Honeycomb 3.0: The Collaborative Economy Market Expansion

The Collaborative Economy enables people to get what they need from each other. Similarly, in nature, honeycombs are resilient structures that enable access, sharing, and growth of resources among a common group. Our latest version of the Honeycomb framework, Honeycomb 3.0, shows how the Collaborative Economy market has grown to include new applications in Reputation and Data, Worker Support, Mobility Services, and the Beauty Sector.

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Our Research and Design Process
Honeycomb 3.0 was a large undertaking. At least 460 startups were reviewed, and 280 were chosen to be included in Honeycomb 3.0.

We researched and analyzed the impacts of new startups within the sharing economy since the publishing of Honeycomb 2.0 in December 2014 (and, before that, the original Honeycomb in May 2014). This time around, we specifically focused more on international startups, startups that are on the upswing, and those receiving a lot of funding. The goal was to take a current snapshot of the “A-list” companies in the space.

Determining which startups to include required reviewing vendors included in previous Honeycomb versions, startups included in our funding spreadsheet, the overall market, and suggestions from our network. Each startup that was considered was evaluated separately for meeting sharing economy criteria, its relevance to the market, its function, and location.

This process led to uncovering new trends in the sharing economy and establishing new categories, subcategories, and some re-organization of previously established categories. There was also some startups from previous Honeycomb versions that no longer exist or had been cannibalized, so they were removed.

Honeycomb 3.0 is not intended to be a complete market picture, as there are thousands of other startups out there. We chose those that we found best met our criteria. You can use the blank template below to fashion your own version, too.

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You can create your own honeycomb, for your specific region or industry sub-category, or simply one that’s focused on your view of the world. We’d love to share it, collaborate, and make this a resource for everyone.

Additional Resources

 Startups and Services featured in the infographic:

