With $11 million in funding and a mission to open up the doors of regenerative therapies to dogs across the nation, the Los Angeles-based startup Gallant is now opening its doors for the first time. T
Eventbrite has hired a chief commercial officer and chief data strategy officer.
Postie, a new Los Angeles-based startup, has a vision for the future of advertising and marketing — and it’s direct mail. Founded by some of the men responsible for the biggest hits in onl
Rover, a dog-walking and dog-boarding service that merged with DogVacay around this time last year, is now the second of such startups this year to raise a massive new round of funding with its announ
Samsung releases its new phones the S8 and S8+, pet-sitting companies Rover and DogVacay merge, Lyft launches Lyft Shuttle, a new feature that works like a bus route, and five reasons why BuzzFeed is
Putting an end to a fierce competition to dominate the pet-sitting business, Rover and DogVacay have agreed to join forces. Rover will be acquiring DogVacay in an all-stock deal.
Known as an “Airbnb for dogs,” Santa Monica-based DogVacay has spent almost five years building a robust dog-sitting business. Betting that owners were looking for better solutions for boarding th
The Brazilian Airbnb for pet-sitting, DogHero, has raised $3.1 million in financing as pet care spending in Brazil starts to take bigger and bigger bites out of consumers’ wallets. Brazil alre
Fundraising is a game of competition. VCs compete against other VCs to fund the latest startups. Startups compete with other startups to attain funding from the brand name VCs.
So, to be successful
This week’s Cribs episode takes us to the pup-friendly headquarters of peer-to-peer dog sitting platform DogVacay. Sometimes referred to as “the Airbnb for dogs,” DogVacay’s of
Have you ever seen a home security video of what dogs do when their owners go to work? I like to imagine that they chill out and celebrate like teenagers whose parents are away, but that’s not u
I've already posted one interview from last weekend's Yappy Hour event at South by Southwest — <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/19/woof/">my interview with Courtney Dasher</a>, owner of Insta
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/dogvacay">DogVacay</a> has just raised $25 million in Series B1 funding, according to a report from <a target="_blank" href="http://fort
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.dogvacay.com">DogVacay</a>, which launched in <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/01/dogbnb-dogvacay-wants-to-help-you-find-a-boarding-alternative-for-your-four
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.dogvacay.com">DogVacay</a> launched in <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/01/dogbnb-dogvacay-wants-to-help-you-find-a-boarding-alternative-for-your-four-legged
I love my two cats Pepper and Magic and kind of think of them like two extra children and definitely part of the family. I also travel a lot — sometimes on my own, more often with my husband and two
As a former dog owner, I know how challenging it can be to find the best care for your four-legged-friend when going on vacation or taking a trip. While boarding dogs at kennels is an option, I always