Tag: Germany

German Ridesharing Platform Carpooling.com Celebrates 5 Million Members

The German ridesharing platform Carpooling.com has passed 5 million registered users. This makes it one of the world’s largest collaborative consumption communities alongside Couchsurfing (6 million members) and Airbnb (4million guests, 300,000 listings). To meet this growth in countries outside of its mother country Germany, Carpooling.com is now opening offices in France, Poland, Italy and Spain. 1.3 Million people… Read more

Berlin carsharing companies offers one-way trips

Giving up your car has never been easier – if you live in the right city that is. Staying one step ahead in the carsharing game, Berlin carsharing services are now offering one-way, GPS-enabled carsharing. The initial approach to carsharing required members to pick up vehicles from a particular station, reserving the cars in advance… Read more

1000 days of Online Bookings for Carpooling.com

Carpooling.com has celebrated 1000 days of online bookings by releasing an infographic that highlights the explosive growth of ridesharing in Europe. The site has 4.3 million registered users that have travelled over 150 million kilometers saving over a million tons of CO2. Find out more at carpooling.com

DeutscheStartups: German Sharing Economy Startups You Should Know About

“In the last few days, CeBIT has been going on and on about the popular topic using the catchword Shareconomy. Start-up Friendsurance (www.friendsurance.de) took advantage of the hype surrounding the topic as an opportunity to create a fascinating infographic.” – DeutscheStartups Team Peer-to-peer insurance startup Friendsurance has created a useful map of the German collaborative… Read more

10 Questions for Markus Barnikel, CEO of Carpooling.com

The easiest way to explain Carpooling.com is… we help to fill the empty seats in people’s cars – connecting drivers and passengers to help them save gas and money, reduce carbon emissions and make new friends. I believe it is the right moment for Carpooling.com to take off because… with rising gas prices, unemployment, overcrowding… Read more

Betahaus in Berlin offers a coworking space that is a mixture of a relaxed coffeehouse and concentrated working environment

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10 questions for Philipp Rogge, founder of frents

The easiest way to explain frents is …a social network for things. Members display personal belongings on virtual shelves and define how they are can be shared, either with a circle of friends or the local community. Resources otherwise unused and hidden behind walls are activated and brought to life creating enormous possibilities for everyone…. Read more