index Ventures, PROfounders
Capital, Canaan Partners]
Home
9flats [Berlin, 2011]: 9Flats is an European peer to peer apartment rental marketplace. On 9flats.com, you can
rent out someone else’s apartment, room or house while you travel. You can also earn money renting out your
spare space. 9Flats has raised undisclosed amount of multimillion euro funding in 2012 in addition to previous
$10M funding. The company has over 80,000 places listed in more than 100 countries which is up from 8000
reported in 2011.
$10M
[T-Venture, Redpoint Ventures,
e.ventures]
Home
Vacatia [San Francisco, 2012]: Vacatia is a vacation ownership marketplace that allows users to buy and sell
timeshares and fractional interests online with ease and security. Sellers can list properties without any upfront
fees and pay only a success fee once the transaction is completed. Once a buyer and seller are connected, a
seller can either accept, counter or reject a buyer’s offer. If the seller accepts, both parties are introduced to a title
company to take through the escrow and closing process. Vacatia then takes a cut of the profits from the seller
based on the sale amount
$5M
Home
Demeure [Ontario, 2009]: Auction-based platform for renting properties for vacation purposes. Targets higher-
end travellers by using a service subscription model, where renters and owners can choose between an entry
level account or a premium account for added benefits.
$4M
Home
Roomorama [New York City, 2008]: Online and mobile platform for individuals and property managers to rent
unoccupied living spaces and other short-term lodging to guests. Provides online payment process, profiles and
rating system for property owners. 120K listings in 6,000 locations as of Mar 2014. Headquatered in New York.
$2.1M
[PROfounders Capital, Lerer
Ventures, Thrive Capital]
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Home
FlatClub [London, 2010]: FlatClub UK is a peer-to-peer property rental company which provides short-term
accommodation for alumni and students of universities or a group of employees of an organisation. It focuses on
leveraging existing social, academic and professional networks to create trust. It is incorporated into the London
Business School incubator program. FlatClub is working in collaboration with over 50 top universities including
London Business School, INSEAD, Columbia, NYU & ESCP.
$1.5M [Coller Capital]
Home
travelmob [Singapore, 2011]: travelmob is a social stay marketplace where people can find, offer and book
unique accommodation in Asia Pacific. The site launched in July 2012 and is based out of Singapore.
$1M [Jungle Ventures, Accel Partners]
Home
Kozaza [Seoul, 2012]: Kozaza is a Korean home sharing service for homestay at traditional houses. It enables
users to share their homes and spare space, as well as food and culture. It connects hosts and guests through a
simple, secure, and mutually beneficial platform. Kozaza hosts can list their available spaces to rent it out to
guests on a short-term or long-term basis.
$500k
Home
FlipKey [Boston, 2007]: Flipkey is an online community driven vacation rental marketplace that helps consumers
find guest-reviews and verified vacation rental homes throughout the world. While visitors can see reviews from
past guests, it also provides reputation management tools for vacation rental managers.
$500k [TripAdvisor]
Home
VacationFutures [Durham, 2012]: VacationFutures is a wholesale rental marketplace where homeowners,
property managers, and real estate investors can engage in an auction to buy and sell future rental rights for the
properties. Their proprietary listing and auction platform enables home owners to generate risk free, upfront
income from their homes and gives property managers and investors access to these properties in a way that
limits their upfront capital commitments and risk exposure, but maximizes their income.
$368k [The Startup Factory]
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Home
Voya.ge [Sain-Ferreol-Les-Neiges, 2010]: Voya.ge is an advertising website for vacation rentals around the
world. It uses a maps based interface for navigating the property inventory. The website’s design is simple and
pricing for adverts is 10$ per year.
$79.2k
Home
nestpick [Rotterdam, 2012]: Nestpick is aimed squarely at the younger demographic, with a focus on mid-term
accommodation for international students — from around three months to three years. Nestpick serves as the
middleman, managing the communications and security checks. Tenants lodge their deposits directly with
Nestpick, which retains the money until the tenant has moved in and gives the go-ahead to transfer to the
landlord.
Home
400 holidays [London, 2013]: Online marketplace providing a curated selection of peer-to-peer luxury holiday
accommodation options for couples, family and groups in villas, yachts, chalets etc. The company provides
concierge and associated services to arrange holiday arrangements. The company also aggregates last minute
flash sales for villas.
Home
Waytostay [Barcelona, 2004]: Waytostay offers an online apartment booking platform for travellers looking for
vacation stays in Europe's top destinations. Its listings offers leisure and business travellers the best in
comfortable and luxurious self- catering and fully serviced apartments from owners. Apartment owners can
register on the portal and list their apartments to get booking requests from consumers. Customers can use the
search engine on the portal to search and book vacation apartments.
Home
3rd Home [Nashville, 2009]: 3rd Home provides an exclusive private club for luxury second home owners
interested in home swapping without the expense of renting. Members can earn credits by depositing weeks for
other members to use their property, cash it by reserving another home any time. The company determines the
value of weeks offered in their properties and offers them "key" currency which can be traded later for a stay at
another member's property. Membership with the company allows users to list their properties, deposit weeks and
start booking exchanges. Members can use the online platform to search and reserve vacation homes based on
their preferences of location, budget etc. They can also set alerts and reach out to others to plan their getaways.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Home
Zukbox [Buenos Aires, 2011]: Zukbox offers an online marketplace of vacation rentals, representing
approximately 20,000 vacation rental home listings throughout 18 countries. Users can use the search engine to
input their specifications and get quotes to choose from. It was selected as one of the 20 most important start-ups
in Latin America in 2011.
Home
StopSleepGo Ltd [London, 2012]: StopSleepGo is an online vacation accommodation service that connects
people who want to rent their apartments second homes, villas with happy vacationers who are looking for
something a little different from the average tourist experience. StopSleepGo insures your money, taking the risk
out of what can be a seriously fraud-filled marketplace.
Home
RedAwning [Berkeley, 2010]: RedAwning is a managed vacation rental marketplace which brings the
convenience of hotel booking to the vacation rental reservation process. RedAwning.com launched in 2010 in the
Sonoma market, and since has entered San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Sun Valley, and Kauai. It offer immediate
online reservations for hundreds of properties from cozy cabins to vineyard estates. Founded by Tim Choate, ex-
Founder/CEO of Aptimus and Online Interactive(sold to MicroWarehouse).
Home
Only-apartments [Barcelona, 2003]: Only-apartments specializes in apartment rentals for short and medium
stays. The company aims to offer the widest selection of apartments and at a lower price than hotels, and
currently lists over 20,000 apartments in 103 countries worldwide.
Home
Friday Flats [Tallinn, 2013]: Friday Flats provides a marketplace for short term rentals in 37 countries with a
focus on Eastern and Southern Europe. Property owners and managers can list houses, villas or apartments
which can be booked securely by travellers. The listing process is free, while Friday Flats charges a 5-10%
commission on bookings.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Home
Holiday Velvet Ltd [London, 2006]: Holiday Velvet is a holiday rental business offering vacation villas and
apartments to holiday makers around the world. They either put you in touch with owners directly or with their
travel consultants. Every travel consultant has first hand knowledge of all the properties in a specified area.
Home
Gloveler GmbH [Karlsruhe, 2008]: Gloveler is a booking platform for private accommodations. One can book
cheap and individual accommodations in over 40 countries. As a home owner one can list their accommodation
offer free of cost on the platform. Furthermore, they can use gloveler to manage their accommodation.
Home
Bedycasa [Montpellier, 2007]: BedyCasa is a P2P homestay rental company. It helps hosts who have a room to
rent get in touch with travellerslooking for cheaper accommodation. Has more than 260000 members from over
162 countries.
Home
AlwaysOnVacation [San Ramon, 2006]: AlwaysOnVacation is a vacation rental marketplaces and distribution
networks with over 65,000 vacation rental properties in 120 countries globally. AlwaysOnVacation vacation rental
property listings are published in 16 languages and are viewed by over 6 million travelers each month who are
interested in booking a vacation rental. Whether users are looking for a mountain cabin, a beach house, villa
rental, vacation cottage or private home vacation rental, AlwaysOnVacation has a huge selection of vacation
rental properties to choose from.
