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| 29.03.2026 | Back-up care benefits at work go beyond kids, aging parents as more employers pay for pets | Back-up care benefits companies like Wellthy and Bright Horizons now include pets in their programs, alongside children and elderly family members.
Wellthy first began offering pet back-up care in 2024 and added its “Pet Care Concierge” las... |
| 05.05.2025 | These startups are drawing investor interest amid a growing tribe of pet parents | - |
| 21.04.2025 | 10 Side Hustles for Retirees: Making Extra Cash on Your Terms (And Enjoying the Ride!) We often imagine retirement as a time of slow mornings, permanent vacations, and quality time with family and fri... | We often imagine retirement as a time of slow mornings, permanent vacations, and quality time with family and friends. But let’s be honest: sometimes those golden years could use a little extra shine. Whether it’s adding a bit more financia... |
| 31.03.2025 | Navigating the VC Landscape: Strategies for Success in Investor Relations and Targeting Emerging Markets | In the world of venture capital (VC), success is a dance between numbers and relationships. It’s not just about finding the next unicorn; it’s about nurturing the connections that fuel growth. This article explores the art of managing inves... |
| 26.03.2025 | US-based 2am VC targets India’s Gen Z with new $25m fund | Premium Content
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| 17.09.2024 | Pet Startup Funding Has Slowed | 7 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
For pet owners today, the options for spending money are endless.
From day spas to organic meals to orthopedic beds, dog and cat parents have access to a vast marketplace of offerings to pamper their... |
| 02.07.2024 | NACD Announces 10 Finalists for the 2024 DE&I Awards | WASHINGTON, July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) announced today the 10 finalists for its 2024 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Awards. The NACD DE&I Awards™, first launched in ... |
| 11.06.2024 | How to Earn Money on Maternity Leave? Is It Even Possible? | Share
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| 10.06.2024 | Cat-Sitting Startup Meowtel Achieves Tremendous Growth Despite Facing Challenges in Dog-Focused VC Market | By Inno Flores
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| 22.01.2024 | Here's how to start making money pet sitting and dog walking while having fun and setting your own schedule | Economy Here's how to start making money pet sitting and dog walking while having fun and setting your own schedule
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| 02.08.2023 | The Best In Pet-Friendly Travel Keeps Getting Better | This furry guest at Kimpton's Hotel George in Wshington, DC is living his best life.@brinkleyfromva |
| 27.06.2023 | These giant beautiful flowers can leave you with burns, blisters and lifelong scars. Here's what to know about giant hogweed. | In nature, it's often better to look and not touch. And when it comes to one particular flower that can inspire awe with its great height, there is no better warning.
The giant hogweed is a massive, invasive plant across the U.S. and U.K. t... |
| 01.04.2022 | LA Tech ‘Moves’: Coco, Storyfile and Team Liquid Beef Up Leadership | Moves, our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile here... |
| 01.04.2022 | Snap, TikTok Urged to Strengthen Parental Controls by State AGs | Attorneys general from 44 U.S. states and territories have urged Snap and TikTok to strengthen parental controls on their platforms, telling the social media giants that they must do more to protect kids online.
In a letter sent to Snap and... |
| 01.04.2022 | Ethan Pines Photographed Tech CEOs as Heroes. They Look Radically Different as NFTs | You might not recognize photographer Ethan Pines, but there’s a good chance you’ve seen one of his portraits.
The Los Angeles-based artist captured Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes long before her fraud conviction, Uber co-founder Travis K... |
| 01.04.2022 | Netflix’s Trivia Show Experiment Is Part of Its New Frontier: Video Games | When Netflix releases its new interactive show, “Trivia Quest,” on Friday, Netflix executive Andy Weil hopes that viewers will find themselves thinking about video games.
The 30-episode quiz show isn’t one of the streaming giant’s expanding... |
| 01.04.2022 | Hadrian Raises $90 Million to Build Second Factory in Torrance | Manufacturing startup Hadrian Automation has raised $90 million to build a second autonomous factory in Torrance, with the goal of getting the new facility up and running by this summer.
Hadrian told CNBC that its planned 100,000-square-foo... |
| 31.03.2022 | Slingshot Aerospace Lands $25 Million Space Force Contract | Fresh off securing a $25 million funding round earlier this month, Slingshot Aerospace has inked a new $25.2 million contract with the U.S. Space Force that will see America’s newest military branch use two of the El Segundo-based startup’s... |
| 31.03.2022 | E3 Gaming Conference Won’t Happen At All This Year | The rumors turned out to be true: E3, the annual blockbuster video game conference typically held in Downtown Los Angeles, is once again entirely canceled this year.
