wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources cruzin news newspapers books scholar jstor free images august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message cruzin type private industry boating peer to peer founded 2012 headquarters fort lauderdale florida usa key people jaclyn baumgarten ceo co founder mark harrison cto co founder sara wilson vp of operations rodrigo martucci director of digital marketing website cruzin.com cruzin is a privately held company headquartered in fort lauderdale florida . cruzin is the first company in the united states to offer fully insured peer to peer boat rentals . the company is described as a boater to boater rental and charter marketplace . contents 1 history 2 operation 3 references 4 external links history edit cruzin was founded in october 2012 1 in san francisco ca . in the midst of accelerated growth in the peer to peer marketplace models otherwise called collaborative consumption models such as airbnb and others cruzin was founded with the aim of helping people find pre screened boats for rent across the united states . the company s initial investment came through angel investors in the us and switzerland . the beta version of the site went live in march 2013 . the site went live to all users across the united states in june 2013 . operation edit cruzin 2 is an online marketplace where people interested in finding a boat for rent within the united states can sign up go through a background check choose a boat book it and process payment directly through the site . 3 boat owners are able to list their boats with pictures and description go through a screening process communicate with potential renters and collect payment directly through the site . 4 boat owners are protected by 1 000 000 in hull and liability insurance and towing services are provided by boatus . 5 references edit shareable . cruzin launches p2p boat sharing boating industry . cruzin grows boating with p2p rentals ibi plus florida firm floats new business model for boat rentals tampa bay times pier to peer boat sharing makes a splash miami herald web rentals surfacing external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cruzin & oldid 647211073 categories companies based in fort lauderdale florida2012 establishments in floridacompanies established in 2012hidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from august 2013all articles with topics of unclear notabilitypages 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 15 february 2015 at 07 22 . 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