Home
Alterkeys [Valencia, 2011]: Alterkeys is an online marketplace where accommodation anywhere in the world can
be listed and booked for short term lettings. Based on the peer-to-peer property rental model, the platform allows
individuals and property managers to list their unoccupied accommodation space and connect with travelers
looking for short term accommodation to rent.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Home
Camp in my garden [Reading, 2010]: Camp in my garden is a marketplace for camping. Hosts can list down
camping spaces that they have for which camping enthusiasts can apply.
Home
Vrbo [Aurora, 1995]: VRBO (Vacation Rentals by Owner) offers an online platform for home owners to advertise
their vacation properties and get listed on the portal to get recognized by travellers looking for vacation stay
rentals. Travellers can use the search engine on the platform to search for vacation rentals and browse through
the listings based on location and instant quotes for their stay. It was acquired by Home Away in 2006.
Home
RentZent [San Francisco, 2012]: Marketplace for peer-to-peer house rentals for organising events. Owners can
list their house, guest house, garage or backyard on it's online platform.
Home
Crashpadder [London, 2009]: A peer2peer accommodation network for individuals to rent living spaces to
guests. Launched in UK, with nearly 2,000 hosts in London alone. Acquired by Airbnb Inc. in March 2012.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Hotel Room
Hall St. [Barcelona, 2010]: Hall St. is an open marketplace for hotel rooms, where users can buy, sell and share
hotel rooms without a middleman. It allows transactions between members, including hotel direct connectivity,
price negotiation and payment processing. It now also aggregates events allowing users to buy tickets and find
restaurants through the platform.
Hotel Room
Easynest [San Francisco, 2013]: Marketplace for hotel room sharing. Easynest allows solo travellers to connect
with other willing travellers to split the cost of hotel rooms and resorts. Users register and create a profile and then
list a property that they would like to share with someone else who is also travelling solo. Users can search by
place or by event on the portal.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Company Details: Transport (1/18)
Car - Ride
Sharing
Lyft [San Francisco, 2012]: Lyft is a an affordable transportation option where you can request a ride with the
tap of a button; a friendly driver will arrive to take you where you need to go. Lyft community drivers are
background-checked and interviewed. Started in 2013 with 2 U.S. cities, Lyft is currently available in 30 markets
including San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. Raised a huge $250M
Series D funding in April 2014 for US and international expansion of its on-demand ride-sharing service.
$333M
[Facebook, K9 Ventures,
Floodgate, Mayfield Fund,
Founders Fund, Ooga Labs,
Forerunner Ventures, Andreessen
Horowitz, Coatue Management,
Alibaba]
Car - Ride
Sharing
BlaBlaCar [Paris, 2004]: BlaBlaCar is a car sharing website that connects drivers with empty seats and paying
passengers to offset distance travel costs. The site provides a range of features to create a secure, trust-based
community and easy connections between drivers and passengers. Through the portal, users can search for a
ride between locations or check trending rides and the pricing information. After booking a ride share, users are
informed about the meeting points on an interactive map. It also has an automatic price calculator that suggests a
price per passenger, that drivers can then adjust. BlaBlaCar now operates in 12 countries and has 8 million
members , with 1M, monthly active users up from 330k members in Jun 2013.
$110M
[Accel Partners, Isai, Index
Ventures, Lead Edge Capital]
Car - Ride
Sharing
Sidecar [San Francisco, 2012]: SideCar is a real-time ridesharing community that connects drivers with spare
seats in their car to passengers who need instant rides across the city, via a user-friendly proprietary smartphone
technology. Android and iOS consumer app. In Feb 2014, it pivoted to a new marketplace model where riders
shop from sidecar drivers who set their own prices, based on price, car ETA, and type/size of vehicle etc.
Acquired another ride-sharing start-up Heyride in Feb 2013. Raised a $15M funding round in Sep 2014, from
Avalon Ventures, USV and Richard Branson.
$35M
[Spring Ventures, SV Angel, Huron
River Ventures, Lerer Ventures,
Invest Detroit, Lightspeed Venture
Partners, Google Ventures, SG VC,
Union Square Ventures, Tekton
Ventures, Avalon Ventures]
Car - Ride
Sharing
Zimride [San Francisco, 2007]: Zimride connects inter-city drivers and passengers through social networking
platform for ridesharing facilities. The service has over 350,000 users, is active on 125 university campuses, and
has partnerships with Facebook and Zipcar. The site uses an algorithm that accounts for the distance to pick
someone up and the time for detouring to a passenger drop-off point. The company got acquired by Enterprise
Holdings in July 2013.
$22.2M
[Founders Fund, Floodgate, K9
Ventures, Mayfield Fund]
Car - Ride
Sharing
Carma [Cork, 2007]: Carma (formerly known as Avego) offers a carpooling technology, helping people team up
to share a commute. Its flagship product is a real-time smartphone app that matches drivers and riders for on-
demand ridesharing. It works by automatically matching a driver's spare seat capacity with a passenger's desire
to travel the same route at the same time.
$10.1M [SOSventures]
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Carpooling.com [Munich, 2001]: Carpooling.com is an online marketplace for ride sharing which connects
drivers and passengers so they can share a ride. Users can search for ride shares through a computer, mobile
phone or social network. Carpooling.com enables drivers to offer available seats online and passengers to find a
ride. People can select the users that they want to ride with, how much space and comfort they need, where they
want to meet and what they are willing to pay. People can also book and pay for a seat online and drivers and
passengers can rate each other after a ride. The company is working with transport carriers (such as Eurolines
and Deutsche Bahn) to provide users with the best intermodal transport alternatives including bus, rail and airline
tickets.
$10M [Daimler, Earlybird Venture Capital]
Car - Ride
Sharing
Ridejoy [San Francisco, 2011]: Ridejoy offers an online platform serving as a marketplace for sharing rides. It
matches people going on a trip, who can list extra seat space in their car, with people who need to go in the same
route. The online portal enables passengers to look for ride shares in their route of travel. The portal also displays
a newsfeed of all the ride shares available along with the details of driver, pricing etc.
$1.3M
[Freestyle Capital, Lerer Ventures,
SV Angel, Founder Collective,
reinmkr capital]
Car - Ride
Sharing
Bandwagon [New York City, 2009]: Launched in 2013, Bandwagon facilitates real-time sharing of taxis and
hired vehicles through Android and iOS apps for matching people traveling in the same direction. Since 2008,
Bandwagon builds transportation software and systems. Rides are booked through taxi and car fleets operators
who pass along the info to their drivers. Bandwagon also offers transportation strategy consulting to large
organizations, municipalities and transportation management agencies. Launched app in NYC and Montreal in
2014.
$900k
Car - Ride
Sharing
JoinUp Taxi [Barcelona, 2012]: Joinup Taxi is a mobile app for booking taxi where users have option to share
their taxi with other users. The app searches for other passengers within 3 blocks of user, who can choose to join
them. The Spain-based startup partners with taxi drivers, and supplies shared taxi for events like the World
Handball Championship and the Rhizome Festival in Madrid, El Día de la Música and the Tech Demo Day. It has
managed more than 3,500 journeys with 650+ driver network where 25% of them have been shared in Barcelona,
Sabadell, Madrid and San Sebastian. Led by two civil engineers, Elena Peyró and Alberto López.
€200k
Car - Ride
Sharing
Wingz (earlier Tickengo) [San Francisco, 2014]: Wingz is an online and mobile peer-to-peer ride sharing
marketplace where travellers can book rides to/from the airport given by vetted local residents at a fixed rate. One
of the companies classified as "Transportation Network Companies"(TNC). Available in Bay Area and Los
Angeles. Funded by Willie Brown, former Mayor of San Francisco, who also serves as a lawyer and advisor for
the company.
$100k [Kima Ventures]
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JumpIn [London, 2012]: JumpIn is a taxi booking and sharing mobile app targeted at students which allows
them to book cab rides for their travel and find other students looking to share the fare. It has features such as
group bookings, closed community sharing, fixed fares and nightclub partnerships. Partnered with ComCab, UK's
leading taxi service in Mar 2014. Already operating in Leeds, Nottingham and Newcastle, where it has partnered
with private hire vehicle suppliers. Founded by 3 students of University of Leeds.
£70k
Car - Ride
Sharing
GoCarShare [London, 2009]: GoCarShare is an online platform for peer-to-peer car sharing that helps
passengers find drivers who are travelling to similar locations and vice versa, operating in United Kingdom. It
began with partnerships with organisers of over 100 leading festivals and events which attract a lot of traffic jams
and hence can benefit with ride-sharing initiative.
