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23.02.2021 | Peter Pham Is Not Afraid to Die. How One of LA's Preeminent ... | As Thanksgiving approached, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti implored residents to stay home and halt... | dot.la/pet... |
11.02.2021 | Pet sitting marketplace Rover grabs a bone, valued at $1.3 b... | Another day, another SPAC. Today, we’ve learned that Seattle online pet sitting marketplace Rover pl... | geekwire.c... |
28.05.2018 | Spark Capital Joins $155M Investment in Rover.com | SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rover.com, the world’s largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, tod... | citybizlis... |
24.05.2018 | Pet-sitting startup Rover, the world’s largest network of pe... | Do you know how big the pet care market is? The market size is $85 billion and growing. Rover is lea... | techstartu... |
24.05.2018 | Pet Sitting Network Rover Raises $155M in Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle, WA-based network of pet sitters and dog walkers, taised $155m in equity and de... | finsmes.co... |
24.05.2018 | Rover.com Secures $125M |
SEATTLE, WA, Rover.com, a network of pet sitters and dog walkers, has raised $125 million in fundi... | vcnewsdail... |
19.07.2017 | Venture Capitalists Are Going Barking Mad for Pet Startups | When it comes to their pets, American are willing to open their wallets—the pet industry brought in ... | fortune.co... |
13.07.2017 | Rover raises $65 million to grow its dog-sitting platform gl... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
13.07.2017 | Rover.com Raises $65M in Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle, WA-based network of pet sitters and dog walkers, raised $65m in funding.
The ... | finsmes.co... |
13.07.2017 | Rover raises $65M round led by Spark Capital as pet-sitting ... | Photo via Rover.
Typically in today’s technology world, startup founders sit on one side of the roo... | geekwire.c... |
13.07.2017 | Rover raises $65 million to grow its dog-sitting platform gl... | Rover, the online platform dedicated to connecting dog owners with a range of service providers, inc... | venturebea... |
13.07.2017 | Rover.com Nabs $65M |
SEATTLE, WA, Rover.com, the nation's largest network of pet sitters and dog walkers, today announc... | vcnewsdail... |
11.05.2017 | Why Startup Investors Love Online Marketplaces | A third generation of Online Marketplaces that combine workflow and networks are changing the underl... | futurestar... |
21.04.2017 | A Midas List VC on the problem with the Midas List | Earlier this week, Forbes published its annual Midas List, which showcases who the outlet believes t... | techcrunch... |
18.04.2017 | Top startup competitions: their most successful alumni
$300... | Companies like Pinterest, TubeMogul, and Thumbtack all got their start winning competitions
Startup... | vator.tv/n... |
30.03.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, March 30 | THE WRONG KIND OF RETURN
Last year Cerilli, who disagreed with the political stances of Trump and w... | fortune.co... |
29.03.2017 | Running with the Pack: Rover.com Acquiring Rival DogVacay | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In a dog-eat-dog deal, Seattle-bas... | xconomy.co... |
29.03.2017 | Rover and DogVacay merge to dominate the pet-sitting market | Putting an end to a fierce competition in the pet-sitting business, Rover and DogVacay have agreed t... | techcrunch... |
25.10.2016 | The evolution of online marketplaces and why startup investo... | Online marketplaces, also known as platform companies, are sprouting up everywhere and redefining bu... | smartcompa... |
03.10.2016 | Rover.com Raises $40M in Series E Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle, WA-based network of pet sitters and dog walkers, raised $40m in Series E fundi... | finsmes.co... |
03.10.2016 | Rover raises $40 million Series E for doggy Airbnb | The network of pet sitters and dog walkers has nearly doubled its total venture capital raised
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09.09.2016 | Rover is closing a $40M round that values the pet-sitting st... | Seattle-based Rover is in the process of closing a $40 million round of funding, according to source... | techcrunch... |
17.08.2016 | There’s a Dog Version of Airbnb, Uber and Pretty Much Every ... | You may have heard of Casper, the flashy startup that’s been credited with “waking up” the sleepy ma... | fortune.co... |
07.03.2016 | Why startup investors love online marketplaces | By Paul X. McCarthy
Online marketplaces – also known as platform companies – are sprouting up every... | smartcompa... |
06.10.2015 | TC Cribs: DogVacay’s Fur-ociously Cute Office HQ | This week’s Cribs episode takes us to the pup-friendly headquarters of peer-to-peer dog sitting plat... | techcrunch... |
30.09.2015 | With The Success Of Wishbone App, Venture Studio Science Mak... | With the runaway success of its mobile app Wishbone, the Los Angeles-based venture studio, Science I... | techcrunch... |
26.09.2015 | Can Entrepreneurs Succeed In Today’s On-Demand World? | Sam Madden Contributor
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14.09.2015 | 81 Sites To Find Side Gigs To Earn More Money Now | Who doesn't need more money? If you're not up for forex trading, selling an organ on the black marke... | forbes.com... |
21.04.2015 | DogVacay launches new Daycare service for your dog | The paid pet daycare market is worth $1 billion, and represents 10% of pet care services overall
Ha... | vator.tv/n... |
21.04.2015 | Peer-To-Peer Pet Boarding Marketplace DogVacay Launches Dayc... | Have you ever seen a home security video of what dogs do when their owners go to work? I like to ima... | techcrunch... |
19.03.2015 | Rover.com Raises $25M in Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle, WA-based network connecting dog owners with sitters, raised $25m in funding.
