Neighbor (company)
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Self storage |
| Founded | 2017 |
| Founders | Preston Alder Colton Gardner Joseph Woodbury |
Area served | United States |
| Website | neighbor.com |
Neighbor is an American company that provides an online marketplace for peer-to-peer and traditional self storage.[1][2]
History
[edit]Founded in March 2017 by Preston Alder,[3] Colton Gardner, and Joseph Woodbury,[4] the company is backed by venture capital firms Peak Ventures and Pelion Ventures.[5] In March 2018, Neighbor changed the spelling of their name from Neiybor, under which it had operated since the company's inception, to the current name.
Recognition
[edit]In February 2018, the Utah Governor's Office honored Neighbor with the Technology Commercialization and Innovation Award.[6] The startup received several awards from the Lassonde Institute at the University of Utah and the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at Brigham Young University[7] before announcing $2.5 Million in funding in March 2018.[8][9] In March 2018, Neighbor was named a finalist in the Consumer Software category of the Utah Innovation Awards.[10]
In November 2018, Eric Schmidt's American Dream Ideas challenge named Neighbor a Top 3 Finalist in companies improving middle-class income.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Utah's Neighbor working to become Airbnb of storage" Deseret News. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
- ^ "Neighbor is out to disrupt self-storage: It’s like Airbnb for your stuff" CNBC. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Ride-Sharing, House-Sharing and Now...Storage-Sharing" Inc. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Peer-to-Peer Self-Storage Marketplace Neiybor Launches in Utah" Inside Self Storage. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "The Airbnb for America's Extra Crap Is Here" CityLab. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
- ^ "GOED Announces Recipients of 2018 Tech Commercialization Grant" Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
- ^ "NEIYBOR, “THE AIRBNB OF STORAGE,” DISRUPTING A $38B INDUSTRY" Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Neighbor, a p2p self-storage marketplace, bags $2.5M seed" Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Meet Neighbor, the startup that just raised $2.5 million to connect people with excess room in their homes to people seeking storage space" Business Insider. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "Finalists Announced in 16th Annual Utah Innovation Awards" Utah Innovation Awards. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
- ^ "3 ideas picked for $1M challenge to boost Utahns' income: Renting out extra space, a transportation app and a ‘strike force’ for coal country" Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 2019-05-22.