$50k [Seedrs]
Car - Ride
Sharing
Liftshare.com [Norfolk, 1998]: Liftshare is a social enterprise that helps individuals to travel more sustainably by
sharing their journey. Their online network matches people with similar journeys so they can travel better together,
saving money, cutting their carbon footprint. The online portal enables passengers to search for available ride
shares for their destinations or use the search engine and enter the preferences required for their journey. The
portal also provides a savings calculator on their platform to enable users calculate their savings by using ride
sharing service.
Car - Ride
Sharing
Pogoride [Vancouver, 2013]: Pogoride is a ride share and travel marketplace. It builds a network of the popular
destinations, creates a trusted community of drivers and riders and offers reliable and valuable travel experiences.
The platform offers a search engine with filters on locations, number of people on the ride. People who are driving
and are looking for ridesharing to earn money can register through the portal and post their ride details. Pogoride
is currently in beta, serving the regions of Vancouver and Seattle.
Car - Ride
Sharing
Carbon Voyage [London, 2009]: Carbon Voyage Ltd is an online car-booking service that matches journey
request with private transport users in real-time to enable ride-sharing. It works through a reverse auction model
where service users bid prices for sharing rides with car-owners. Carbon Voyage has worked with Tesco, the
University of Manchester, Transport for London, Ministry of Defence, Aegis Group plc, Earls Court and Olympia,
RDC and IBM.
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Netlift [Mexico City, 2012]: Netlift is an online and mobile(iOS app) travel ride-sharing platform for commuters,
operating in Mexico and launched recently in Qubec, Canada. Travellers can create their profiles, find options for
ride-sharing, book and pay online through credit cards.
C$150k
Car - Ride
Sharing
Rides2Work.com [Scranton, 2012]: Rides2work.com is a ridesharing website that instantly connects drivers with
riders going to work. Users can instantly match with and search for local ride matches who live nearby and work
near their workplace with similar work schedules. Both drivers and riders can post requests on the platform.
Drivers set their own prices.
Car - Ride
Sharing
Jitny [San Francisco, 2013]: Jitny is developing a rideshare app that will allow you to get or offer rides to others
who share your route. This app will also have a built-in social feature which will let you save friends and routes
you like. At present the company asks members to take a quick personality test to make matches between similar
people to offer better ride-sharing experiences by showing them location of similar people on a map.
Car - Ride
Sharing
Freewheelers [Plymouth, 2008]: Freewheelers is an online platform that links vehicle drivers and passengers to
share the cost of travel. It has developed a social network portal for travel sharing, providing an online an online
database for people offering or requiring lifts.
Car - Ride
Sharing
Zaznu [Rio de Janeiro, 2013]: Launched in Jan 2014, Zaznu is an on-demand peer to peer ride sharing app for
smartphone, based in Rio de Janeiro. Currently operating across 6 cities in Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo,
Curitiba, Brasília, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre. Show 10k+ downloads in Google store.
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RidePost [Greenville, 2012]: RidePost is an online and mobile marketplace that for ridesharing and carpooling.
Drivers can monetize the empty seats in their vehicles and anyone can post or search the rides they are looking
for to get from point A to point B.
[The Iron Yard, Fortify Ventures]
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Sharing - Cab
Sharing
CabCorner [Brooklyn, 2011]: CabCorner.com connects people located in the same general area who are
headed the same direction around the same time. "Cab-sharing" lets customers split the fare, thus
accommodating a more affordable transportation option than solo taxi travel, and a more comfortable option than
mass transit alternatives. The "Fare Calculator," lets users forecast the cost of both solo and shared taxi rides.
CabCorner also has a comprehensive listing of local livery cab companies
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Car - Airport
Rental
FlightCar [Boston, 2011]: FlightCar offers a car-renting marketplace that allows vehicle owners parking at the
airport to rent out their cars to other travelers. Owners get free airport parking and renters choose from a wider
selection of vehicles at lower prices than those offered by the major car rental chains. Every rental is insured up to
$1 million to protect both renters and owners and every renter is pre-screened.
$19.61M
[The Brandery, SV Angel, TEEC
Angel Fund, Vine St. Ventures, Y
Combinator, General Catalyst
Partners, SoftBank Capital, Great
Oaks Venture Capital, First Round
Capital, Comcast Ventures, GGV
Capital]
Car - Airport
Rental
TravelerCar [Paris, 2012]: TravelerCar's car-sharing platform offers travelers leaving their car in the parking of
the Paris airports the option of renting during their absence. The owners save on payment of parking, and can
even make money if the vehicle is used a lot. TravelerCar not only provides the marketplace for listing and renting
autos, but also provides necessary insurance and support for drivers and for all vehicles that have been rented
through its system.
$973k [Gilles Enguehard]
Car - Airport
Rental
Tripndrive [Orly, 2013]: Tripndrive allows users to rent their car while they are away instead of leaving the at the
airport parking lot. Funds generated from the renting out the car are used to play for the parking fee at the airport.
The startup plans to first start with France’s big airports and later expand regionally and to other European
markets.
[Isai]
Car - Airport
Rental
Hubber [Encino, 2013]: Hubber offers a peer-to-peer car rental system. They map travelers who need to rent a
car with cars rented out by city residents when they leave town. Car owners can leave their vehicle at hubber
facilities before they leave the town post which the vehicle will be made ready to the traveler arriving at the airport.
The traveler can book a car through the platform itself before the arrival. The service covers the car owners with
the $1M liability policy. Founder Paul Davis was a former production manager at Hollywood.
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RelayRides [San Francisco, 2009]: RelayRides offers a peer-to-peer car rental marketplace connecting people
who need a car with vehicle owners whose rides would otherwise be sitting idle. The platform keeps a track of
cars and matches borrowers to car owners. Car owners set the price and availability and RelayRides provides the
technology infrastructure and a $1M insurance policy to make the transaction safe and convenient. Its services
are now available for also aiport rides/pick-ups. Their services now offer free parking lot service where the car
owner can give his vehicle for renting to arriving visitors at airport and which is returned when the owner is back.
In more than 2,000 cities and 300 airports. With its series B funding round in June 2014, planning launch of its
Android app and expansion.
$53.2M
[Google Ventures, August Capital,
Shasta Ventures, General Motors
Ventures, Webb Investment
Network, Expansion Venture
Capital, MassChallenge, Canaan
Partners, Trinity Ventures]
Car Rental
Getaround [San Francisco, 2009]: Getaround provides a peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace that enables car
owners to rent their cars to a community of trusted drivers by hour, day, or week using their smartphones. Installs
a Getaround Carkit in cars to enable easy renting. In talks with car manufacturers to increase supply.
$19M
[Redpoint Ventures, General
Catalyst Partners, Venture51,
CrunchFund, Menlo Ventures, A-
Grade Investments, Innovation
Endeavors, Collaborative Fund,
Correlation Ventures, SOSventures]
Car Rental
Drivy [Paris, 2010]: Drivy(earleir Voiturelib) is a peer-to-peer car rental marketplace in France available in 50
cities in the country, making it a market leader in the segment. The service includes a comprehensive car
insurance coverage. 2.5M active users are renting 15K+ cars on the platform with each car owner earning€1,000
every year. Raised €6 million in May 2014 to expand to other European nations - Germany, Spain, the
Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, and Italy. Reported 20% m-o-m growth.
$11M [Alven Capital, Index Ventures]
Car Rental
OuiCar [Franche-Comte, 2007]: Ouicar is a peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace for renting cars to local
people. Launched in 2012, it was developed under Zilok.com as Auto Zilok project. Today it rents 12k cars
throughout France. Owners can manage their booking calenders with online payments on the platform, with
detailed price information in their listings. On average owners earn 200 to 300 € per month. Ouicar takes 30% per
booking, 15% of which goes to car insurance.
$3.7M
[Jaina Capital, Ecomobilité
Ventures]
Car Rental
JustShareIt [San Francisco, 2011]: JustShareIt is a person-to-person car sharing and B2C car rental
marketplace to rent vehicles such as cars, SUVs, mini-vans/trucks among a trusted, background checked
community of members. It provides RideLink (optional feature), an in-vehicle integrated monitoring system,
allowing members to track driving patterns and better maintain their vehicles. Its hardware enables keyless
exchanges to access vehicles through mobile phones.
