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Founders: <\/strong>Alexander Stevenson and Robert Bruce
\nFounded: <\/strong>January 2015
\nWebsite: <\/strong>www.ridelink.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Peer-to-peer car sharing platform RideLink allows users rent their cars to other people.<\/p>\n

Aiming to make cars to become more accessible to those who can’t afford to buy or manage a car full-time, RideLink also seeks to prevent more cars being bought and clogging up our roads and environment.<\/p>\n

Founded by Alexander Stevenson and Robert Bruce, the pair have equally impressive backgrounds in tech and finance respectively.<\/p>\n

Stevenson, who has a master’s degree in computer science, worked at Microsoft for several years on the Windows team before completing an MBA in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology – with special emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation.<\/p>\n

More recently, he served as a strategy consultant at Bain and Company, being their expert in technology strategy for the entire European\/Middle East\/Africa region.<\/p>\n

While Bruce, who is a qualified accountant has worked as a financial controller at General Electrical, a VP finance at Lehman Brothers, and, most recently, a senior finance manager at Lloyds Banking Group.<\/p>\n

With over 30,000 users spread across various cities, RideLink prides itself on being a much more accessible and user-friendly service than traditional car rental companies which typically have limited opening times and are restricted to airports and city centres.<\/p>\n

Supporting a range of car makes and models – compared to a standard fleet – car owners get to set their own price and keep 70% of this. RideLink takes a 30% cut but this also covers the cost of insurance and roadside assistance for ever rental whereas those renting out their car are charged a 10% fee on top of the price of the rental car.<\/p>\n

Having already expanded to Spain and Germany, “the Airbnb of car rental” looks set to give hitching a ride a whole new meaning.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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