Vetted Petcare, a Los Angeles-based pet health company shut down last week. The company provided veterinarians for in-home care and also delivered video triage, Vetted had received $3.3 million in seed funding in 2017. After receiving the money, the company purchased...
The Cuss Collar is a new dog collar that translates a dog’s barks into curse words. For each bark, the device will emit a cuss word, like the f-bomb, bullshit, or similar. The $60 collar is so popular that it is sold out. The company behind Cuss Collar, novelty...
Pet food startups continue to rake in the capital. Pet Plate, a NY-based pet food subscription service, secured $9 million in series A funding. The round was led by DFE Capital Management and 301 INC, the venture capital arm of General Mills. To date, Pet Plate has...
Pet tech is tough. Mousr, an app-controlled robotic cat toy that boasted it could see and react to a cat’s movements just like real prey, has been discontinued. Petronics (also know as Sprite Robotics), the Illinois company that created Mousr, funded the product...
Tomofun, the manufacturer of the popular Furbo pet camera, has been sued for allegedly infringing on a patent for an interactive pet camera. The lawsuit was brought by DoggyPhone LLC, a Bellevue, Washington company, that claims it has a patent for an enhanced system...
