ca founder sam zaid jessica scorpio and elliot kroo headquarters san francisco ca area served urban areas of san francisco bay area san diego austin portland and chicago services carsharing website http www.getaround.com getaround is an online car sharing or peer to peer carsharing service that allows drivers to rent cars from private car owners and owners to rent out their cars for payment . 1 owners set their rental prices and earn a 60 % commission from their rental revenue . 2 getaround launched to the public in may 2011 at the techcrunch disrupt conference . to date it has received 19 million usd in seed funding . 3 the company currently operates rentals in the san francisco bay area san diego austin portland chicago and washington d.c. 4 similar to other car sharing services such as zipcar getaround utilizes the economic principles of collaborative consumption . however the peer to peer rental model doesn t require the company to maintain a fleet of vehicles ; rather owners manage and maintain their own vehicles . history edit getaround was founded in the summer of 2009 by sam zaid jessica scorpio and elliot kroo . zaid and scorpio were attendees of the inaugural graduate studies program of singularity university . in may 2011 getaround won the techcrunch disrupt nyc competition 5 in february 2012 getaround will begin serving portland oregon with the aid of a 1.725 million federal highway administration grant . 6 references edit getaround connects car owners and renters with p2p marketplace business insider june 7 2011 . how much can i earn if i rent my car through getaround getaround . http www.crunchbase.com company getaround getaround raises 13.9 series a led by menlo ventures techcrunch august 8 2012 . desmarais christina . getaround named 2011 techcrunch disrupt winner technology inc. may 26 2011 . http www.forbes.com sites tomiogeron 2011 12 13 getaround brings car sharing startup to oregon with federal grant external links edit official website v t e vehicle rental brands car rental ace rent a car advantage rent a car alamo rent a car auto europe avis rent a car budget rent a car carzonrent citer dollar rent a car enterprise rent a car europcar firefly hertz kemwel localiza national car rental payless car rental redspot car rentals rent a wreck sixt thrifty car rental taxiforsure meru cabs carsharing autolib autoshare buffalo carshare cambio carsharing car next door car2go city car club city carshare cityhop communauto vrtucar community carshare drivenow enjoy enterprise carshare evo car share flexicar flinkster getaround go op gocar goget greenwheels hertz 24 7 justshareit mobility carsharing modo momo car sharing mylescar reachnow rideshare delaware stadtmobil turo uhaul car share yourdrive zipcar zoom recreational vehicles bunk campers canadream cruise america wicked campers truck rental budget truck rental enterprise rent a truck hertz moving truck rental northgate penske truck rental ryder u haul united rentals defunct flexcar i go phillycarshare streetcar tilden rent a car whizzgo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title getaround & oldid 743698635 categories car sharingcompanies based in san franciscopeer to peeronline marketplaceshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view