... | finsmes.co... |
29.01.2015 | Andrew Leigh: Sharing the benefits of “the sharing economy”... | With nothing but a smartphone, I can order up an Uber car to whisk me to my next meeting or find a b... | smartcompa... |
16.01.2015 | The Magic Of Marketplace Expansion Playbooks | Mike Townsend Contributor
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25.11.2014 | ‘Dog-Focused-Thinktank’ Demands Credit After DogVacay Secure... | These dogs are running straight into the riviting world of tech startups.(Flickr/Mike Baird)
Yester... | observer.c... |
14.11.2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 11/14/14 | DogVacay, Revel, Raise, LAFORGE Optical, FloQast, Full Circle CRM, Door to Door Organics, Evernote
... | vator.tv/n... |
11.11.2014 | DogVacay, the Airbnb for dogs, raises $25M | DogVacay, the winner of Vator Splash LA in 2012, has now raised $47 million
Growing up, I never had... | vator.tv/n... |
11.11.2014 | DogVacay Raises $25M in Series B1 |
SANTA MONICA, CA, DogVacay has raised $25M in a Series B1 round of funding.
>> Click here f... | vcnewsdail... |
10.11.2014 | DogVacay, Airbnb For Dogs, Nabs $25M In Funding | DogVacay has just raised $25 million in Series B1 funding, according to a report from Fortune. DogVa... | techcrunch... |
10.11.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
10.11.2014 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a... | venturebea... |
10.11.2014 | DogVacay raises $25 million, led by OMERS Ventures | Santa Monica-based DogVacay, which is being called the Airbnb for dogs, has received a significant b... | betakit.co... |
10.11.2014 | DogVacay Secures $25M in Funding | DogVacay, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based online community provider of pet care services, secured $25m ... | finsmes.co... |
10.11.2014 |
DogVacay Gets $25M More
| Los Angeles-based dog sitting marketplace DogVacay has raised $25M more in a Series B1 funding, the ... | socaltech.... |
07.10.2014 | With 1M Pet Nights Booked, DogVacay Hires A CFO From Bonobos | It’s been just two-and-a-half years since the launch of DogVacay‘s peer-to-peer marketplace for pet ... | techcrunch... |
01.10.2014 | Watch Vator Splash LA Live Web stream 10/2 | Jessica Alba, Brian Lee, Michael Heyward, Bill Gross, Mike Jones, Scott Painter, and more
Broadcast... | vator.tv/n... |
29.09.2014 | 10/2 Splash LA Agenda w/ Alba, Lee, Heyward, and more | Need a reason why you can't miss Splash LA on 10/2? Check out the agenda
If you haven't already reg... | vator.tv/n... |
30.06.2014 | Rover.com looks to attract new breed of dog-loving customers... | A scene from one of Rover.com’s new TV ads.
Online dog sitting service Rover.com is looking to lap ... | geekwire.c... |
19.03.2014 | Airbnb Etiquette: A Wake-Up Call to Unprofessional Hosts | “What do you mean, strip the sheets?”
