{"id":44298,"date":"2014-05-21T20:03:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T19:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/?p=44298"},"modified":"2021-05-21T07:31:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T06:31:19","slug":"88-compare-and-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2014\/88-compare-and-share\/","title":{"rendered":"88. Compare and Share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Founders:<\/b> Benita Matofska and Nick Tong<br>\n<b>Founded:<\/b> January 2013<br>\n<b>Website:<\/b> www.compareandshare.com<\/p>\n<p>One of our Top 20 Startups of 2013, Benita Matofska and Nick Tong&rsquo;s start-up Compare and Share was formed with the principle of sharing at its very core. Billed as the world&rsquo;s first sharing economy comparison marketplace, Compare and Share launched in January of last year as a car-sharing comparison site, quickly attracting a range of leading providers including Zipcar, Blablacar and Liftshare. <em>En route<\/em> to signing up more than 90% of the lift-sharing market, the founders have wasted no time in adding accommodation sharing to Compare and Share&rsquo;s offering. Early signs point to this, too, being a success, with 16 corporate affiliates already signed up including Housetrip, Homeaway.com, Flipkey, Alterkeys and Roomarama.<\/p>\n<p>Compare and Share made history in January 2014 when it became the first company to triple a funding target on a crowdfunding website, raising more than &pound;151,000 on Crowdcube. It is clear members of the public are just as enthused about the burgeoning sharing economy as the start-up&rsquo;s founders. The next 12 months will prove pivotal for the young business, as it looks to raise an additional &pound;2.5m and expand the range of sharing services it offers.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founders: Benita Matofska and Nick Tong Founded: January 2013 Website: www.compareandshare.com One of our Top 20 Startups of 2013, Benita Matofska and Nick Tong&rsquo;s start-up Compare and Share was formed with the principle of sharing at its very core. Billed as the world&rsquo;s first sharing economy comparison marketplace, Compare and Share launched in January of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91469,"featured_media":44371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-178"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>88. 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