The Electronic Software Association (ESA), which runs the event, announced... |
| 31.03.2022 | Collectors Raises $100 Million, Rolls Out Rebrand | Collectors, a Santa Ana-based company that lets collectors buy, sell and authenticate sports trading cards, rare coins and more online, has raised $100 million in new funding and rolled out a corporate rebrand that consolidates its various ... |
| 31.03.2022 | Microsoft-Activision Merger Challenged by U.S. Senators | Activision Blizzard’s $69 billion merger with Microsoft is being challenged by four U.S. senators, who are urging the Federal Trade Commission to reconsider approving the buyout because it wouldn’t benefit workers.
In a letter to the FTC Ch... |
| 30.03.2022 | Santa Monica Startup Graze Wants to Make Lawn Mowing Electric (and Autonomous) | Is there any worse sound to wake up to than a gas-powered lawn mower? Not only are they a noise pollutant, but they are clunky environmental ones as well. Insert Graze, a Santa Monica-based startup looking to change the landscaping industry... |
| 30.03.2022 | Meta Reportedly Paid Consulting Firm to Target TikTok | Meta has reportedly enlisted a major Republican consulting firm to ramp up public pressure on rival social media giant TikTok.
According to a new report by the Washington Post on Wednesday, the Facebook parent company has paid the consultin... |
| 30.03.2022 | Yami Raises $50 Million to Sell Asian Snacks, Beauty Products and Home Goods Online | Yami, an online store that sells Asian snacks, beauty products and home goods, took the wraps off a $50 million Series B funding round on Wednesday.
Two venture firms co-led the round: Menlo Park’s Altos Ventures and New York’s Balsam Bay P... |
| 30.03.2022 | Unlock Venture Partners Puts Its Portfolio in the Metaverse | A Los Angeles- and Seattle-based investment firm may be the first to put its own portfolio page in the metaverse.
“As far as we know it’s never been done,” Unlock Venture Partners co-founder Sanjay Reddy told dot.LA.
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| 29.03.2022 | Fashion Tech Works Opens New Coworking Space for Emerging Designers | For Cindy Keefer, CEO of Fashion Tech Works, sustainability has always been a way of life. The woman behind Downtown Los Angeles’ new coworking incubator for designers and artists grew up a far cry from Hollywood, on an organic farm in Wisc... |
| 29.03.2022 | ‘Are You Guys Tech Dorks?’: Inside the Opening Night of the NFT LA Conference | On opening night of the inaugural NFT LA conference, a crowd of entrepreneurs, marketers, engineers, YouTubers, hucksters and NFT holders filed into the Los Angeles Convention Center to dish on the nascent technology that had brought them a... |
| 29.03.2022 | TikTok Teams With Giphy To Launch GIF ‘Library’ Tool | TikTok has launched a new in-app tool called Library, which lets users attach GIFs, memes and clips from popular TV shows and movies to their video creations.
The social media giant said Tuesday that the new tool will initially give creator... |
| 28.03.2022 | Beyond Meat Faces Doubts Over McDonald’s Collaboration | Beyond Meat’s high-profile collaboration with McDonald’s is not meeting expectations, with underwhelming sales of the plant-based McPlant burger triggering concerns from Wall Street analysts.
On Monday, analysts at investment bank Piper San... |
| 26.03.2022 | ‘Every Shopper Will Be a Seller’: Tradesy Founder Tracy DiNunzio Talks Vestiaire Collective Merger | When Tracy DiNunzio had the idea to build a secondhand high-end apparel company, she bootstrapped the business by renting out her bedroom on Airbnb and sleeping on her living room couch.
It worked. Over the past decade, Tradesy—the Los Ange... |
| 25.03.2022 | LA Tech ‘Moves’: Stratolaunch Has a New CEO, Former Apple TV Exec Joins NRG | Moves, our roundup of job changes in L.A. tech, is presented by Interchange.LA, dot.LA's recruiting and career platform connecting Southern California's most exciting companies with top tech talent. Create a free Interchange.LA profile here... |
| 25.03.2022 | Netflix Buys Its Third Gaming Studio in Six Months | Netflix is continuing its expansion into the world of gaming with the acquisition of yet another mobile game developer, Boss Fight Entertainment.