A few months ago my company rented a place on Airbnb for four... | observer.c... |
12.03.2014 | Pet Sitting Marketplace Rover Raises $12 Million Series C | Rover, the Seattle-based online community that connects dog owners with in-home sitters, is today an... | techcrunch... |
12.03.2014 | Pet Services Boom: Menlo Ventures Leads $12M Investment in R... | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Seattle-based Rover.com, which hel... | xconomy.co... |
12.03.2014 | Rover.com Raises $12M in Series C Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle, WA-based online community that connects dog owners with dog sitters, raised $1... | finsmes.co... |
07.01.2014 | 5 marketplace companies to watch in 2014 | Internet marketplace companies have been around since the mid-90s. eBay, Amazon and other marketplac... | venturebea... |
12.10.2013 | 5 Tech Tools For Pet Lovers | Remember the robot that walks a bunch of dogs in the movie I, Robot? How awesome would that be—for b... | readwrite.... |
10.10.2013 | DogVacay.com Raises $15M in Series B Funding | DogVacay.com, a Santa Monica, CA-based online and mobile pet services community, raised $15m in Seri... | finsmes.co... |
10.10.2013 | DogVacay looks to be top breed in pet boarding, laps up $15M... | The DogVacay team will likely get bigger at a $15 million round.
It’s turning into an epic dog figh... | geekwire.c... |
10.10.2013 | DogVacay.com Secures $15M |
SANTA MONICA, CA, Leading online and mobile pet services community, today announced that it raised... | vcnewsdail... |
10.10.2013 | DogVacay barks up the money tree with $15M Series B | The new capital comes one month after launching its first consumer-facing app
You know what sucks? ... | vator.tv/n... |
10.10.2013 | Funding Daily: Mobile magic | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
10.10.2013 | Pet Boarding Marketplace DogVacay Fetches $15 Million Series... | DogVacay, the Los Angeles-based startup that operates a pet boarding marketplace that’s been dubbed ... | techcrunch... |
10.10.2013 |
DogVacay Raises $15M
| DogVacay, the online peer-to-peer marketplace for pet sitting services headed by Aaron Hirschhorn, h... | socaltech.... |
10.10.2013 | DogVacay raises $15M to be the biggest dog-sitting marketpla... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
10.10.2013 | DogVacay Raises $15 Million More | - | labusiness... |
09.10.2013 | DogVacay Raises $15 Million More | - | labusiness... |
23.09.2013 | DogVacay, The ‘Airbnb For Pets’, Debuts Its Native iOS App F... | DogVacay has been assigned a tagline by the press that sounds a little ridiculous when you hear it —... | techcrunch... |
30.07.2013 | Rover, A “Dogbnb” Site, Raises $3.5M And Nabs Commercial Pro... | Rover, the Airbnb of dog sitting, has raised a $3.5 million funding round led by Petco. The pet spec... | techcrunch... |
30.07.2013 | Rover.com Barks to $3.5M New Funding Round |
SEATTLE, WA, Digital home dog boarding leader that connects dog owners with approved and reviewed ... | vcnewsdail... |
30.07.2013 | Rover.com Closes $3.5M in Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle, WA-based online marketplace that connects dog owners with approved and reviewe... | finsmes.co... |
21.05.2013 | Trending: the boom in startups for pets | For a while, pet-related startups seemed to be a rarity. Ever since the Pets.com debacle in which th... | venturebur... |
21.05.2013 | Trending: the boom in startups for pets | For a while, pet-related startups seemed to be a rarity. Ever since the Pets.com debacle in which th... | venturebur... |
04.02.2013 | Rover.com Secures $7M in Series B |
SEATTLE, WA, The digital dog boarding leader that connects dog owners with approved, reviewed and ... | vcnewsdail... |
04.02.2013 | Rover.com Secures $7M in Series B Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle, WA-based digital dog boarding platform that connects dog owners with trusted s... | finsmes.co... |
04.02.2013 | Pet Boarding And ‘Dogbnb’ Startup Rover Raises $7M To Take O... | Rover, a Seattle-based startup that provides an ‘Airbnb’ for dog sitting, has raised $7 million in S... | techcrunch... |
02.02.2013 | The Art Of Science | Like many great startup ideas, the formation of L.A.-based incubator, investment firm, and accelerat... | techcrunch... |
14.11.2012 | Seeking Pinterest Power Users? With HelloInsights, Science I... | Behold, a leaderboard!
