Exploring Circular Tech: Rental - From tech to starting a fashion rental with Büsra Zanner

HappyPorch Radio: Circular Economy & Technology

What if attending a wedding, gala, or an important event didn’t mean buying something new, but instead allowed you to rent a designer-quality outfit?

In this episode of HappyPorch Radio we are joined by Büsra Zanner, the founder of Wearr. Wearr is a German-based startup reinventing circular fashion rental for special occasions.

Büsra shares how her tech background shaped Wearr’s customer-first approach, from prioritising flawless event delivery to building a data-driven platform that keeps garments in circulation longer.

With a focus on convenience, automation, and strong partnerships, Wearr is proving how circular models can delight customers, extend product lifecycles, and shift mindsets away from ownership toward access.

✨ In this episode:

• Büsra explains why customer experience must come first in rental - even before sustainability.
• We learn about the emotional side of circular fashion: garments creating new stories through multiple lives.
• Büsra talks about building a tech stack for rental that uses data to optimise sourcing, curation, and customer experience.
• We touch on the challenges and opportunities of sourcing: buying retail, partnering with private lenders and working with designers and retailers.
• We learn why focus and clarity matter for early-stage circular startups.
• Büsra highlights the importance of picking the right partnerships - and knowing when to say no.
• We find out how Wearr achieves a 100 NPS by prioritising reliability and delight.

📌 Mentioned in this episode:

Wearr - https://www.wearr.com/

👤 About our guest:

Büsra Zanner is the Founder & CEO of Wearr, a fashion tech startup out of Munich making wardrobe sharing effortless and premium. After 5+ years in B2B SaaS at Celonis, leading global solution engineering teams, she made the shift into fashion to build a more circular future. Learn more at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/busrazanner?originalSubdomain=de

🌍 About HappyPorch

HappyPorch is a purpose-driven software engineering consultancy focused on the circular economy. Learn more: https://www.happyporch.com

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