RENT THE RUNWAY, INC.

10 Jay Street

Brooklyn, New York 11201

 

December 10, 2025

 

VIA EDGAR

 

Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporation Finance
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Re:Rent the Runway, Inc.
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-291603)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Rent the Runway, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby requests that the Securities and Exchange Commission accelerate the effective date of their Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-291603) filed on November 17, 2025 (the “Registration Statement”) and declare the Registration Statement effective as of December 12, 2025 at 5:00 P.M., Washington, D.C. time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Nicole Brookshire of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP at (212) 450-4206 or Paul Scrivano of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP at (650) 752-2008. The Company respectfully requests that it be notified of the effectiveness of the Registration Statement by a telephone call to Nicole Brookshire or Paul Scrivano and that such effectiveness also be confirmed in writing.

 

   

Very truly yours,

 

RENT THE RUNWAY, INC.

 

 

      By: /s/ Jennifer Y. Hyman
       

Name: Jennifer Y. Hyman

Title: Chief Executive Officer

         
cc:

Nicole Brookshire

Paul Scrivano 

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017