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Rentman
👤 Roy van den Broek (Ran his own AV-rental firm from age 16, so he knew the trade's pain cold; sold it in 2015 to build the software insiders needed.)🌐 siteLinkedIn
The AV-rental trade ran on taped-together spreadsheets. An insider built the software it lacked -- now $15M+ ARR.
Will it work? · our read
Boring but bankable. A rental-house insider built the one tool made for his trade, bootstrapped it to eight figures, then took $22M on his own terms. The ceiling is the niche, not the product.
01How the money moves
Rental houses drop spreadsheets for Rentman
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Pay per seat, monthly, to run gear + crew
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250k+ users; about $15M+ recurring ARR
02The numbers
$15M+ ARRStatedfounder range 15-20M
2026-04-29
Funding was $22M (about EUR 20M), the order Rentman's own blog states it in. ARR is the founder's stated range (Apr 2026); user counts are Rentman's own figures.
Bootstrapped about 8 years to eight-figure ARR before taking its first outside money.
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Indie Hackers -- Roy van den Broek interview (Apr 2026): "$15M and $20M ARR"Rentman blog -- $22M (EUR 20M) from Expedition Growth Capital, Dec 2023Practical Founders -- Roy van den Broek on raising $22M without losing controlRentman blog -- "250,000 users across more than 100 countries"
Revenue is STATED, not FILED: founder Roy van den Broek told Indie Hackers (Apr 2026) 'We're currently between $15M and $20M ARR' -- a self-reported range, not audited. The $22M raise is first-party (Rentman's blog, Dec 2023) and equals EUR 20M, converted at the reported rate. The 250,000+ users and 100+ countries are Rentman's own marketing figures, from the same blog post. It is a Netherlands private company with no readable public filing, so no FILED number exists. CENTS scale is flagged weak: the niche TAM is the ceiling [our read]. No manufactured drama -- he won on insider fit, patience and disciplined deal terms. We never score you.