Marketers know that Pinterest can drive a flood of acquisition-minded traffi... | observer.c... |
13.11.2012 |
DogVacay Lands $6M In Series A
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13.11.2012 | DogVacay Barks to $6M in Series A |
LOS ANGELES, CA, Leading national pet services marketplace, today announces the close of a Series-... | vcnewsdail... |
13.11.2012 | DogVacay lets owners and sitters indulge their puppy love, w... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
13.11.2012 | The Airbnb For Pets, DogVacay, Raises $6M From Benchmark | DogVacay, which launched in March this year as an Airbnb for dogs, has raised $6 million in new fund... | techcrunch... |
13.11.2012 | Rover.com rival DogVacay gobbles up $6M from Benchmark, othe... | Who is going to be the alpha dog in this rivalry? Rover.com or DogVacay?
Well, both startup compani... | geekwire.c... |
13.11.2012 | Funding Daily: A pitcher’s worth of investment news | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
13.11.2012 | DogVacay, the Airbnb for dog sitting, just raised another $6... | Better pet sitting isn’t disrupting any existing services. Instead it’s massively improving the exis... | skift.com/... |
24.07.2012 | Mike Jones on Ditching La La Land for Silicon Beach | July 24, 2012 4 min read
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28.06.2012 | DogVacay Adds Airbnb Investor Andreessen Horowitz To Its Pac... | DogVacay launched in March this year as an Airbnb for dogs — offering owners an alternative to soul-... | techcrunch... |
28.06.2012 | DogVacay Receives Investment from Andreessen Horowitz | DogVacay, a Los Angeles, CA-based community marketplace that connects dog owners in need of boarding... | finsmes.co... |
28.06.2012 |
DogVacay Adds Andreessen Horowitz As Investor
| Los Angeles-based Dogvacay, the online marketplace which helps dog owners find people to pet sit the... | socaltech.... |
28.06.2012 | Dog-related startup seeks funding, Andreessen Horowitz bites | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
28.06.2012 | DogVacay adds Andreessen Horowitz to list of investors | Andreessen Horowitz backs the AirBnB for dogs
Vator Splash LA winner DogVacay.com is getting a lot ... | vator.tv/n... |
26.06.2012 | Science Inc. Acquires Pinterest Influence Platform Pinpuff | Earlier this morning, Science Inc.'s founder Michael Jones announced their acquisition of Pinpuff, a... | tech.co/ne... |
07.06.2012 | DogVacay.com wins Vator Splash LA! | AllowanceTree.com wins the People's Choice Award
This year’s competition was pretty steep, but the ... | vator.tv/n... |
01.06.2012 | LA-based DogVacay.com is the AirBnB for dogs | DogVacay.com shows that LA is a breeding ground for new ideas
When I bought my house a year ago, I ... | vator.tv/n... |
22.05.2012 | DogVacay has Philly roots, Comcast Ventures director joins A... | Welcome to the VC Roundup, where we’ll parse through venture capital news related to Philadelphia-ba... | technical.... |
16.04.2012 | Dog Vacay, the Airbnb for Dogs, Launches In New York City | Accumulate enough animal-loving friends and you’re likely to find yourself on the receiving end of e... | observer.c... |
09.04.2012 | The ‘Dogbnb’ Wars Escalate: Rover Raises $3.4M in Round Led ... | Finding a place for your pooch while you’re away should be getting easier. Rover, a Seattle-based st... | techcrunch... |
09.04.2012 | Rover.com Barks to $3.4M Series A |
SEATTLE, WA, Online marketplace connecting dog owners with local dog sitters, announced a $3.4 mil... | vcnewsdail... |
09.04.2012 | Rover.com grabs $3.4M for online dog-sitting reservations | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
09.04.2012 | CrunchFund, Madrona invest $3.4M in dog-sitting service Rove... | Rover.com is a new online marketplace where dog owners can discover pet sitters
Dog-loving venture ... | geekwire.c... |
09.04.2012 | Rover.com Closes $3.4M Series A Funding | Rover.com, a Seattle-based online marketplace that connects dog owners with local dog sitters, has r... | finsmes.co... |
09.04.2012 |
DogVacay Gets Direct Competition: Rover.com
| Santa Monica-based DogVacay, the online marketplace which helps dog owners connect with pet lovers t... | socaltech.... |
20.03.2012 |
Dog Vacay Announces Funding Round
| Santa Monica-based Dog Vacay, the online person-to-person marketplace for dog boarding, has formally... | socaltech.... |
20.03.2012 | Dog Vacay Wags Tail for $1M Seed Funding |
SANTA MONICA, CA, Online marketplace that matches dog owners in need of pet-care services with ama... | vcnewsdail... |