$500k
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SnappCar [Utrecht, 2011]: SnappCar offers an online marketplace for car owners and drivers, enabling peer to
peer car rental. This online community connects car owners looking for extra income and drivers looking for a
wide range of vehicles looking for a low-medium budget option. Also offers full insurance and roadside assistance
to protect and serve both owners and renters. Verification process is conducted for both the sides before a
transaction is made.
Car Rental
RIDE [New York City, 2013]: RIDE, a platform designed to help commuters find carpools with other employees
heading to work around the same time. For drivers and passengers, it’s just built around cost savings for
commuters for getting to and from work. Ride calculates the overall cost of the ride and handles all the
transactions for users. Co-founder Oscar Salazar was a part of the funding team at Uber.
Car Rental
Car Next Door [Sydney, 2012]: Car Next Door is an Australian peer-to-peer marketplace that lets car owners
rent their cars to their neighbours when not using it. Services in Melbourne and Sydney. Has a strict membership
criteria, a booking system, insurance and in-vehicle technology to make the transaction safe, fast, keyless and
easy for both parties. More than 10k subscribers who lend their car for 20-40 % less than the cost of hiring. The
average owner makes $220 a month, Aug 2014.
Car Rental
Autonetzer [Stuttgart, 2010]: Germany based peer-to-peer car-sharing service where car owners can rent their
car to other people through its online portal. Bookings and payments are made online and on it smartphone app
for Android and iOS. Provide free add-on car insurance throughout the rental period. The revenue model is based
on a commission fee.
Car Rental
Rentecarlo [Copenhagen, 2013]: Rentecarlo is an online P2P car rental platform where car owners can lend
their cars during idle time to its member car renters. They can rent car by hour/ day/ week and get full insurance
coverage during the rental period. Company doing beta testing of product. Team in Copenhagen, Toronto and
U.K. Part of NewCastle, U.K. based Ignite 100 Accelerator program
[Ignite100]
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Buzzcar [Montreuil, 2011]: Buzzcar online portal and mobile app(for iPhone, iPad and Android ) enables a user
to search for car rentals from neighbours and for owners to manage their rentals. The car rental listings mention
all the details about the car, condition, pricing etc. Both full coverage insurance (MTA) and roadside assistance
are offered to the car owners. Lists 7000+ car owners available for 70k+ members
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Parking Space
Parking Panda [Baltimore, 2011]: Parking Panda is an online marketplace and optimization platform for parking.
It enables parking owners and managers (private and commercial) to capitalize on their parking inventory by
driving extra traffic when yield is low and improving pricing when the lot is full. People can pay and reserve space
from its mobile app or website. Services available in around 30 major cities in USA.
$4.73M
[Entrepreneurs Roundtable
Accelerator]
Parking Space
JustPark [London, 2006]: JustPark is an online and mobile platform that allows drivers to rent unused private
parking spaces like driveways, church parking, garages, etc. listed by the owners on its platform. JustPark is
rebranded version of Parkatmyhouse which was earlier founded in 2006. The marketplace now lists 100k parking
spaces in the UK and has received early stage VC funding from Index Ventures along with launch of its iOS app
in Aug 2014. It has previously taken a £250,000 investment from BMW i Ventures, who has now integrated the
app in its brand Mini.
$330k [Index Ventures, BMW]
Parking Space
Drive My Car Rentals [Potts Point, 2008]: DriveMyCar Rentals is an online community connecting car owners
looking to earn money by renting out their car, with customers who are searching for a car rental for a particular
time period. Car owners can register with the website and use the rental valuator to calculate the rental return.
Post registration and giving the details of their car type, condition etc. they will be contacted by drivers' book
requests through email and SMS. Owners and borrowers can interact regarding the place of meeting, undergo
vehicle handover inspection. Also provides comprehensive car insurance to owners.
Parking Space
Spot Park [Boston, 2013]: Spot is a mobile app based marketplace where users can find and book parking
space in Boston listed by private space owners. The GPS enabled app allows payments through credit and debit
card and takes a commission per sale. Launched beta in June 2014.
Parking Space
YourParkingSpace [Manchester, 2006]: UK's online parking marketplace where users can search for car
parking space near workspace, train and tube stations or sporting events while owners can list driveway or
garage space for free. Lists over 250k spaces across major UK cities.
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ParkatmyHouse [London, 2006]: ParkatmyHouse.com is an online parking marketplace which connects home
and business owners who would like to earn money from renting out their parking space with drivers in need of a
convenient, safe and cost-effective place to park. Listing a parking space is free, but owners pay a fee to the site -
which manages the booking and payment process
Parking Space
CARMAnation [San Francisco, 2013]: Launched officially in Mar 2014, the SF based company is building an
online peer-to-peer community for sharing car parking space. Users can list/find spaces for free, at a price of their
choice or trade it with other members. Carmanation takes 15% commission. Payment online with Stripe
integration without escrow services. Company looking for seed funding at present.
Parking Space
ParkPlease [San Francisco, 2012]: ParkPlease is an event-based online community marketplace for people to
list and rent parking spaces for parties, weddings etc. Owners of spots in private garages, personal driveways, on
street curbside, in homes, SMBs, school and church lots etc are able to rent out their unused parking spots to city
residents and visitors in need through the ParkPlease website.
Parking Space
Park Circa [Walnut Creek, 2010]: Park Circa is a mobile-app based P2P marketplace for parking space which
helps neighbours communicate, coordinate and share parking. Park Circa connects people who have empty
parking spaces during a set time to people that need them. Launched beta in 2011.
Parking Space
KurbKarma [San Francisco, 2012]: KurbKarma is a mobile app that connects people who are looking for
parking with people leaving desirable parking spots and establishes a peer-to-peer agreement for a parking spot
exchange. Users earn 1 point for providing the space, while use 2 to get one without any money exchange
through the app.
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iWillPark, Inc. [San Francisco, 2011]: iWillPark is developing a peer-to-peer online marketplace for renting/
selling parking space, capitalizing on under-utilized supply of parking space from businesses, homeowners and
tenants. The platform will enable people to rent/sell parking spots and maintain a network of its parking spots for
its users
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Boat
Boatbound [San Francisco, 2012]: Boatbound is a fully insured peer-to-peer marketplace for boat rentals and
charters in the US. Each rental comes equipped with $1M in insurance coverage. The platform claims to have
over 13M registered members.
$1.81M
[500 Startups, Kima Ventures, Atlas
Venture, Expansion Venture
Capital, Structure, OurCrowd,
Brunswick]
Boat
Sailogy [Chiasso, 2012]: Sailogy is an online marketplace providing customers with a reliable, fast and complete
booking solution for chartered recreational sail boats from companies that own them. Sailogy finds and evaluates
harbour facilities and ship owners, ranking charter companies for quality, reliability and comfort. It’s platform lists
more than 4,500 yachts of different types from 260 companies in 150 locations globally.
$1.55M [AGIRE]
Boat
Collaborative Boating, Inc. [Aventura, 2013]: Launched in Feb 2014, BoatSetter is an online peer-to-peer boat
rental/charter marketplace where people can book boats from boat owners and captains for their boating
experience. Currently it offers services in Florida, United States. Renters can hire based on boats, captains and
activities they want to perform. Nearly 1000 captains have registered on the platform. It offers $1M liability
insurance and upto $2M in hull coverage. Raised $1M in crowdfunding with Earlyshares platform.
$1M
Boat
Incrediblue [Volos, 2012]: Social marketplace for renting boats for tourism connecting tourists/sailors directly
with boat/yacht owners. Owners can create and manage their own listings. Lists 3000 vessels in 100 areas of
Europe on its platform. Also operates in US, Australia and South Africa.
$800k [Openfund]
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Bike
Spinlister [Santa Monica, 2011]: Spinlister is a marketplace that lets you find bikes on rent online, whether from
individuals or existing bike rental shops. Early founders closed the company and moved on another idea, but the
company was restarted by one of its early investors in 2013.
$2M
Bike
Skylock [San Francisco, 2013]: Skylock is a connected, solar powered bicycle lock. Skylock has Bluetooth 4.0
and via a smartphone app, customers can press a button to unlock the lock. The lock can also be set up to have
proximity detection. The lock also has a theft alert system and crash detection. Users can arrange to lend out their
bike to anyone in their trusted network or the Skylock community while keeping track of it via the app.
