Our Story
Heralding a new era of shared mobility.
We’re on a mission to build India’s largest decentralised shared-mobility platform — connecting people who own idle vehicles with riders who need them, one city at a time.
- 9+
- Years in the making
- 1000+
- Hosts onboarded
- 30+
- Indian cities
How it began
An idea 9 years in the making.
It started as a simple exchange between two college students nine years ago — one of them had a vehicle the other wanted to rent to travel to a seminar. It ended with both of them attending the seminar, sharing common interests and theorising that they needed to create a forum/tool to replicate what they had achieved — connect other willing hosts with riders.
This idea of a vehicle-sharing platform solidified with Rentop in 2014, when it was only a neat website for vehicle rentals. Over the years, they established a working partnership and collaborated on various projects with prominent companies and built their own SaaS startup, all while nurturing Rentop. In 2022, they decided to take a leap and focus single-handedly on setting up Rentop on a large scale as per their original vision.
The road so far
Rentop’s journey.
2014
A shared ride, a shared idea
The idea originated with two college students sharing a single vehicle to travel to a seminar. Rentop was born as a way to replicate that connection — and the ease of swapping vehicles and stories.
2014 – 2015
The first website
We launched a basic website for Rentop and started onboarding hosts. In just 7 months, 250 hosts were onboarded and 412 bookings were made.
2015 – 2016
Learning the rental business
Rentop took a backseat for a while as the founders collaborated with India's premier motorcycle rental company — WickedRide Ltd, later known as Bounce. It gave them invaluable insight into running a rental business.
2017
Scaling utility scooters
After graduating, they expanded by diversifying into the rental of utility scooters under the moniker Metrobikes, later becoming known as Bounce.
2022 – 2023
Building the tech foundation
They founded their own technology company to develop tech platforms and ERP systems, supporting the businesses they previously worked with along with new ones.
2023
Rentop, relaunched
Wielding years of expertise in the two-wheeler rental industry and a successful software firm, they relaunched Rentop — and hired their first P2P supply onboarding manager, growing into a balanced team of 5.
2024
The Rentop app goes live
We launched the beta of the Rentop app for hosts and riders — list your unused vehicle or rent one out. Rentop has organically scaled to 1000+ hosts across 30+ Indian cities.
Why we built Rentop
So we built an app that does all this.
Promotes sustainable travel
Putting idle vehicles back on the road means fewer new ones — mobility that's lighter on the planet.
Easy-breezy for riders
Find, book, and ride in minutes. No queues, no paperwork marathons — just the open road.
Boosts local economy & tourism
Riders explore more places, and that spending flows straight into local communities.
Extra income for hosts
That parked two-wheeler can earn. Hosts turn idle vehicles into a steady side income.
A richer rental ecosystem
A trusted community of hosts and riders that enriches how India travels.
Built for the long haul
Insurance, support, and trust tooling — the things that make sharing vehicles feel safe.
Join our journey.
Whether you want to rent your next ride or earn from a vehicle that’s sitting idle, there’s a place for you in the Rentop community.