Will Davies (Founder & CEO) & , Dave Trumbull (Founder & CTO), Chloe Iliffe (Founder), Merryn Clancy (COO)
Services
Peer-to-peer carsharing
Parent
Uber
Website
www.ubercarshare.com
Uber Carshare is an Australian company that facilitates peer-to-peer car rental, a system by which individuals may rent privately owned vehicles[1] on an hourly or daily basis to other registered users of the service.[2][3][4] Established in 2012 as Car Next Door,[5] it currently operates in all Australian capital cities as well as the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast and Newcastle.[6][7][8]
The founders appeared on season 2 of the Australian Shark Tank TV show in 2016 and secured an investment from 'shark' Steve Baxter.[9] The startup also secured a A$2.5 million investment from Caltex Australia (later Ampol) the same year.[10]
Hyundai invested in the company in 2019,[11] and listed a number of its electric Ioniq vehicles for sharing through the platform.
On 20 January 2022, the company was acquired by Uber for an undisclosed sum.[12][13][14] This was Uber's first Australian acquisition. The company continued operating independently following Uber's takeover with co-founder Will Davies as the chief executive until November 2022 when it was rebranded as Uber Carshare.[15]
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^Daily Telegraph. "Dollars drive car share scheme to be launched in Bondi and Paddington″. Shae McDonald, Sydney, August 8, 2012.
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^Ross, David (20 January 2022). "Uber buys Australian car-sharing tech start up Car Next Door". The Australian. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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