$95k
Bike
BitLock [San Francisco, 2013]: BitLock, a product of Mesh Motion Inc., is a keyless lock controlled by the user's
smartphone that lets him set up a public or private bike-sharing network. When the owner of the bicycle is within a
few feet of BitLock, the Bluetooth link senses the iOS or Android smartphone and lets him unlock the bike with the
push of a button. With the BitLock app, users can give friends or strangers access to their bicycle if they want to
share it, and they can also add more bicycles to the network. The lock uses phone GPS to map its location, so the
owner always know where the bike is parked. The app also maps the rides and track calories burned, miles
traveled, and CO2 saved by biking. Raised $127k on Kickstarter.
Bike
LOCK8 [Berlin, 2012]: Lock8 (VeloLock) offers an electronic key allowing users to lock and unlock their bikes
using its mobile app. With its bike sharing platform, the smart bike lock allows any bicycle fleet to be connected to
a rental platform, so bikes can be reserved and booked remotely through the app. A GPS/GSM chip integrated in
the LOCK8 enables customers to locate and unlock the bicycle without handing over keys. Lock8 won €40,000 at
TechCrunch Disrupt Europe and also raised £60k on Kickstarter.
[Horizons Ventures, Otto Capital,
LLC]
Bike
Spokefly [Austin, 2013]: Spokefly provides a marketplace and mobile platform that allows people to list their
bikes for others to ride. It operates on a peer-to-peer basis, allowing folks with bikes to make them available for
use by others on a short-term basis. And unlike other services, which typically work on a per-use model, Spokefly
operates as a monthly subscription.
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Plane
OpenAirplane [Chicago, 2012]: OpenAirplane makes it easy for Pilots to find, book, fly, and pay for aircraft rental
online or with a mobile device. OpenAirplane is free for pilots to join, and free for operators to list their aircraft. The
company keeps a percentage of the rental revenue it enables. The service is available to any licensed pilot who
holds at least an FAA sport pilot or private pilot certificate.
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Plane Sharing
BlackJet [West Palm Beach, 2009]: BlackJet is a mobile marketplace based on sharing economy model for
booking ride-sharing in private jets or chartered flights. It launched its native iPhone app publicly in Feb 2013 for
instant booking of seats on private jets. The company will also arrange for in-flight catering, ground transport and
other concierge services. Funded by a lot of angel investors including Marc Benioff, Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary,
Michael Birch and Naval Ravikant among others. Reports in Dec 2013 stated that company laid off most of its
staff while failing to raise funding round.
$3.14M
[First Round Capital, SV Angel,
Overbrook Entertainment, Base
Ventures, CrunchFund]
Plane Sharing
Flytenow [Boston, 2013]: Flytenow is an online marketplace that connects aviation enthusiasts with local pilots
and facilitates ride sharing activities. The startup connects recreational pilots of single-engine, propeller-driven
planes with those interested in short flight experiences around the New England area. The startup is backed by
California-based First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund.
$15k [Dorm Room Fund]
Plane Sharing
PAX [Los Angeles, 2008]: Jetlimo offers rides-haring services for private jets. They collect requests from
passengers for a particular trip and when they have enough requests, they prepare a flight for that trip. Travelers
can search for existing flights and buy seats. Their pricing model levels the fares across all passengers as more
join a flight.
Plane Sharing
AiirShare [Detroit, 2014]: AiirShare connects customers with local pilots that share a common destination
thereby helping people with private planes rent out empty seats to fliers. Pilots can can share the cost of fuel and
other airport charges.
Plane Sharing
AirPooler [Cambridge, 2013]: AirPooler is an online marketplace where pilots of private light planes who have
extra seats can sell them to other travellers going in the same direction. Pilots significantly reduce their costs of
flying while finding companionship for flights while travellers get to fly luxuriously for their recreational travel at
fraction of actual cost.
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tok tok tok [Paris, 2012]: Tok Tok Tok, is a France-based Postmates like on-demand delivery startup that lets
somebody shop on your behalf from local stores and deliver the item within the same day or even hour. Costs
between €5 or €10. Began with delivery from local eateries in Paris, it now has 100k+ items including food,
flowers, wine bottles etc. Delivery-guys have their own vehicles and can be tracked in real time by customers.
Raised funding in Jan 2014 to expand to London. Recruited former Carrefour CFO Eric Reiss as CEO.
$2M
WeDeliver [Chicago, 2013]: WeDeliver provides crowdsourced same day delivery solutions for local, small and
medium size businesses like restaurants, florists, grocery delivery etc. Delivery person are freelancers like
students, teachers, veterans, etc. Customers can track deliveries in real-time. Company is headquartered in
Chicago with 200+ paying businesses and 300+ delivery person. Received $100k from Steve Case at Google
Demo Day. Joined 2014 Techstars Chicago class.
$900k
[Caerus Investment Partners,
Techstars]
Cabe na Mala [, 2013]: Cabe na Mala is a crowd based logistics platform. People who are traveling can offer
themselves to make delivery, in exchange for the reward. The platform helps people to deal with taxes and
regulations and also offers safety for both parts, as it keep the money of the user who requested the item, notify
the traveler so he will only buy the product when he is sure user already paid for it, and only transfer the money to
the traveler after product is successful delivered.
$34K
Shipster [New York City, 2013]: Shipster is an online and mobile-app based peer-to-peer and B2C marketplace
that connects deliveries with people heading in similar directions, saving them up to 60% on shipping costs. It
works with freelance agents and logistic companies who provide delivery services. Company currently operating
in private beta.
MeeMeep [Melbourne, 2011]: MeeMeep is an Australian online p2p delivery marketplace where consumers and
business list their moving requirements, get quotes from movers and pay with MeeMeep's escrow payment
system for the service. Collaborative consumption model that plans to “sell” the use of people travelling from A to
B with unused capacity as a freight opportunity. Partners with online sellers like GraysOnline, PicklesPlus &
Allbids to provide delivery service to their customers. Wesbite gets 8000 postings every month.
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Hitch [Tampa, 2014]: HITCH is a crowdsourced delivery company that connects everyday individuals to conduct
commerce within the shipping / delivery segments. Travelers can input their travel information for the day (to and
from locations) and see a listing of available items to be delivered. Shippers can create a delivery either via the
app or via desktop. Hitch partners with a third-party payment processing company (Stripe) to provide Travelers
access to individualized merchant accounts.
iGofers [Monroeville, 2014]: iGofers is a crowdshipping platform that allows users to pickup and deliver, run
errands, or give you a lift. It is a platform for crowdsourcing, crowdshipping and ridesharing. A subscription based
model, wherein the user must pay a yearly subscription fee for unlimited use. A user has option to pick up his/her
vehicle, category of goods and also the radius of operation.
Questr [Toronto, 2014]: Questr is Canada's first peer-to-peer courier service. Questr breaks down the
centralized logistics and lets its users deliver the packages. A shipper user gets packages and delivers them to
the destination directly without the hassle of going to local facilities, saving much time and labour that leads to a
higher shipping cost. At the same time, the shipper monetizes the extra space on their bike or in their car. By
utilizing a multitude of security measures, such as credit card binding, photo ID verification, and a review system,
each shipment is guaranteed to be safe, trackable and traceable.
GoFellow [Quebec City, 2012]: Gofellow allows members to move stuff to the location, date, time and price that
suits them. Travelers get alerts or can browse stuff that they can pick up during a trip. Travelers can choose to
accept the delivery if the payment is suitable.
PiggyBack [San Diego, 2014]: Piggyback provides an on-demand, same-day shipping service for any items that
traditionally require consumers to physically pick up items from the store themselves. With Piggyback, purchases
made online can now be delivered directly to consumers and in the same day in which the order was made.
Piggyback is able to provide this same-day, on-demand delivery through crowdsourcing. The company brings on
“Delivery Buddies”, who respond to delivery queries that fall close to their normal, daily transit route, and want to
make a little extra money making the delivery.
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Shipizy [Lisbon, 2012]: Shipizy is a trusted marketplace community that connects travelers with people with
shipping needs all around the world. A sender needs to post his requirement including details like the financial
reward and time requirements. Similar method is used for travelers who need to post their travel plans. A relevant
match in terms of the requirements leads to a deal. All deals are made secure through insurance coverage,
verified credentials, safe payments and authenticity.
Packmule [Cesky Krumlov, 2012]: Packmule connects people who want something delivered with a traveller
going the same way. A traveller going the same way can deliver the item for you, in exchange for a mutually
agreeable reward. A shipper can list the product he/she is looking for, which is accessible to a traveler and the
traveler can contact the most relevant person. Located in a medieval town in the Czech Republic. Completely
bootstrapped. The services are extended across the globe.
