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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.
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Infographic MARKET OVERVIEW: THE COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY ANALYSIS OF OVER 200 STARTUPS IN THE SPACE 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. 1 ALTIMETER LOOKED AT OVER 200 COLLABORATIVE ECONOMY STARTUPS 2 OVER 1/3 OF THESE STARTUPS HAVE RECEIVED VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDING 37% $ 3 THE AVERAGE FUNDING PER STARTUP IS $29M $130M $83M $50M $29M AVERAGE 4 THE TOTAL FUNDING ACROSS THESE 200 STARTUPS IS $2B, SHOWING BROAD INVESTOR COMMITMENT $2B TOTAL 5 2/3 OF THESE STARTUPS FOCUS ON PEER-TO-PEER SHARING 63% Peer-driven sharing, like Airbnb or 99Dresses 35% Business/brand-driven sharing, like co-working or BMW Drive NOW 6 2/3 OF THESE STARTUPS CHARGE ON A PER USAGE (PRO RATA) 67% 21% 10% 6% Pro Rata Membership/One Time Fee Free Exchange 7 OF THE TOP 30 STARTUPS, MOST HAVE SOCIAL NETWORKING FEATURES: 73% 53% Have social networking features, e.g. social profiles and reputation systems Integrate Facebook Connect Source: “The Collaborative Economy,” Altimeter Group (June 4, 2013); See the list of these 200 startups in the report appendix.