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Turo
Turo runs the world's largest peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace, connecting private car owners with renters across the US, Canada, UK, Australia and France. Founded in Boston in 2009 as RelayRides and rebranded Turo in 2015, it is now headquartered in San Francisco; Tim Rossanis has served as the company's CTO.
- Sector
- Peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace
- Business model
- Marketplace (peer-to-peer car sharing)
- Founded
- 2009
- Founders
- Shelby Clark
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, US
- Markets
- US, Canada, UK, Australia, France
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, flexjobs.com
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Milestones
- Aug 2009 Founded in Boston by Shelby Clark en.wikipedia.org
- July 2019 Reached unicorn status with US$250M Series E techcrunch.com
- Jan 2022 Filed to list on NYSE under ticker TURO fortune.com
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then took over the reins at Turo, launching the car-sharing giant into Europe and scaling the UK operation from, you know, cold start into $60 million in revenue.”
Uber is now pivoting to a partnership with Turo after just turning the lights off of its partnership with Car Next Door, which was an Australian startup it acquired a few years ago for $105 million.”
there's a business called Turo, which does a very, very similar thing, probably more on the, It's a San Francisco-based business, but they've got an Australian operations now.”
Will RichardsCo-Founder, Overnight Success The Startup Retro · Uber shuts down Car Next Door, Sitemate… · 5:33 ▶ Turo is kind of like, well, at least a lot of the advertising I see, it's like, get a Mustang. It's not just like a Suzuki Swift, you know.”
Gemma ClancyCo-Founder & Head of Marketing, Stella Startups The Startup Retro · Uber shuts down Car Next Door, Sitemate… · 5:55 ▶ In the news
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