mario feghali headquarters austin texas usa key people chuck gordon ceo 2 mario feghali coo 2 number of employees 160 3 website www.sparefoot.com sparefoot is an austin based company that provides listings for self storage units . the company was originally a person to person model similar to airbnb that later developed into a marketplace for self storage . the company now facilitates self storage rentals between consumers and storage operators . the company was profiled as one of america s most promising startups by bloomberg businessweek in 2011 . 4 contents 1 history 2 company culture and philanthropy 3 references 4 external links history edit sparefoot was founded in 2008 by chuck gordon and mario feghali while both were attending ucla . 5 the concept was developed a year prior when gordon was attending ucla and left to spend a semester in singapore . 6 gordon used space in feghali s residence as well as space in girlfriend s garage . while away gordon came up with the concept which he pursued with feghali . 5 sparefoot was originally formed as a person to person website with the concept of facilitating the rental of extra storage space in private residences to those looking for storage . original funding came from family members and friends . 5 the site failed to gain traction with a person to person model . the founders noticed that there were more storage companies signing up to sell space as opposed to homeowners . 5 the site was re branded along with a name change from homstie to sparefoot and began allowing customers to find compare and review potential storage providers . 5 additional funding for sparefoot came in 2009 when the company was accepted into an incubator program at capital factory in austin texas . 7 they were awarded 20 000 seed capital as well as mentoring from the program . 5 during a second round of funding in 2010 the company received 2 million in investment from silverton partners and floodgate fund . 8 the following year they raised 1.5 million in capital bringing their second round total to 3.5 million . 1 in 2014 sparefoot raised 10 million in a series c round of venture funding from insight venture partners . 9 on march 11 2015 the company announced a series d round of 33 million from insight venture partners as well as monkfish equity and revolution llc . 10 in 2011 chuck gordon and mario feghali were named to the list of 30 under 30 by forbes . 2 company culture and philanthropy edit in 2013 sparefoot was the winner of the austin startup games a competition that paired 15 startup companies against each other in games like ping pong flip cup and shuffleboard . sparefoot received 30 000 for winning which they donated to the charity kure it cancer research . 11 the company ran a campaign in 2012 where they donated 3 in school supplies for users of their facebook and twitter pages who posted items they have kept since they were in grade school . 12 sparefoot also gave 100 vouchers for self storage space to washington d.c. residents affected by hurricane sandy in 2012 . 13 sparefoot was listed as one of 7 awesome dog friendly companies for national dog week by career bliss in 2012 for allowing dogs at their headquarters in austin . 14 references edit a b lynley matthew 7 march 2011 . need storage find it with sparefoot which just raised 1.5 m . venturebeat . retrieved 27 june 2013 . a b c 30 under 30 real estate . forbes magazine . 19 december 2011 . retrieved 27 june 2013 . calnan christopher 2 june 2014 . sparefoot to hire 25 customer service workers . austin business journal . retrieved 16 july 2014 . america s most promising startups . bloomberg businessweek . 25 august 2011 . retrieved 27 june 2013 . a b c d e f today s featured member sparefoot started with a guy who needed to store his stuff . startup american partnership . retrieved 27 june 2013 . quesada tony 29 july 2011 . journal profile chuck gordon ceo sparefoot inc . austin business journal . retrieved 27 june 2013 . higginbotham stacey 22 april 2009 . austin s capital factory incubator bets on consumer startups . new york times . retrieved 27 june 2013 . hawkins lori 21 june 2010 . sparefoot collects 2 million for growth . the statesman . retrieved 2 july 2013 . kolodny lora 25 february 2014 . austin startup sparefoot raises 10m to become opentable for self storage . wall street journal . retrieved 9 march 2014 . http www.xconomy.com national 2015 03 11 sparefoot packs in a 33m series d to improve storage booking service lalorek 17 february 2013 . sparefoot wins austin startup games . silicon hills . retrieved 27 june 2013 . calnan christopher 31 august 2012 . sparefoot spares school supplies as part of charitable campaign . austin business journal . retrieved 27 june 2013 . sommer will 31 october 2012 . start up offering free storage for d.c. sandy victims . washington city paper . retrieved 27 june 2013 . trikha ritika 26 september 2012 . 7 awesome dog friendly companies for national dog week . 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