ManyShip [Fremont, 2013]: ManyShip is a peer-to-peer shipping service. It connects people traveling with
people who plan to send goods with the travelers. Travelers transport and deliver the goods. They either charge
for their services or just help out others. Senders get an expedited shipping service for less or no cost.
Jib.li [Paris, 2011]: Jib.li is a social platform that connects people who are travelling, with those who want to ship
something. Jib.li is based on social networks to build trusted relations between people. A user gets a financial
reward, to carry products for others. Services are available across the globe and are not specific to a certain
location.
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Runner Crowdshipping [Los Angeles, 2013]: Runner allows travelers to make some money by carrying items
for other shoppers along with their regular items. All of this is enabled through the Web or mobile platform. The
founder of the company holds a patent for: System and method for creating and promoting a cause and
processing payments for the cause by utilizing social networks.
Runner [Los Angeles, 2013]: Runner is a P2P crowd-sourced shipping application (crowdshipping), targeting
quick short-run deliveries. The company claims that it can undercut the price of a courier/messenger service by
over 90%. Background-checked area 'runners' deliver items for customers using the routes that they're taking
anyway, thus reducing costs, and price for the customer.
BonCarry [Santa Cruz De Tenerife, 2013]: Boncarry is a crowdshipping platform that enables collaborative and
alternative shipping. BonCarry cuts down shipping costs and time with the support of travelers heading the same
way that customers want to send their packages. In public beta as of Jan 2015.
bistip [Jakarta, 2011]: Bistip is a peer-to-peer courier service, where travelers meet item requesters to fulfill their
logistics need. The travelers are instead given a fee for their services. As a peer-to-peer platform, Bistip also
provides ecommerce marketplace for unique items from all over the world that the travelers could sell at or to the
requesters to search for.
PiggyBee [Brussels, 2012]: PiggyBee is an online platform that connects people who want to get or ship
something with travellers willing to provide the shipping service for a compensation. All kinds of travellers whether
international, national or local can list themselves. Both parties can discover each other through its simple to use
user interface. Travellers and 'piggybackers' mutually agree on the deal details once connected by the platform.
Founded by 2 Belgian cousins, David Vuylsteke and Sebastien Desemberg.
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YouFetch [Los Angeles, 2013]: Crowdsourced delivery platform for personal or business purposes that allows
you to order anything like food, groceries, office supplies on its mobile app to be delivered from fellow fetchers on
the app.
Barnacle [Mountain View, 2013]: Barnacle is a community that lets you ship your possessions through a trusted
network of drivers already en route. Barnacle drivers may be regular commuters or individuals going on a road
trip. All users are linked by their social network accounts to ensure that you are working with people you trust. For
additional security, they offer an option for insurance coverage on each delivery. The company has now
discontinued operations.
Nimber (earlier Easybring) [Oslo, 2010]: Peer-to-peer marketplace offering collaborative delivery service that
connects people who need to send something from one place to another with people going that way. While
currently available online, it is building its mobile apps(iOS and Android) for providing the service.
Deliverish [New York City, 2013]: Deliverish is a peer-to-peer local delivery service that helps people in urban
areas get anything delivered on demand. Customers can get delivered anything from dry cleaning, hardware
store, favourite restaurant etc. by posting the service in the app while other local members can negotiate a price
providing the service.
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International
Friendshippr [Dubai, 2013]: Friendshippr is a mobile application for crowd-shipping. The platform works
exclusively through a Facebook users’s own network, helping turn Facebook friends into couriers. Lets users
create a complete shipping request – they select the item, destination, priority, and then a payment option – and
then suggests relevant friends and friends of friends they could ask, based on where they live, have lived, or have
friends who live. Backed by angels with experience with Uber, Airbnb, Google and Dubai-based Honeybee Tech
Ventures. Company registered in US, half the team working from Silicon Valley.
$1.17M
International
BonCarry [Santa Cruz De Tenerife Area, 2013]: BonCarry is a peer-to-peer logistics enabler, wherein people
can list their travel plans, which are visible to customers who want to ship goods across the globe. A customer/
shipper can search for a traveler based on the distance and date of travel. In public beta as of Jan 2015.
International
Entrusters [Miami, 2014]: Entrusters.com is a global peer-to-peer delivery platform connecting cross-border
shoppers with travelers on an online marketplace. The marketplace allows shoppers to request products from
abroad with the help of global travelers, who make money and contacts as they travel. A traveler needs to be
registered on the entrusters portal and can access delivery requests from shoppers and bid accordingly. Orders
can be processed for any online or physical retailer in any country. Facilitate and secure each transaction through
a safeguarded process designed to protect both parties and through the ongoing development of a user
community based on dual feedback.
International
Bringrs [Copenhagen, 2014]: Bringrs is a P2P delivery service – a platform allowing you to post transportation
tasks and subsequently receive bids from people and companies. Upon reviewing incoming bids, the user can
choose the one that suits best, both in terms of price and timing. Bringrs collaborate with First Marine to provide a
mandatory insurance for each task performed in the system as a way of insuring it’s users that they can trust the
service Bringrs.
International
Globshop [Paris, 2013]: Globshop enables buyers to shop worldwide by connecting them to travelers. A platform
through which buyers can buy products in a foreign country through the help of travelers who can bring back the
products for a financial reward. A meeting is set up as soon as the transaction is confirmed and everything is
already paid for, all the buyer has to do is give the meeting code to the traveler in exchange of his product. The
traveler can then use it to confirm the transaction and get his reward. All payments are secured on the platform.
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Shipbird [San Francisco, 2013]: Shipbird uses crowdsourcing technology to connect senders with potential
deliverers to provide an incredibly efficient, environmentally friendly path. Shipbird uses OTW (on the way)
technology, pairs commuters with packages that need to be delivered. Rates are up to 75% less than a standard
courier service. Once a delivery person picks up the package, he or she will not get any payment released to
them until the confirmation of the delivery. The recipient of the package will give the delivery person a redemption
code, which is required to release payment
International
SpaceHitch [San Francisco, 2014]: SpaceHitch is a platform that allows travelers to rent their extra luggage
space. It helps travelers list and rent, or share any extra space they may have on a trip and connects locals with
these travelers to help acquire items from all around the world.
International
Carry [Indianapolis, 2014]: Carry is an online peer to peer marketplace that connects people who need to ship
things with travelers who can carry packages for them. Carry allows users who wish to ship items or transport
them to post listings on our site providing specific details about the transaction. Users can browse these postings
and respond to any posting which meets his or her needs.
International
Mob Deli [Washington, 2012]: Mob Deli is a mobile app that enables same-day rush delivery services of just
about anything. It connects users with couriers who have the ability to purchase goods on their behalf, enabling
anyone to ship any product within a city in under one hour.
International
Nimber [Oslo, 2010]: Nimber is a collaborative peer-to-peer service that connects people who need to send
something from one place to another with people going in the same very direction. The service is available across
the globe. A user does not have to pay till the goods are delivered or received. Along with delivery, the goods are
insured upto a certain amount as well. Users have the choice to request even for the vehicle which they are
comfortable with and Nimber will find the exact match in terms of route, vehicle and time. Formerly knows as
EasyBring, renamed to Nimber in Jan 2014.
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International
Shipeer [Valencia, 2014]: Shipeer is a peer-to-peer logistics platform that enables user to send and receive
goods from any part in Europe. The platform offers features for real time monitoring, so the customers always
know where the shipment is and how long it will take to reach the destination. A user can send any item on any
day to any destination. Shipeer finds a traveler along the route. A user can either carry a product for others or
send a product with a traveler.
International
Fill Up My Luggage [Leeuwarden, 2014]: Fill Up My Luggage helps connecting travelers who want to ship
goods with people who want to send goods. This way the travelers (Mules) can earn money for their service while
helping the locals with getting their goods. This platform is aiming at the most underdeveloped areas, where
crowdshipping is the only source of delivering goods. A traveler needs to publish has travel plan and the amount
of luggage he can carry, this way the shippers get in touch with the most relevant traveler and crack a deal.
International
Sheaply [Casablanca, 2014]: Sheaply is a platform linking two kinds of people: parcel shippers and travelers.
Travelers carry the parcel for a financial reward. Sheaply allows shippers to make savings on their shipments and
travelers to recoup their travels. Sheaply is share of the collaborative economy, economic system favoring
exchanges point to point (peer to peer) between individuals through the sharing of free luggage spaces. Sheaply
basically allows connecting travelers with parcel shippers and connecting travelers with individuals who want to
buy something abroad and get delivered.
