RENTALIC

Rentalic.com is an online rental marketplace that enables sharing & reuse through person-to-person renting between friends, family, and neighbors. It is an online marketplace where individuals and businesses can rent the stuff they own to each other. Mission To help people save money, make money, and save the environment by encouraging reuse and sharing through person-to-person renting. Vision Help make the world a better place by building economically and environmentally sustainable com... munities. Awards & Recognition: * 1st place grand prize winner - PayPal Developer Challenge Innovation Competition (Rentalic captured the grand prize in the 2010 PayPal X Developer Challenge innovation competition. The competition began with 650 applicants before being narrowed down to the top ten finalists. A panel of distinguished judges, which included [Pierre Omidyar](/person/pierre-omidyar) (Chairman of [eBay](/organization/ebay)), [Scott Thompson](/person/scott-thompson) (President of [PayPal](/organization/paypal)), [Marc Andreessen](/person/marc-andreessen) (General Partner of [Andreessen/Horowitz](/financial-organization/andreessen-horowitz)), and [Roelof Botha](/person/roelof-botha) (Partner at [Sequoia Capital](/financial-organization/sequoia-capital)), selected Rentalic as the competition’s grand prize winner, further validating Rentalic’s business model as the premier technological solution for the person-to-person rental marketplace.) * Maker Faire Editor's Choice Award -2009 was awarded to us at Maker Faire 2009. This was the first prestigious award we received and we won this award just for our business concept even 4 months before we launched our alpha website. * Red Herring Top 100 North America Finalist. Just last week we got selected as one of the Red Herring top 100 North America finalists, yet another recognition of our business concept and its potential for explosive viral growth. * CleanTech Open Semi-Finalist. Just last week, a panel of distinguished judges who evaluated the environmentally friendly company business plans selected Rentalic as one of the semi-finalists, further validating the enormous potential of our business model to help build economically and environmentally sustainable communities while empowering individuals and communities to make money, save money by renting out the goods they own to each other.More