Mad Paws is your #1 online Pet Sitting Community in Australia, where Pet Owners can find trusted Pet Sitters near their homes. With more than 14,000 trusted Sitters, you can book in any pet-related services such as Pet Sitting, Dog Walking, Pet Day Care, or House Visiting. Whether you are gone for a few hours or for an extended holiday, Mad Paws wants you to enjoy your holiday with peace of mind, knowing that your pet is not only safe, but also having fun!
Location: Australia, Victoria, Ashburton
Employees: 201-500
Total raised: $6.1M
Founded date: 2014
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Bombora | bomboragro... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 09.03.2018 | Series A | $5M | - |
| 07.10.2015 | - | $1.1M | - |
Mentions in press and media 9
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| 22.10.2024 | Australian precision fermentation startup All G plans bovine lactoferrin launch in 2025 | If you’re going to make dairy proteins via precision fermentation, it makes sense to start with the highest value ones, says Sydney-based All G, which is aiming to launch bovine lactoferrin next year followed by human lactoferrin in 2026, w... |
| 14.03.2018 | Mad Paws Raises $5M in Series A Funding | Mad Paws, a Sydney, Australia-based pet services marketplace, raised $5m in Series A funding. Backers included Qantas Airlines Limited, Microequities Venture Capital, Scale Up Media Fund, existing investor Macdoch Ventures and Tim Fung, the... |
| 09.03.2018 | Mad Paws, Australia’s Wag, raises $5M led by airline giant Qantas | SoftBank’s Vision Fund invested $300 million into dog walking app Wag earlier this year, and a new deal on the other side of the world is evoking similarities. Mad Paws, an Australia-based startup that offers dog-walking, pet-sitting and ot... |
| 09.03.2018 | Term Sheet — Friday, March 9 | A TALE OF TWO COMPANIES Happy Friday, Term Sheet readers. Paid Content How can you protect what you can't see? From ExtraHop Many people have speculated that Warby would go public soon, but this fundraise confirms the company’s plans to sta... |
| 06.03.2018 | Pet services marketplace Mad Paws raises $5 million Series A from Qantas and Scale Up Media Fund | Pet services marketplace Mad Paws has raised a $5 million Series A round from investors including Qantas and the Scale Up Media Fund, with existing backer Tim Fung, CEO of Airtasker, also doubling down on his investment in the company and j... |
| 08.06.2016 | Ben Burton – founder of Zeppee | website get Zeppee app facebook instagram Ben Burton is the founder of Zeppee, an app connecting people who want to buy, sell, and most importantly, re-home pets to good homes. At only 25 years old he’s already a serial entrepreneur – havin... |
| 12.10.2015 | Michael Rosenbaum explores the potential of space | Spacer, the latest venture from Deals Direct co-founder Michael Rosenbaum, has launched, with $1 million of funding from angel investors. The startup is a peer-to-peer and business-to-consumer marketplace for storage space. Individuals with... |
| 08.10.2015 | Mad Paws raises $1.1 million as pet-sitting competition gets ruff | There’s a search on for the next big thing in the sharing economy and investors around the world are backing pet-sitting marketplaces in the hopes of finding it. Among them is Australian startup Mad Paws, a pet services marketplace that ann... |
| 07.10.2015 | Mad Paws Raises $1.1M in Venture Capital Funding | Alexis Soulopoulos, CEO & Co-founder, Christopher Nheu, Product Manager, Bas Van Den Bergh & Jessica Lomazzo, Customer Success team Mad Paws, a Sidney, Australia-based marketplace for pet services, raised $1.1m in funding. Backers i... |