Analytics and Reputation
Driver Services
Ridescout http://www.ridescout.com
What’s the Fare http://www.whatsthefare.com/
Identity and Reputation
eRated http://www.erated.co
HireRight http://www.hireright.com/
Karma https://havekarma.com
Onfido https://onfido.com/us
Traity https://traity.com/
TrustCloud https://trustcloud.com
Veridu https://veridu.com
Vijilent http://www.vijilent.com
Renter Services
Beyond Pricing https://beyondpricing.com/
Everbooked https://www.everbooked.com/
Kigo (RateCoaster) http://kigo.net/
Smart Host http://vr.smarthost.me/
Corporations & Organizations
Employee Services
Slice Rides http://www.slicerides.com
Twogo https://www.twogo.com
Platforms
Button http://www.usebutton.com
Cloud Commerce Factory http://www.cloudcommercefactory.com/
Crowdtap http://home.crowdtap.com/
eYeka https://en.eyeka.com/
Innoverne http://www.innoverne.com/
Juggernaut http://nextjuggernaut.com
Marketplacer http://marketplacer.com/
Mila https://www.mila.com/
Nearme http://near-me.com
Sharetribe https://www.sharetribe.com/
Tilt https://www.tilt.com
Supply Chain
Cargomatic https://www.cargomatic.com
LocalMotion https://www.getlocalmotion.com
WoNoLo http://wonolo.com
Food
Food Delivery
Farmigo http://www.farmigo.com/
GrubMarket https://www.grubmarket.com/
Saucey https://sauceyapp.com/
SpoonRocket https://www.spoonrocket.com/
Sprig https://www.sprig.com/
UberEats https://ubereats.com/eats/sf/
Shared Food
Bon Appetour https://www.bonappetour.com/
Eatwith http://www.eatwith.com
Feastly https://eatfeastly.com
Leftoverswap http://leftoverswap.com
Mealsharing https://www.mealsharing.com
Vizeat https://www.vizeat.com
Shared Food Prep
Barnraiser https://www.barnraiser.us/
Kitchen Surfing https://www.kitchensurfing.com
Kitchit http://www.kitchit.com
Munchery https://munchery.com
Rub & Stub http://spisrubogstub.dk/en/
The Food Assembly https://laruchequiditoui.fr/en
Goods
Loaner Products
Bagborrowsteal http://www.bagborroworsteal.com
Hey, Neighbor! http://web.heyneighbor.chat/
Open Shed http://www.openshed.com.au/
Peerby https://www.peerby.com/
Pley https://www.pley.com
RentTheRunway https://www.renttherunway.com
Rocksbox https://www.rocksbox.com
Maker Movement
Brit + Co https://www.brit.co/
CustomMade http://www.custommade.com
Etsy https://www.etsy.com
Make http://makezine.com/
Maker’s Row http://makersrow.com/
Shapeways http://www.shapeways.com
Techshop http://techshop.ws
The Grommet https://www.thegrommet.com
Pre-Owned Goods
Craigslist http://sfbay.craigslist.org
Ebay http://www.ebay.com
Kijiji http://www.kijiji.ca
Moveloot https://www.moveloot.com
OfferUp https://offerupnow.com/
Poshmark https://poshmark.com/
TradeMe http://www.trademe.co.nz
Wallapop http://us.wallapop.com/
WarpIt https://www.warp-it.co.uk
Yerdle https://yerdle.com
Health
P2P
Bemyeyes http://www.bemyeyes.org/
CoHealo http://cohealo.com
Crowdmed https://www.crowdmed.com/
Helparound http://helparound.co
Services
Curbside Care https://www.curbsidecare.co/
Dispatch Health https://www.dispatchhealth.com/
Doctor on Demand http://www.doctorondemand.com/
Eaze http://www.eazeup.com
Heal http://getheal.com
Medicast https://www.medicast.co
Medneo http://medneo.de
MedZed http://www.mymedzed.com/
Pager https://pager.com/
RetraceHealth https://retracehealth.com/
Stat http://signup.stat.com
Learning
Book sharing
Chegg http://www.chegg.com
Sidewalk http://www.gosidewalk.com/
Zookal https://www.zookal.com/
Instructor-Led
Coursera https://www.coursera.org
Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org
SimpliLearn http://www.simplilearn.com
Thinkful http://www.thinkful.com/
Udacity https://www.udacity.com
Udemy udemy.com/about/
Peer-to-Peer
Gibbon https://gibbon.co
Instructables http://www.instructables.com
Maven http://www.maven.co
P2P University https://p2pu.org/en/
Sharing Academy http://sharingacademy.com
Skillshare http://www.skillshare.com
uTest https://www.utest.com/
Logistics
Local Delivery
Deliv https://www.deliv.co
Favor https://favordelivery.com/
Ghosttruck http://www.ghostruck.com
Instacart https://www.instacart.com
Kanga http://getkanga.com
Lugg http://lugg.com/
Postmates https://postmates.com
Shadowfax http://shadowfax.in/
UberRUSH http://blog.uber.com/RUSH
Shipping
BellHops https://getbellhops.com
Nimber https://www.nimber.com
PiggyBee http://piggybee.com
Roadie https://www.roadie.com/
Sheaply http://sheaply.com/eng/pages/display/home
Shipster http://shipster.co
Shyp http://www.shyp.com
Transfix http://transfix.io
Storage
MakeSpace https://www.makespace.com
Roost https://roost.com
Stashbee http://www.stashbee.com
Mobility Services
Rides as a service
BlaBlaCar http://www.blablacar.com
Bridj http://www.bridj.com/#home
Chariot https://www.ridechariot.com
Didi Kuaidi http://www.xiaojukeji.com/
Easy Taxi http://www.easytaxi.com/
Flywheel http://www.flywheel.com/
Gett http://gett.com/nyc/
Grab (GrabTaxi) https://www.grab.co/sg/
Hailo https://hailocab.com
Juno https://www.gojuno.com/
Lazooz http://lazooz.org
Loup http://loupapp.com/
Lyft https://www.lyft.com
OlaCar http://www.olacabs.com
RallyBus http://rallybus.net/
Shuddle https://shuddle.us/
Surfair https://www.surfair.com
TianTian http://ttyongche.com/
Uber https://www.uber.com
Wingz https://wingz.me/
Support
CARMAnation https://www.carmanation.com/
Filld http://filld.co/
JustPark https://www.justpark.com/
Purple http://purpledelivery.com/
YourMechanic https://www.yourmechanic.com/
Valet Services
Caarbon http://caarbon.com/
Luxe http://www.luxe.com/
