A daily newsletter summarizing recent activity & interesting start-ups globally
RECENT NOTABLE ACTIVITY – ONLINE RENTALS
- Designer dress and accessory rental platform, Renttherunway raised $60M in series E funding round led by Fidelity Management and Research Company. Link
- Online service for luxury watch rental, ElevenJames raised $30M ($10M in equity financing and $20M in debt) from existing investors and Great American Capital Partners respectively. Link
- Peer to peer equipment rental platform, Equipmentshare raise
d $26M in series B funding round led by Insight Venture Partners. Link - Online RV rental marketplace, Campanda raised $10.5M in series B funding round led by Michelin Travel Partner. Link
- Online bicycle rental platform, Zagster, raised $10M in series B funding round led by Edison Partners. Link
- Self Drive car rental platform, Revv raised $9M in series A funding round led by Edelweiss Private Equity. Link
- App based bicycle rental platform, Mobike raised an undisclosed amount in series E funding round led by Temasek. Link
SOME INTERESTING STARTUPS FOUND
Date My Closet (2016, Delhi) – Online luxury fashion rental marketplace.
Rentram (2015, Gurgaon) – Online portal for renting furniture and home appliances.
LEADER BOARD – ONLINE RENTALS
Multi-Category
Peerby (2011, Amsterdam, $4.5M) – Online marketplace to borrow consumer goods from peers. Backed by Techstars, Sanoma Ventures and others.
Rentstuff.com (2010, Nashville, $675k) – Price comparison platform from local rental stores. Backed by Chattanooga Renaissance fund.
Rentabilities (2007, Boston, $670k) – Online peer to peer rental platform for consumer goods. Backed by Masschallenge.
Cars
eHi Car Services (2006, Shanghai, IPO) – Car rental service provider. Backed by CTrip, Enterprise Holdings and Goldman Sachs among others.
Turo (2009, SF, $101M) – P2P car sharing platform. Backed by KPCB, Google ventures, August Capital and GM ventures among others.
Zuche (2007, Beijing, $203M) – Car rental service provider. Backed by Warburg Pincus and KPCB among others.
Bikes
MoBike (2015, Shanghai, $325M) – Bicycle rental platform. Backed by Joy Capital and Panda VC Fund.
Ofo (2015, Beijing, $135M) – P2P bicycle rental platform. Backed by Matrix Partners China, Didi Chuxing, and GSR Ventures China.
Boats
Boatsetter (2014, Amsterdam, $15M) – Online boat rental platform. Backed by Stanford University, Great oaks venture capital among others.
Boatbound (2012, SF, $4.5M) – Online peer to peer boat rental platform. Backed by Kima Ventures, Atlas Venture, 500 Startups among others.
Furniture and Appliances
Furlenco (2011, Bangalore, $21M) – Online furniture and home appliance rental platform. Backed by Lightbox VC and Axis Capital.
Rentomojo (2014, Bangalore, $7M) – Online furniture and home appliance rental platform. Backed by Accel Partners and IGD VC.
Consumer Electronics
Saybyebuy (2015, London, $1M) – Online rental platform for consumer electronics. Backed by Global Founders and Seedcamp among others.
Fashion
Rent the Runway (2009, NYC, $190M) – Online platform for designer dress and accessory rentals. Backed by HCP Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and KPCB among others.
Generation Tux (2014, Oakland, $43M) – Online platform to rent tuxedo for men. Backed by unknown investors.
The Black Tux (2012, Santa Monica, $41M) – Online platform to rent tuxedo for men. Backed by First Round Capital, Founder Collective, and Menlo Ventures among others.
Books
BookRenter (2007, San Mateo, $56M) – Online platform for textbook rentals. Backed by ACM, Storm Ventures, and NVP among others.
Campus Book Rentals (2007, West Haven, $23M) – Online platform for college textbook rentals. Backed by Level Equity and Five Elms among others.
Recreation
Pley (2013, San Jose, $16.8M) – Online platform for LEGO sets rentals for kids on monthly subscription. Backed by Allegro VC and Correlation VC among others.
Gamefly (2002, LA, $10.7M) – Online platform for renting video games. Backed by Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital, and four Rivers Group among others.
Event Supplies
Those Animals (2013, Phoenix, $1.2M) – Online platform to rent animal rides for parties. Backed by unknown investors.
Commercial Goods
Equipment Share (2014, Columbia, $36M) – Online Peer to peer equipment rental platform. Backed by Romulus Capital, Krillion ventures, and Y Combinator.
RentAlpha (2014, Mumbai, $16M) – Online equipment rental and leasing company. Backed by Bravia Capital.
Leaderboard includes all the top funded, IPO and successfully running bootstrapped companies along with their location, founding year and funding amount.
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