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PetDesk's mission is to build technology that helps people better connect with pet parents.
PetDesk is a veterinary communication platform helping pet healthcare providers stay in contact with pet owners, and book and manage appointments. It’s a simple concept, but one that in practice is highly effective at improving care outcomes, reducing costly no-shows, and streamlining office work.
Whilst PetDesk flirted with the idea of expanding over into other petcare sectors like grooming, nothing appears to have come of it; but perhaps this is testament to the strength of their existing product. They have become a leader in the market, working with over 3,000 practices and attracting 3 million users to its app.
The market PetDesk is operating within is rapidly becoming saturated with complex software, as the pet care market itself has also been swelling over recent years with the substantial increase in US pet ownership. It’s now common to see the appointments management aspect absorbed into broader veterinary practice management software, like VETport, eVetPractice, and Hippo Manager. PetDesk has started expanding its offerings, including launching a veterinary business learning portal, starting a veterinary life-focused podcast with Evergreen Podcasts, and branching out into consultancy. Hopefully, these expansions will help it compete in the marketplace and continue to attract administratively overburdened practices.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Jan 2019
$12m
LATE VC
Jun 2017
$2.1m
SERIES A
Taylor Cavanah
(CEO)Held various managerial roles at Zyvex Instruments, before working as a general manager at DCG Systems.
Aaron Bannister
(Chief Customer Success Engineer)Previously a senior application developer at Ascendix Technologies, before co-founding Locai, PetDesk's first iteration, and then returning to Ascendix as a solution architect.
Kenneth Tsui
(CTO)Worked as a microautomation engineer at Zyvec Corporation, before moving on to work as a product development manager in the nanoinstruments division of DCG Systems.