International
Jwebi [Paris, 2014]: Jwebi is a peer-to-peer platform that enables people to send and buy items from all over the
world using travelers' spare luggage space. Jwebi offers two services: sending and receiving parcels, and buying
items that are cheaper abroad. Jwebi profiles are recorded to identify travelers who are reliable. Profiles are also
checked and verified (emails, phone numbers, social networks etc.).
International
Zaagel [Cairo, 2013]: Zaagel is a delivery service based on crowdsourcing. It enables individuals to become
couriers and deliver items in return of a monetary reward. People list the products they want to buy on
Zaagel.com and anyone in the crowd can earn money by going to the website and choosing the products they
can deliver
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PostRope [Melbourne, 2012]: PostRope is a social marketplace for crowd shipping. Customers can find an item
that won’t ship to their location, create a listing on PostRope. Members travelling the buyers location can then
offer to carry the parcel along with them. Buyers can review the offers and accept the best offer based on the trust
ratings and price.
International
TinyCarrier [Singapore, 2013]: Tiny Carrier is a web service that connects travelers and people who have a
need to send or receive things. A crowdsourced international delivery platform.
International
SocioTransit [Bangalore, 2013]: Sociotransit.com serves as a marketplace which connects travellers with
seekers for carrying any goods during the transit. The platform enables seekers to interact with the travellers over
a common platform, where they can chat and build trust before any transaction takes place. Travellers can create
and publish their upcoming trips and post on the website which will be matched with users requiring something
from that region. Travellers who are carrying/ transporting goods will get money when the service becomes fully-
fledged on a chargeable basis for that particular transit. Founded in Jan 2013 and based in Copenhagen,
Denmark with a back-end office for supporting all IT related services in Bangalore, India.
International
Pijjit [San Francisco, 2013]: Pijjit is peer-to-peer social shopping and courier and shopping App that enables
people to shop and carry things for each other. For shoppers, Pijjit enables access to items not easily available
through a social courier. For travelers, Pijjit provides a way to make money and friends by helping people shop for
what they want, or just by sharing available space, and becoming a social courier.
International
Spotopp [Singapore, 2014]: Peer-to-peer marketplace that connects air travellers having excess luggage with
travellers willing to share spare space for some extra cash. Travellers are able to avoid expensive excess luggage
fee of airlines. Among top 15 in Ideas Inc. Business Challenge.
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Muber [Atlanta, 2013]: Muber is online peer-to-peer marketplace that connects buyers of hard-to-find items to
travellers who can buy and deliver it for them. Users post a request of the item with a reward or share their travel
details to earn the extra cash from buyers. Muber charges the buyer a 10% commission of the item cost.
International
WorldCraze [Paris, 2012]: Worldcraze is a 'crowdshopping' platform which connects international travellers with
people to buy cheaper foreign products. Travellers and buyers agree mutually on compensation details. User ID’s,
Bank Accounts and mobile phone numbers of all members on the platform are verified. Company also takes care
of legal issues regarding custom duties, types of product and escrow payments services.
International
Backpack [Wooster, 2014]: Backpack is a peer-to-peer marketplace that that connects travellers and shoppers
to ship products across globe. Travellers share their travel information and specify what kind of items they want to
carry. Shoppers search items from websites and fill out the item description, find a willing traveller coming to their
city on the platform and negotiate traveller's fee for the service. Website launched by college students Fahim Aziz
and Sakib Sauro in Feb 2014. Present in Y Combinator Demo Day Aug 2014
[Y Combinator]
International
Parcelio [San Francisco, 2012]: Parcelio connects people to transport parcels to their destination reliably and
cost-effectively. Works on the concept of collaborative consumption.
International
Canubring [Santiago, 2012]: Canubring is a peer-to-peer platform for global delivery service, connecting people
who need to buy something from any place in the world, with travellers who can bring it on their trips. Travellers
can upload their itinerary to the site, while senders search for possible couriers on various routes throughout the
world. Both parties can then establish a delivery price, place and time for the exchange.
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Roost [San Francisco, 2014]: Roost is an online platform where users can find low cost storage or parking
spaces listed by other people in their neighbourhood having extra space in their garage, basement etc. The
company is working on a mobile app for Android in iOS, which will launch in two to four months.The company
stated its valuation at $10 million as of August,2014.
$295k
StowThat [Seattle, 2013]: StowThat is a peer-to-peer marketplace to store things in a local neighbour’s garage.
People can see listings by space owners, search by price and location and send messages to owners for
requesting booking space and make payments online with Paypal account after finalising the deal.
$50k
StorageMarket [Baltimore, 2013]: StorageMarket is a peer to peer storage service where people with extra
space rent out their garage or spare rooms for others to store items. They can offer their own prices while get
bookings online. Offers insurance upto $10k for stored items.
Cubbyhole App [Boston, 2013]: Cubbyhole is an iPhone app that connects people with extra space to people
who need it. Users can book space by the day, week or month on the platform. Cubbyhole instantly connects
customers, transfers payment and insures stored items for upto $1000. On the other hand, all renters are
Facebook verified. Company takes 30% cut. Designed by a group of Boston University alums. More than 200
people had downloaded the app uptil Jan 2014.
Storenextdoor [Bath, 2012]: Storenextdoor.com is a directory and marketplace for self storage in the UK. Offers
2 types of listing a) independent businesses for an annual subscription. b) home owners with spare space (loft,
garage, basement, room etc). Company provides a secure messaging, legal contract, payment, insurance (Aviva)
and ongoing support.
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SpaceOut [Brisbane, 2008]: SpaceOut provides peer-to-peer local storage and space rental options to people
wanting to store their stuff or car while home-owners and business owners can make a passive income by renting
storage space..
Spacefinity [Pittsburgh, 2013]: Launched in June 2013, Spacefinity is an online marketplace to connect college
students, hobbyists and other people with temporary storage needs to home-owners with storage space.
RovingBox [Seattle, 2013]: RovingBox.com enables homeowners to earn money by renting out the extra space
in their garage, attic or basement to other people who need space for their personal items. It provides an online
platform where people can post or find storage space in their area. They provide homeowner's profile, enable
contact, provide reviews and handle rental payment transactions.
Costockage [Paris, 2012]: Online peer-to-peer marketplace for finding/providing rental storage space for
furniture, rental cellar,etc in one's locality. Tenants can find spaces, fill applications and contact with landlords
online who reply within 48 hours. Provides insurance and secure payments services. Part of TheHive By Gvahim,
an Israeli start-up accelerator program.
Sharemystorage [London, 2010]: Sharemystorage.com is an online marketplace that brings together two
different groups of people; those who have spare space and those who need spare space for storage.
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Rentoid [Melbourne, 2007]: Rentoid.com provides an online hire and rental platform that connects owners with
renters. The company offers platform that enables owners to rent their items and renters to find various products
in the areas of accommodation, airplanes, antiques, art baby, beauty and health, boats, and books. Part of
Collaborate Corporation - an ASX listed company.
Hire Things [Wellington, 2006]: Hire Things is an open marketplace for products, goods, places, and services
for hire and rent. The web based internet rental platform also provides a hire booking management system.
RentBillow, LLC. [Allen, 2014]: RentBillow is an online person-to-person rental marketplace for unused assets
to other individuals. Helps to create value for individuals who temporarily need assets and do not want to spend
the money to purchase them outright. Founder (Anabella Watson), a former housewife, originally conceived the
idea as a way for stay at home wives/mothers to generate extra income for their households without having to
leave their homes.
Zilok [Paris, 2007]: Zilok is a France based local peer-to-peer and B2C property rental marketplace. People can
list and rent anything like vehicles, tools, furniture, sports gear etc. Members can manage thousands of objects
per account for free. Rental services pay for marketing services by Zilok.
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Qraft [Palo Alto, 2011]: Qraft is a peer to peer marketplace that allows owners of boats, rv’s, cars, motorcycles,
planes, gear and other adventure toys to rent them to other members of its online community. Offers insurance on
rented items.
Adventure
Gear
Propaloo [Bend, 2012]: Propaloo is an online marketplace where owners, property managers and private
individuals can list items they have for rent, including boats, ATVs, RVs, homes and more. The site then matches
travelers with individuals and property managers who are offering their items for rent in the right location and
dates.
