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Marketplace for things to do
Skyara is a marketplace for fun things to do, where individuals can share their hobbies and interests as bookable experiences for others. An experience is a personalized activity or service such as a biking tour, photography lessons, or lunch at a tech incubator.
Users can book experiences as well as sell their own experiences. Skyara is an end-to-end platform that handles discovery, engagement, and payment. Skyara monetizes by taking a small percentage of each experience that is sold through the website.
The website is focused on simplicity and ease of use and plans to incorporate additional social elements moving forward.
Our live site can be found at: skyara.com
Skyara is a marketplace for fun things to do, where individuals can share their hobbies and interests as bookable experiences for others. An experience is a personalized activity or service such as a biking tour, photography lessons, or lunch at a tech incubator.
Users can book experiences as well as sell their own experiences. Skyara is an end-to-end platform that handles discovery, engagement, and payment. Skyara monetizes by taking a small percentage of each experience that is sold through the website.
The website is focused on simplicity and ease of use and plans to incorporate additional social elements moving forward.
Our live site can be found at: skyara.com
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2010
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Jun 5, 2011 | Will Airbnb Ever Be "The Airbnb For X"? | “If your company is ever used as the subject of the “X for Y” analogy, that’s success. AirBnB used to be the eBay for vacation rental. Now other companies are the Airbnb of things.” — far33d, Hacker News With Airbnb about to enter the billi... |
| Apr 22, 2011 | Vayable Is A Marketplace For Unique Travel Experiences | Like an Airbnb for travel experiences, secondary market place Vayable launches today to offer travelers the opportunity to buy experiences in exotic locales all over the world, from Rome to Rio as the well worn cliche goes. Founders Jamie W... |
| Feb 8, 2011 | i/o Ventures Is Now Taking Applications For Its March 2011 Program | i/o Ventures, a workspace incubator that launched just over a year ago, is accepting applications for the start of its March 2011 program. The deadline for applying is February 21st and the program starts on March 15th. The five or six star... |
| Dec 10, 2010 | Skyara attracts do-gooder activity guides | San Francisco startup Skyara launched last month with a cool concept — it’s a marketplace where people can buy and sell new experiences. Now co-founder Jonathan Wu said the team has discovered a surprising side effect: Most of the money ear... |
| Nov 5, 2010 | Skyara, An AirBnB For Experiences | i/o Ventures backed Skyara launches today as a marketplace for exciting things to do. Founded by Jonathan Wu, Dennis Liu and Steven Ou, the site provides people who can offer new experiences like a culinary tour, personalized yoga or a beer... |
| Oct 12, 2010 | IO Ventures launches startups from a San Francisco coffee shop | Six startups are graduating from IO Ventures, a San Francisco-based incubator. Five out of the six companies had already launched, but now they’ve also wrapped-up the four-month training period and presented tonight to an audience of invest... |
| Oct 12, 2010 | First i/o Ventures Demo Day Ever: Apps, Marketplaces And Facebook Oh My! | Here at the i/o Ventures incubator, a.k.a “a really geeky cafe” on Valencia Street in San Francisco six i/o Ventures companies have just wrapped up giving their demo presentations to press and investors. While the companies are comprised of... |
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FAQ about Skyara
When was Skyara founded?
Skyara was founded in 2010.
What has the press written about Skyara?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning Skyara, among them “Will Airbnb Ever Be "The Airbnb For X"?” (Jun 5, 2011) and “Vayable Is A Marketplace For Unique Travel Experiences” (Apr 22, 2011).
Is Skyara still active?
Yes, Skyara is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 26, 2011.