Cycleswap


Cycleswap is a platform through which individual bicycle owners and small bike shops can rent out bikes to individuals. The platform was founded in Amsterdam in 2015, and has been featured by various Dutch media after its launch.
Cycleswap was conceived at the University of Amsterdam's Sciencepark campus in 2014, when co-founder Joran Iedema realized a great demand for rental bikes existed, and no bicycle rental amongst the campus facilities. Taking the idea from earlier sharing platforms such as Airbnb and Snappcar, Iedema proposed his plan to web developer Wouter Florijn, and later to friends David Schogt, David Knap and Matthijs Otterloo. The platform was launched on 7 January 2015. As of 7 March 2015, the outfit had 120 bicycles listed. In a Volkskrant interview, David Schogt stated that Cycleswap had processed 65 rentals in the first two months. Trouw journalist Isabel Baneke states that Cycleswap uses personal information from both the renter and owner to ensure a safe transaction
Cycleswap was acquired by the American bike-sharing platform Spinlister for an undisclosed amount in March 2016. At that time the website hosted around 40.000 listings. Cycleswap offered an insurance in 4 countries.