Adventure
Gear
GearCommons [Somerville, 2013]: GearCommons is a peer-to-peer marketplace for renting outdoor gear like
kayaks, backpacks, sleeping bags, etc. Renters can search the platform for gear, connect with owners and rent
gear online. Owners can ask for security deposit in lieu of gear insurance. Company provides payment escrow
services. Both parties can rate and review each other at end of experience. Company also providing website
widget for retailers and OEMs to rent their gear online.
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Books
Chegg [Santa Clara, 2005]: Chegg, an online textbook rental company, where students can lend text
books to peers. It also helps students find internships and scholarships.
$252M
IPO: Nov 2013
NYSE:CHGG
[Gabriel Venture Partners,
Floodgate, Kleiner Perkins Caufield
& Byers, Foundation Capital,
Primera Capital, Insight Venture
Partners, Ace Limited, GSV Capital,
Lucas Venture Group]
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Fashion
Bag Borrow or Steal [Seattle, 2004]: Bag Borrow or Steal is a marketplace for women to borrow, buy or sell
fashion products from their closet. They can find bags, shoes and dressing accessories on the platform. The
company takes care of dry cleaning and shipping. For customers interested in selling their items, company has
consignment as well as outright buying model.
$20M
[Madrona Venture Group,
Steelpoint Capital Partners]
Fashion
Yuuze Inc. [New York City, 2011]: Onlinewardrobe.com (Yuuze ) is a fashion networking company which
provides members with suggestions based on a dress code and for specific event based on their profile. Its also
enables people to share and discuss fashion items.
Fashion
Darpdecade [London, 2014]: Darpdecade is a platform where users can swap and share clothes locally.
Darpdecade connects members with like- minded people in their area. The app discovers who likes a clothing
item in a virtual closet and connects two people if they are equally interested in items in each other’s closets.
Fashion
Kookopa [Brooklyn, 2013]: Kookopa is an online community which allows women to rent clothing, bags, shoes
and accessories from each other. Kookopa allows lenders to monetize items that have never or only gently been
worn, and allows borrowers to discover apparel and accesories in others closets
Fashion
Date My Wardrobe [Boston, 2013]: Date My Wardrobe is a peer to peer localized marketplace for renting
fashionalble wardrobe items such as designer dresses, shoes, handbags etc. Lenders can make some money by
renting out unused/less used assets while buyers save money while having access to quality items. The company
provides delivery and cleaning and free photography(>100$ item) service. Takes a commission per item rented.
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Fashion -
Accessories
Bootleg Market [Austin, 2012]: Peer-to-peer shoe shopping/renting/trading online marketplace where users
shop new and pre-loved shoes straight out of people’s closets. Vendors (sellers) include individuals plus vintage
dealers, boutiques and shoe brands selling new products /samples. People can show-case their own closets on
the marketplace.
$600k
Fashion -
Accessories
Bagsly [New York City, 2014]: Bagsly is a peer-to-peer handbag and purse rental marketplace. It is backed by
an insurance policy and a rental agreement that covers both parties. Company provides delivery and pick-up
service.
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Fashion -
Apparel
Style Lend [San Francisco, 2013]: Style Lend (formerly Stylend) is a localized peer-to-peer community
marketplace where women can borrow and lend their stylish clothing. Stylend's high end designer category have
an average retail value of $2,155, and cost $120 per week to rent. Company provides service of delivery and dry-
cleaning after use. Has DIY model(30% commission) and premium model(50% commission) which includes
photography, delivery and dry-cleaning service for sellers to use the marketplace. Graduated from YCombinator in
Mar 2014.
[Y Combinator]
Fashion -
Apparel
WearAway [Los Angeles, 2014]: WearAway is a peer to peer mobile marketplace for women who want to rent
designer clothing and accessories. They provide an easy way for women to earn money by renting their closet.
Co-founder Lee Greene was previously an Associate at Launchpad LA and has worked in the fashion space for
over 8 years
Fashion -
Apparel
Borrowed By Design [Atlanta, 2013]: Borrowed By Design is an online community of women who can rent their
formal and semi-formal wear to each other. Women simply list their dresses for sharing and leave marketing,
payments and tracking to the company. They will have the opportunity to list their own closet of dresses and rent
special occasion dresses from other members.
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Household
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Peerby [Amsterdam, 2011]: Peerby is a Dutch startup that operates a peer-to-peer sharing service for products.
Users can share or request items from people in their neighborhood online, via their mobile or via social media
channels. Launched (beta) for Amsterdam in August 2012, the team is expanding to other areas.
$2.4M [SanomaVentures, Techstars]
Household
Goods
Mootch [New York, 2013]: Mootch is a mobile app for peer-to-peer renting where people can rent daily-use stuff
like vaccum cleaner, power-drill etc. from their neighbours. Company is currently running Kickstarter crowdfunding
campaign.
$100.8K
Household
Goods
NeighborGoods [Los Angeles, 2009]: NeighborGoods is an online marketplace that allows you to share, borrow
and sell physical items with other people in your area. On the platform people can list their items for sale, browse
inventory of items and add their wishlist to share with other members in their community.
$100k
Household
Goods
Spare To Share [Chicago, 2012]: Spare to Share is a private sharing and community network for residential
buildings, commercial buildings, and other closed, trusted groups. Spare to Share connects residents and
employees through the sharing of skills, items, ideas and activities.
$65k
Household
Goods
Usarium [Moscow, 2013]: iOS app for peer-to-peer consumer rental on smartphone for everyday use items.
Provides booking, escrow payments and digital legally binding agreement. Free share transactions with friends,
commercial transactions - 10% commission.
$50k
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Rent My Items [London, 2011]: RentMyItems.com is an online UK marketplace that facilitates business to
consumer and person to person renting of items owned among friends, family and communities. Items are
contracted directly between the owner and individual renting the item. Looking to increase traction and improve
features, the website currently allows free listings without commission.
£25k
Household
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Red's Shed Rentals [Colorado, 2012]: Red's Shed is a Colorado-based peer-to-peer rental community
connecting people who have underutilized stuff in their house and garage, with those who need it. Red's Shed
connects friends and neighbors to share the things they don't use every day. Red’s Shed has also introduced a
groups functionality to the community; offering organizations such as schools, HOAs, churches and other groups
the ability to act as circles, for their members to rent to one another. The company successfully completed a
crowd-funding round ($4,500) in May 2014
Household
Goods
ShareTown [Lindon, 2012]: ShareTown lets users buy, sell and rent from around their neighbourhood. The
company is trying to build trusted community. The company partnered with media companies that have a trusted
brand so they can white label their brand. For security, the rental fee and deposit requested are held in limbo on
the platform until both parties confirm that they are satisfied with the exchange. Parties also have the ability to
review each other.
Household
Goods
Freegler [New York City, 2013]: Freegler is a collaborative consumption site that allows anyone to rent out their
idle possessions to their neighbours. Members can list items at desired price and lend camping and sporting
goods, gardening equipment, kitchen items, power tools or anything else.
[ilab Accelerator]
Household
Goods
StreetLend [London, 2013]: StreetLend is an online marketplace for people to share things within their
neighbourhood. Visitors may list items or requests and the site puts borrowers in touch with lenders. StreetLend
aims to innovate in rental listing search and discovery.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Household
Goods
Open Shed [Sydney, 2011]: Collaborative consumption of goods in a community. Online platform to lend and
rent tools, camping gear, electronics and other goods in neighbourhood. Open Shed provides insurance coverage
upto $1000 for rented items.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

Household
Goods - Tools
1000tools [Ann Arbor, 2012]: 1000tools allows people to post tools on its website and rent them out to users in
the community. The online community also provides an environment where users can communicate and offer
advice to each other.
Household
Goods - Tools
ToolSpinner [Baltimore, 2011]: ToolSpinner is an online peer-to-peer tool rental platform. It provides power tool
owners a marketplace to safely rent their tools to others in their community for earn extra income. Tool renters can
enjoy upto 50% off tool rentals for twice the rental duration compared to traditional rental services. Company is
rethinking its business model at present.
Household
Goods - Tools
Sharehammer [Durham, 2013]: Sharehammer is an online marketplace for peer-to-peer tools rental and sharing
among neighbours. Founded in 2013, the marketplace allows anyone to signin with Facebook account and rent/
reserve mechanic tools from other members online.
Personal
Goods
Food
Private
Spaces
Business
Equipment

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