Scratchpay Will Pay Your Vet Bill (but you have to pay them back)

finance, services

Scratchpay, is a service that will finance vet bills for pets visiting vet clinics in the Scratchpay network. Sounds just like Care Credit.  Anyway, Scratchpay just received $6.4 million in funding led by the Companion Fund, a $100 million pet-focused venture capital...

Chewy.com Enters Online Pharmacy Market

ecommerce, health, services

Chewy.com, the big ole ecommerce giant that was bought by PetSmart last year, announced that it would start selling pet meds on it’s website. Naturally, this caused shares of PetMed Express, the largest online vet pharmacy, to tank over 10% in the last few...

Two Pet Health Telemedicine Startups make Announcements

health, services

Fuzzy Pet Health and FirstVet, both startups in the pet health field, made news this week. California-based Fuzzy Pet Health launched a $10/month subscription telemedicine vet care plan in the greater San Francisco Bay area. Customers can send text, pictures and...

Toys, Smart Feeders and Pet Health Apps are Most Popular Pet Tech

apps, industry news, smart feeders, toys

According to a new report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), interactive toys, smart feeders and pet health apps are the pet tech items pet owners say they are most likely to buy in the next year. CTA projects the US market for pet tech will sell 4.3...

Wagz buys Petzila

cameras

Wagz, a New Hampshire-based manufacturer of several pet tech products, has acquired Petzila, a San Jose-based manufacturer of the Petzi treat cam.  Petzila was foreclosed upon by the contract manufacturer of the Petzi cams, Sigmatron International. As of June 6, the...