The increasing maturity of the Collaborative Economy is validated by a growing startup ecosystem and infusion of venture capital. Altimeter collected a sample list of 200 Collaborative Economy startups, through Google searches and several existing directories, including Collaborative Consumption, and meshing.it (using a TaskRabbit, appropriately). Using this as a sample list, we conducted an analysis of funding and verticals. Download and read the full report at http://bit.ly/the-collaborative-economy.

1. 6
7
2/3OFTHESESTARTUPSCHARGEONAPERUSAGE
(PRORATA)
OFTHETOP30STARTUPS,MOSTHAVESOCIAL
NETWORKINGFEATURES:
Have social networking
features, e.g. social
profiles and reputation
systems
Integrate Facebook
Connect
67%
73% 53%
Pro Rata
21%Membership/One Time Fee
10%Free
6%Exchange
5 2/3OFTHESESTARTUPSFOCUS
ONPEER-TO-PEERSHARING
Business/brand-driven sharing, like co-working
or BMW Drive NOW
35%
Peer-driven sharing, like Airbnb or 99Dresses
63%
THEAVERAGEFUNDING
PERSTARTUPIS
THETOTALFUNDING
ACROSSTHESE200
STARTUPSIS$2B,
SHOWINGBROAD
INVESTOR
COMMITMENT
3
4
$29M
TOTAL
AVERAGE
$29M
$50M
$83M
$130M
$2B
ALTIMETERLOOKEDATOVER200COLLABORATIVE
ECONOMYSTARTUPS1
2
37%$
OVER1/3OFTHESESTARTUPSHAVERECEIVED
VENTURECAPITALFUNDING
MARKETOVERVIEW:THECOLLABORATIVEECONOMY
ANALYSISOFOVER200STARTUPSINTHESPACE
Infographic
The increasing maturity of the Collaborative Economy is validated by a
growing startup ecosystem and infusion of venture capital. Altimeter
collected a sample list of 200 Collaborative Economy startups, through
Google searches and several existing directories, including Collaborative
Consumption, and meshing.it (using a TaskRabbit, appropriately). Using
this as a sample list, we conducted an analysis of funding and verticals.
Source: “The Collaborative Economy,” Altimeter Group (June 4, 2013);
See the list of these 200 startups in the report appendix.