Neighbor (company)

Neighbor is an American company that provides an online marketplace for peer-to-peer and traditional self storage.[1][2]

Neighbor Storage, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustrySelf storage
Founded2017
FoundersPreston Alder
Colton Gardner
Joseph Woodbury
Area served
United States
Websiteneighbor.com

History

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

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]

In April 2019, Fast Company named Neighbor a World Changing Idea.[12]

References
  1. "Utah's Neighbor working to become Airbnb of storage" Deseret News. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  2. "Neighbor is out to disrupt self-storage: It’s like Airbnb for your stuff" CNBC. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  3. "Ride-Sharing, House-Sharing and Now...Storage-Sharing" Inc. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  4. "Peer-to-Peer Self-Storage Marketplace Neiybor Launches in Utah" Inside Self Storage. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  5. "The Airbnb for America's Extra Crap Is Here" CityLab. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  6. "GOED Announces Recipients of 2018 Tech Commercialization Grant" Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  7. "NEIYBOR, “THE AIRBNB OF STORAGE,” DISRUPTING A $38B INDUSTRY" Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  8. "Neighbor, a p2p self-storage marketplace, bags $2.5M seed" Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  9. "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.
  10. "Finalists Announced in 16th Annual Utah Innovation Awards" Utah Innovation Awards. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  11. "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.
  12. "World Changing Ideas 2019: All the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions" Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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