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BuildingMarketplaceBacked 2021

Roomii

Founded by Dapo Kolawole

A marketplace for renting, buying and selling good second-hand furniture from people nearby, with the pickup and the delivery arranged for you.

What they do

Furnishing a place you'll leave in a year means buying things you'll throw away. Roomii lets you rent a piece for one to eighteen months and buy it if you keep liking it, and lets the owner earn from furniture that was sitting unused.

Who it's for

People who move often, and furniture owners with pieces doing nothing.

What's different

It pairs outright sale with peer-to-peer rental. Rentals are Chicago only and purchases ship nationwide.


What they've done, with sources
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Every Fifth Star company gets the same $25,000 check.

Contributions go into the fund that writes them. If Roomii exits one day, our share comes back to the fund and goes out again, which is what makes us an evergreen fund.

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