Good news from the Netherlands! Amsterdam-based local borrowing platform Peerby raises $2.1 million. The investment round is led by French XAnge Private Equity. Netherlands-based Sanoma Ventures invested for a second time. TechStars and angels from Canada and the United States also invested. Dutch founder Daan Weddepohl is going to use the funds for product development and and… Read more
Daan Weddepohl is the founder of Peerby.com, which is a website and iPhone app that enables people to borrow the things they need from others in their neighborhood in 30 minutes. What inspired you to start Peerby and how did you do it? I love technology and I love people. I find it amazing that… Read more
The success of any collaborative consumption (CC) platform or business depends on reaching a critical mass, at which point users can easily find the goods, food, or skills which they seek. To understand the potential for platforms to reach this critical mass, shareNL interviewed twenty users of Dutch collaborative consumption services: on-demand stuff sharing platform… Read more