{"id":2490,"date":"2016-07-18T14:22:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startups.ch\/en\/blog\/?p=2490"},"modified":"2016-07-18T14:22:20","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:22:20","slug":"2490-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.startups.ch\/en\/2490-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Sharing Economy on the Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new Sharing Economy is mainly dominated from international companies like Uber and Airbnb. Switzerland also has a dynamic Sharing Economy, which brings new business models to the market like Autoscout or Sharely.ch.<\/h2>\n

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The Sharing Economy is at the moment in a strong growth phase. Companies like Airbnb and Uber are expanding their business model and operating in several new countries. Investors are becoming attentive to the companies. Recently Uber received a funding of the Government of Saudi Arabia in the amount of 3.5 billion Swiss Francs. This is the largest investment which has ever been made into a young and not stock exchange listed company. The investment is looked at a strategic alliance for both, because the Middle East and Asia have an enormous market potential.<\/p>\n

Origin in the Silicon Valley<\/h3>\n

The Sharing Economy isn\u2019t a new phenomenon as the old student\u2019s central \u201cMitwohnzentralen\u201d show. A meteoritic rise the branch realized with the founding of Uber 2009. The taxi service<\/p>\n

The taxi placing service was founded from Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp in the Californian Silicon Valley and distributed rapidly to the whole world. Business models like Airbnb (2013) or ParkU (2013) followed in short time.
\nThe Sharing Economy had to take criticism. The established businesses from the taxi and hotel industry defended themselves strongly against the new competition. Since they don\u2019t have to consider official requirements, safety restrictions or minimum trainings, the new companies can offer their services far cheaper.
\nSome Governments resorted to drastic regulations to ensure equality under the market participants: In Berlin a misappropriation prohibition act \u201cZweckentfremdungsverbotsgesetz\u201d was launched. The SVA Z\u00fcrich demands from Uber Switzerland a resubmission of the AHV, because Swiss Uber drivers are treated differently concerning the law. Uber will go to court due to the new regulations.<\/p>\n

Swiss Sharing Economy<\/h3>\n

In Switzerland Uber and Airbnb are active. We know some other strong companies:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Sharely<\/strong>: The Online-Platform was launched 2013 over STARTUPS.CH and has specialised on everyday objects. The offer is free for tenants, because the platform finances itself over a part on the rental income.
\n\u2022 Rentscout<\/strong>: The rent and lease portal was founded by three Entrepreneurs from Aargau. Already in the first month a half a million advertisements were online.
\n\u2022 Shareline<\/strong>: The young company offers e sharing platform for several services for e.g. catering to finance consulting.<\/p>\n