Rover.com, a national pet care network, secured $125 million in new capital led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., as well as a $30 million credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank, bringing Rover’s available cash to over $200 million. Other
In-home veterinary services app Fuzzy Pet Health acquired $4.5 million in seed financing, led by Eniac Ventures and CrossCut Ventures. Precursor Ventures, SV Angel, Accelerator Ventures, and FJ Labs also participated. Founded in 2015, the company strives to connect members with vets at any time
Petcube announced it has raised $10 million in Series A financing. Four investors participated in the funding, among them Almaz Capital Partners, AVentures Capital, and Y Combinator. Petcube uses technology to keep people connected with their pets. Its first product, Petcube Camera, is an interactive pet
Rundogo is an iPhone sports tracking app for people and their dogs. Users can choose from various activities such as canicross, mushing, skijoring, or walking, and create profiles for each dog they run with, including weight and breed. In this way, users maintain exact records
Inbox Creature is a virtual email pet made with click automations by AWeber, a global email marketing service used by over 100,000+ small businesses, bloggers, and entrepreneurs. Users sign up, name their pet, and receive a little blob delivered to their inbox, along with two
Laïka allows users to watch, play and reward their dogs right from their smartphones. Laïka has multi-directional movement capabilities to help users interact and “play” with their dogs in a way that is intended to be stimulating and fun. Users can control Laïka directly from
According to a recent SEC filing, Petnet has raised $3.7 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Petnet is a connected pet device company that offers an analytics platform for basic petcare problems. Its lead product, SmartFeeder, is a hardware device that programs itself around its
YaDoggie is an Internet of Things product to help pet owners keep dog food in stock. The dog food delivery service has invented a “Smart Scoop” that lets users know immediately if their dog has been fed or not by flashing a green or red
When is My Dog's Birthday? is a consumer app that helps pet owners to calculate their dogs’ birthdays. Humans tend to forget that every time a dog ages a year, it has aged seven dog years. To keep from depriving Charlie and Bean and Coffee