PhoRent.com

"It's the Craigslist for Rentals" PhoRent.com is a P2P rental platform and the FIRST to offer P2P insurance. http://youtu.be/NOzoQjZKUUg

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded February 2012
  • Employees 5
  • Website PhoRent.com

Company Summary

Peer-to-peer renting, a new twist on the (P2P) commerce mastered by sites such as eBay and Craigslist. Instead of selling the lawnmower that sees only occasional action, rent it to people in your town, get paid a small rental fee and get it back when their done. It's all part of the collaborative consumption movement, which encourages sharing, including renting, as a way to save money, protect the environment and connect with people & its INSURED

Team

  • Josh Jermaine
    Founder

    Software,Technology & Finance Professional with Sales Management and Entrepreneurial experience. An uncompromising will to succeed through hard work and hard play.

  • Benjamin Salles
    Founder

    Web Developer & Applications Engineer. Five time patented developer, expert with HTML5, CSS3, XML, Drupal, JavaScript, Flash/Action Script (2 & 3), and Photoshop.

  • Wayne Crosby
    Advisor

    Google + Head Software Engineer in the Create, Collaborate, and Community (CCC) organization. Joined Google as part of the Zenter acquisition. Angel Investor in @Etacts, @WePay, @Appjet, @E La Carte, @Fivestar, @Clickpass, @Foodoro, @Snaptalent, @Blue Frog Gaming, @Anywhere.fm, @Bountii, @Fathomdb, @Co2stats

  • Mark Addison
    Advisor

    President at Rocket Science. VP Golin/Harris Technologies & Access Communications; co -founder/BOD member SVASE.org. Work only with high-tech startup’s in the Silicon Valley. Notable companies;
    Bridgestream (acquired by Oracle) Clarizen Ejasent (acquired by Veritas) Epicentric (acquired by Vignette) Meiosys (acquired by IBM) MindBox (acquired by MDA Ltd.) Payment Processing Inc. Semio (acquired by Entrieva) Singlefin (acquired by St. Bernard S

  • Christopher Seidel
    CTO

    Web Applications Developer & Project Manager in a wide variety of business applications. Primary focus on MVC frameworks such as Symfony & Codeigniter. @ Facebook @ IBM

  • Mark Wan
    Advisor

    Founding Partner of Three Arch Partners. Mark has been a founder or seed investor in numerous healthcare companies including Epocrates, Odyssey Healthcare, and Perclose. Holds a BS in Engineering and a BA in Economics from Yale University. He graduated summa cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Mark also has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

  • Tyler Hoffman
    Advisor

    Develops highly-productive sales + BD teams in the internet and technology space. Deep experience in Retail/ Consumer. Proven leadership throughout all stages of market-development cycle: go-to-market strategy core positioning, complex selling and negotiations, integration, and segue to long-term relationship management. Managing Director, Sales @ Google and Global VP of Sales, @ Rich Relevance, @eBay, @PayPal

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