Valetanywhere http://www.valetanywhere.com/
ZIRX http://zirx.com/
Money
Crowdfunding
Circle Up https://circleup.com
Crowdfunder https://www.crowdfunder.com
Experiment https://experiment.com
FundingCircle https://www.fundingcircle.com
Gofundme http://www.gofundme.com
Indiegogo https://www.indiegogo.com
Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com
OurCrowd https://www.ourcrowd.com
Pave https://www.pave.com
Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin https://bitcoin.org/en/
Coinbase https://www.coinbase.com
Dash https://www.dash.org/
Litecoin https://litecoin.org
Ripple https://ripple.com/
Moneylending
Able https://www.ablelending.com/
Faircent https://www.faircent.com/
Kiva http://www.kiva.org
LendingClub https://www.lendingclub.com
Prosper https://www.prosper.com
RateSetter http://www.ratesetter.com
Zopa http://www.zopa.com
Municipal
City Sponsored Bikes
Bicing Barcelona https://www.bicing.cat/
Hangzhou Public Bicycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangzhou_Public_Bicycle
Santander Cycles London https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/cycling/santander-cycles
Velib http://en.velib.paris.fr
Platforms
Getable http://www.getable.com/
MachineryLink https://www.machinerylink.com/
Munirent https://www.munirent.co
SeeClickFix http://www.seeclickfix.com/
YardClub http://www.yardclub.com
Services
Business
99Designs http://99designs.com
Cloudpeeps http://www.cloudpeeps.com
Crowdspring http://www.crowdspring.com
FieldAgent https://fieldagent.net/
Gigwalk http://www.gigwalk.com/
HourlyNerd https://hourlynerd.com/
Kaggle https://www.kaggle.com/
Nabbesh http://www.nabbesh.com/en/
Payable http://payable.com/
StaffJoy https://www.staffjoy.com/
Universal Avenue www.universalavenue.com
UpCounsel https://www.upcounsel.com/
Upwork https://www.upwork.com/
Personal
Airtasker https://www.airtasker.com/
Ask for Task https://www.askfortask.com/
Bannerman https://getbannerman.com
DogVacay https://dogvacay.com/
Fancy Hands https://www.fancyhands.com/
Fiverr https://www.fiverr.com
Musketeer http://www.getmusketeer.com
Taskrabbit https://www.taskrabbit.com
WeGoLook https://wegolook.com/
Zaarly https://www.zaarly.com/
Space
Personal Space
9flats http://www.9flats.com/
Airbnb http://airbnb.com
CanadaStays https://www.canadastays.com/
Couchsurfing https://www.couchsurfing.org
Flipkey https://www.flipkey.com/
hipcamp https://www.hipcamp.com/
Homeaway http://www.homeaway.com
Homeexchange https://www.homeexchange.com/en/
HouseTrip https://www.housetrip.com/
Love Home Swap http://www.lovehomeswap.com
Nightswapping http://app.nightswapping.com/en/
Onefinestay http://www.onefinestay.com
Tujia http://tujia.com/
Xiaozhu http://www.xiaozhu.com/
Work Space
Breather http://breather.com
CoPass https://copass.org/
HiRise http://gohirise.com
Liquidspace https://liquidspace.com
PeerSpace http://www.peerspace.com
Pivotdesk https://www.pivotdesk.com
Sharedesk http://www.sharedesk.net
Storefront https://www.thestorefront.com
WeWork http://www.wework.com/
Utilities
Energy
GridMates http://www.gridmates.com/
Solar Mosaic https://joinmosaic.com
Vandebron https://vandebron.nl/
Yeloha http://www.yeloha.com/#howitworks
Telecommunications
Fon https://corp.fon.com/en
Open Garden http://opengarden.com/
Serval Project http://www.servalproject.org
Vehicle Sharing
Loaner Boats
Boatbound https://boatbound.co
Boatsetter https://www.boatsetter.com
Sailo https://www.sailo.com/
Loaner Vehicles
Atzuche http://www.atzuche.com/
CambioCar http://www.cambio-carsharing.de/
Car2Go https://www.car2go.com
DriveNow https://us.drive-now.com
easyCar Club https://carclub.easycar.com/
Flightcar https://flightcar.com
Getaround https://www.getaround.com
Scoot http://www.scootnetworks.com
Sharoo https://sharoo.com
Turo (RelayRides) https://turo.com/
YongChe http://www.yongche.com/
Zipcar http://www.zipcar.com/
Wellness & Beauty
Beauty
BeGlammed https://beglammed.com/
Belita http://www.belitaindia.com/
GlamSquad https://www.glamsquad.com/
MyGlamm http://www.myglamm.com/
Priv http://www.gopriv.com/
Swipecast http://www.swipecast.com/
Wellness
ClassPass https://classpass.com/start
Coachup https://www.coachup.com
Entrenaya http://www.entrenaya.com/
Kindly http://kindlychat.com
PopExpert https://www.popexpert.com
Vint https://www.joinvint.com
Zeel https://www.zeel.com/
Worker Support
Insurance
Friendsurance http://www.friendsurance.com/
Guevara https://heyguevara.com/
MetroMile https://www.metromile.com/
Renter Services
GuestHop http://guesthop.com/
Guesty https://www.guesty.com/
HostTonight https://www.hosttonight.com/
Pillow https://www.pillowhomes.com
TurnKey Vacation Rentals http://turnkeyvr.com/
Resources
Breeze https://www.joinbreeze.com
Freelancers Union https://www.freelancersunion.org/
Peers.org http://www.peers.org/
SherpaShare https://www.sherpashare.com/
StrideHealth https://www.stridehealth.com/
Vugo http://www.govugo.com/

66 Replies to “Honeycomb 3.0: The Collaborative Economy Market Expansion”

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  2. Determining which startups to include required reviewing vendors included in previous Honeycomb versions, startups included in our funding spreadsheet, the overall market, and suggestions from our network. Each startup that was considered was evaluated separately for meeting sharing economy criteria, its relevance to the market, its function, and location.

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