On Thursday, the streaming giant announced it is buying Texas-based Boss Fight as it looks to ... |
| 25.03.2022 | Microsoft Says It Won’t Block Activision Labor Unions | A Microsoft executive has said the company “will not stand in the way” of efforts by Activision Blizzard employees to create a labor union—though they stopped short of saying it would voluntarily recognize the first labor union at a major A... |
| 25.03.2022 | A New Hyperlocal Dating App Is Launching in LA | Dating in Los Angeles can be just as bad as the city’s traffic and air quality. L.A. Dating—a localized meet-up tool for singles that focuses on making neighborhood connections—is hoping to change that.
“L.A. is the premier dating app city,... |
| 24.03.2022 | 'We're Fascinated by Mad Geniuses': How the Startup Horror Story Became a Hollywood Subgenre | Hollywood’s new favorite TV genre is the bad startup founder.
Within the last month alone, streaming services have released a flurry of shows about the rapid rise and fall of real-life tech moguls. There’s “The Dropout” (starring Amanda Sey... |
| 24.03.2022 | New AI Tech May Help Predict Heart Attacks Five Years in Advance | What if you could predict a heart attack?
Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center announced this week the development of a tool that uses artificial intelligence to measure artery health and detect future cardiac risks in seemingly healthy... |
| 24.03.2022 | Activision Blizzard Slapped With Another Sexual Harassment Lawsuit | Activision Blizzard has been hit with yet another sexual harassment lawsuit by an employee—adding to a mounting pile of complaints from employees, regulators and investors that could threaten the video game developer’s pending $69 billion m... |
| 24.03.2022 | The Ultimate LA Guide To The Metaverse | Sly Lee, Isaac Castro and Mauricio Teran have spent the last seven years building a machine that can fuse the virtual world with the real one.
Long before the “metaverse” became a buzzword, the co-founders of Marina del Rey-based Emerge env... |
| 23.03.2022 | 1Question Aims to Gamify Educational Screen Time | After the pandemic shuttered schools and social activities, screen time among children nearly doubled as digital devices became their sole source of education, recreation and social activities.
The obsession with screens was noted in the El... |
| 23.03.2022 | Santa Barbara Cybersecurity Startups Are Having a Moment | Two cybersecurity startups that call Santa Barbara home have announced sizable Series B funding rounds.
Theta Lake, which makes security software for companies that use Zoom, Slack and similar tools to communicate, unveiled a $50 million Se... |
| 23.03.2022 | Gamefam Raises $25 Million to Bring Brands into the Metaverse | West Hollywood-based video game studio Gamefam has raised a $25 million Series A round to fuel its business of linking Roblox game developers to brands looking to advertise to Generation Z audiences.
Konvoy Ventures, a VC firm based in Denv... |
| 23.03.2022 | Snap Buys NextMind To Bolster Its AR Hardware Research | Social media giant Snap has bought NextMind, a Paris-based neuro-tech company that builds mind-controlled headbands, for an undisclosed amount.
The Santa Monica-based company said Wednesday that NextMind will bolster its augmented reality (... |
| 22.03.2022 | Netflix Pushes Further Into Video Games With First-Person Shooter Title | Netflix is expanding further into video games with the upcoming release of three new mobile titles, including its first-ever first-person shooter game.
The streaming giant has already released 14 titles since launching video games on mobile... |
| 19.03.2022 | Dead dogs and injured walkers: Dog walking app Wag's safety troubles could draw new scrutiny ahead of its $350 million SPAC deal | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 18.03.2022 | Can WeHo-Based Wheels’ Get More Underserved Angelenos to Ride E-Bikes? | When Los Angeles launched its micromobility pilot in 2019, it had big dreams for improving transportation equity for all Angelenos.
Three years later, less than 3,000 people make use of micromobility programs aimed at helping poorer section... |
| 04.02.2022 | Wag to take $300M valuation haircut in upcoming SPAC deal | Wag, the operator of a pet services marketplace, has agreed to go public on the Nasdaq through a combination with blank-check company CHW Acquisition Corporation, valuing the combined entity at $350 million. Wag was valued at $650 million i... |
| 07.01.2022 | HubSpot : 21 of the Best Landing Page Design Examples You Need to See in 2022 | How do you convince visitors your website is worth their time? There are so many elements that a top-notch landing page needs, and making those elements the "best" they can be often depends on what your landing page goals are.
