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The Vets is a technology company.
The Vets provides a technology-driven platform designed to deliver comprehensive veterinary services directly to pet owners. The company focuses on at-home, clinic-based, and video triage pet care, offering a range of services including wellness exams, sick visits, vaccinations, and home lab tests. This model integrates digital convenience with high-quality medical care, aiming to reduce stress for pets and their owners.
Founded in 2020 by Brette Shelley, Dori Fussmann, and Daniel Sagis, The Vets emerged from an insight into the growing demand for convenient and personalized pet healthcare solutions. The founders identified a need for accessible veterinary services that circumvent the traditional clinic visit, allowing pets to receive care in comfortable, familiar environments.
The platform serves pet owners who prioritize convenience and seek a less stressful alternative to traditional veterinary appointments for their animals. The Vets envisions establishing a new standard for pet healthcare delivery by offering gold-standard care within the home. The company strives to foster an environment that places paramount importance on the well-being of pets while ensuring ease of access for their guardians.
The Vets has raised $40.0M across 1 funding round.
The Vets has raised $40.0M in total across 1 funding round.
The Vets is a veterinary services company providing at-home care for cats and dogs, offering diagnostics, blood workups, wellness exams, vaccinations, lab tests, and microchipping to reduce pet stress from clinic visits.[1] Founded in 2020 in Miami, it serves pet owners in 19 U.S. cities including Miami, Tampa, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Chicago, Denver, Portland, Phoenix, Raleigh, Columbus, Orlando, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Antonio, Sacramento, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Seattle, and Colorado Springs, with rapid growth fueled by $8 million pre-seed and $40 million seed funding.[1][2]
The company targets busy pet parents seeking convenient, stress-free veterinary care, solving issues like pet anxiety during travel and high veterinarian burnout through mobile visits, data aggregation for better diagnostics, and vet-friendly schedules (four-day workweeks, limited daily appointments).[1][2] By early 2022, it had served over 7,000 pets and planned expansion to 25 cities, demonstrating strong momentum in the pet tech space.[2]
The Vets was founded on January 1, 2020, in Miami, Florida, by Shmuel Chafets and Dori Fussmann, with Daniel Sagis later serving as co-founder and CEO.[1][2] Emerging from Target Global's venture building program (noted as 2021 in some reports), the idea addressed pet stress in clinics and veterinarian overwork—vets often see 20+ pets daily with high turnover rates double that of physicians.[2]
Early traction came swiftly: a $8 million pre-seed round on July 1, 2020, led by Target Global enabled launch, followed by East Coast expansion in January 2022.[1] A pivotal $40 million seed round in January 2022, led by Bolt Ventures, Pico Venture Partners, and Target Global, accelerated national rollout from initial markets like Miami and Tampa to 19 cities, serving thousands of pets in under two years.[1][2]
The Vets rides the pet tech boom, blending telemedicine and mobile services amid rising pet humanization—U.S. pet spending hit record highs pre-2022, with demand for virtual/convenient care surging post-pandemic.[2] Timing aligns with veterinarian shortages and burnout (turnover double physicians'), where mobile models improve access and retention while using data analytics akin to human health tech.[1][2]
Market forces like urban pet ownership growth and VC interest in "pet parenting" platforms favor it, positioning The Vets to disrupt fragmented vet care (often clinic-bound).[2] It influences the ecosystem by normalizing at-home diagnostics, inspiring similar virtual pet health startups, and enhancing breed-level insights through aggregated data.[2]
With operations in 19 cities and proven funding traction, The Vets is poised for further U.S. dominance, potentially hitting 25+ markets as planned and expanding services like predictive AI diagnostics.[2] Trends like AI in pet health, subscription models, and tele-vet integration will shape its path, amplifying data advantages amid ongoing vet shortages.
Its influence may evolve toward platform leadership, partnering with insurers or pet brands, solidifying at-home care as standard—echoing its origins in making veterinary services as accessible as ridesharing for pets.[1][2]
The Vets has raised $40.0M in total across 1 funding round.
The Vets's investors include Bolt Ventures, PICO Venture Partners, Shmuel Chafets, FJ Labs, General Atlantic, Giza Polish Ventures, Partech Ventures, Hakan Koc.
The Vets has raised $40.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $40.0M Seed in January 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2022 | $40M Seed | Bolt Ventures, PICO Venture Partners, Shmuel Chafets | FJ Labs, General Atlantic, Giza Polish Ventures, Partech Ventures, Hakan KOC | Announced |