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Good Life Sorted - bringing older adults in to the sharing economy
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th October 2019The London based startup, Good Life Sorted that has created a marketplace for older adults to connect with helpers within the community...
It is an unfortunate fact that older people are more often the targets of scams and related crimes than the average younger person. They are often depicted as either too trusting and gullible, or the complete opposite and they won’t open the door to anyo...
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Stashbee announces £1.6m funding round on Seedrs
by: Startacus Admin ~ 17th June 2019Stashbee, the online sharing-economy platform for storage space, has announced a targeted £1.6m funding round on leading European investment platform Seedrs, with the aim to be the largest UK storage provider in 2020.
At the same time as announcing their targeted funding round, Stashbeeannounces that it has over 820,000 sq ft of leasable space on its platform, holding the equivalent sp...
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Social marketplace for local help Helpfulpeeps looks to the crowd
by: Startacus Admin ~ 27th November 2018With over 180,000 registered Helpfulpeeps members, award-winning social marketplace Helpfulpeeps is crowdfunding on Seedrs, with over 80% of their target reached on the first day.
Helpfulpeeps is a social marketplace for local help - we've followed their journey on Startacus for the last few years. Now with over 180,000 registered members across iOS, Android and web, they are aiming to build...
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Startup of the Week - Tapoly
by: Startacus Admin ~ 7th March 2018The innovative startup Tapoly, that offers on demand insurance that covers the risks of consumers in the sharing economy market
Whilst the sharing economy has brought a lot of opportunities and flexibility galore, it has also brought some challenges. For example, there are obvious risks which are taken when you are letting out your property or lending your car.
Likewise, whilst the gig economy h...
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Car & Away takes off with it's AirBnB for car rental service
by: Startacus Admin ~ 26th February 2018Car & Away, is a peer-to-peer car rental startup allowing car owners to monetise their vehicle whilst travelling to & from the UK, with London Gatwick announcing it is the first UK airport to host the new peer-to-peer car rental scheme. Think AirBnB for car rentals.
Following a successful trial period, London Gatwick airport is partnering with innovative, sharing economy startu...
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Pay-as-you-go insurance startup Zego drives forward with £1.2m Investment
by: Startacus Admin ~ 19th July 2017Insurance Startup Zego, who provide 'pay-as-you-go/ride /drive' insurance cover for drivers working for sharing economy companies, such as Deliveroo, Jinn, UberEATS, and Amazon, have just raised another £1m+ in a seed funding round led by VC firm LocalGlobe.
With pay and working conditions of the gig economy worker currently under review and the traditional insurance sector ripe f...
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UK peer to peer car rental company, RideLink, raises over £1m on Seedrs
by: Startacus Admin ~ 31st May 2017RideLink, a UK peer to peer car rental platform, also operating in Spain and Germany, has surpassed its £1 million crowdfunding target.
RideLink recently announced the launch of its first equity crowdfunding round, aiming to open to investors of all sizes who wanted to own part of the continued expansion of this disruptive car hire model. In the traditionally non-digital car renta...
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ParkBee makes private parking a public affair
by: Startacus Admin ~ 15th May 2017Most people who drive their car into a city centre, are faced with two major dilemmas. Firstly, parking spaces can be really really tough to find, and secondly when you find parking, it can literally cost an arm and a leg. Park that problem, here's a solution…
Dutch startup ParkBee, which launched in the UK last October, make private parking spaces (for example, at office buildings and hot...
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‘RideLink is to automobiles what Airbnb is to homes’ - we chat with the Founders
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th April 2017Last October we (Startacus that is) shared our love for RideLink a “peer-to-peer car rental marketplace” in our much coveted weekly startup of the week feature. RideLink seemed to be yet another great example of the potential of the shared economy - people using RideLink could rent their car to other people - simples.
With over half a year done and dusted, we thought it only right to ...
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CityStasher makes a case for being the Airbnb for left luggage
by: Startacus Admin ~ 20th March 2017Founded in 2015 and based in London, CityStasher is a ‘sharing economy’ solution for left luggage storage (think Airbnb but for your heavy bags and suitcases).
Connecting tourists with local hotels and shops who can securely store their bags, both the ‘hosts’ generate revenue and new footfall, and the the tourists save time and money.
So what’s the left luggage prob...
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