If ... |
| 16.11.2021 | HubSpot : 60 Small Business Ideas for Anyone Who Wants to Run Their Own Business | If we tried to think of a good idea, we wouldn't have been able to think of a good idea. You just have to find the solution for a problem in your own life. Brian CheskyAirbnb Co-founder
Airbnb Co-founder, Brian Chesky, said, "If we tri... |
| 26.08.2021 | Wag! Appoints Two Dynamic Women Leaders to Its Board of Directors; Adds Decades of Fortune 500 Executive Experience | Melinda Chelliah and Jocelyn Mangan joined Wag!'s Board of Directors, marking an important milestone in bolstering the company’s leadership as it continues to grow rapidly as the leading partner of Pet Parents across the United States.
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| 15.07.2021 | 18 Stress-Free Side Hustles For Introverts | July 15, 2021 8 min read
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| 16.06.2021 | Wag! Now Accepts Cryptocurrency Through BitPay, Including Dogecoin | Pet Parents can use cryptocurrency to purchase Wag! Credits, which can be used to pay for on-demand dog walks, overnight care, pet training, veterinary advice, and any other service offered through the Wag! Platform.
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| 22.03.2021 | The a16z Marketplace 100: 2021 | Last February, we introduced the a16z Marketplace 100, a ranking of the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies. The series was a hit, spurring debate about the evolution of marketplaces and promising new consumer... |
| 20.02.2021 | 5 ways to stop your dog from eating garbage on walks | You should ideally plan your walk to avoid areas with lots of trash. Peter Cade/Getty Images
You can keep your dog out of trash by teaching your pup the “leave it” command.
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| 15.04.2020 | SoftBank, one of 2019’s top agrifood investors, forecasts $24bn loss on its startup bets | One of last year’s biggest tech investors in agrifood globally has warned of an eye-watering ¥2.6 trillion ($24.2 billion) annual loss on its startup bets.
SoftBank said in a note to shareholders that it made an estimated loss of ¥1.8 trill... |
| 04.02.2020 | Dogs and Cats - Living Together: The $75B Pet Economy and Why Los Angeles is Headquarters | Snuggling on a chair, hovering over a laptop, stretched out on the floor, the long haired-haired, vaguely Calico-looking Koko with his own Instagram feed is a cat influencer in the making. He is also the face of Basepaws, a feline DNA testi... |
| 09.12.2019 | SoftBank sells its stake in dog-walking app Wag Labs as startup lays off staff | About two years ago, we wrote about Wag Labs when the dog-walking app mistakenly exposed home addresses and lockbox codes of its users. The startup has gone through many ups and downs since then. Now, Japanese giant SoftBank, is selling bac... |
| 04.02.2018 | Wag Gives In To Pressure As It Accepts $300M From SoftBank | Dog walking startup Wag gave in to pressure as it upped its next funding target and is now set to accept $300 million from SoftBank, Recode reported earlier this week. The Los Angeles, California-based company was originally only seeking to... |
| 03.02.2018 | Wag! Website Receives $300 Million in Funding | Known as one of the leading authorities when it comes to canines, Wag! has become a respected website that is accessed by many dog owners and lovers looking for information, advice, and resources. The company works with a range of animal sh... |
| 01.02.2018 | Ex Baltimore Sun Executive Hilary Schneider Appointed CEO of Wag; SoftBank Invests $300M In Wag | Wag!, the country's largest on-demand mobile dog walking and dog care service co-founded by brothers Joshua and Jonathan Viner, today announced a $300 million commitment by the SoftBank Vision Fund. The founders also recruited veteran techn... |
| 01.02.2018 | Softbank invests $300 million in dog-walking start-up Wag | The Japanese conglomerate SoftBank has invested billions in tech companies it believes have the potential to change the world, including the ride-hailing service Uber and the financial tech firm SoFi. Now it’s getting into the dog-walking g... |
| 01.02.2018 | Hilary Schneider Appointed CEO of Wag; SoftBank Invests $300M In Wag | Wag!, the country's largest on-demand mobile dog walking and dog care service co-founded by brothers Joshua and Jonathan Viner, today announced a $300 million commitment by the SoftBank Vision Fund. The founders also recruited veteran techn... |
| 31.01.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, January 31 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
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| 30.01.2018 | Wag! Raises $300M Investment from SoftBank Vision Fund | Hilary Schneider, CEO of Wag!, with her two Black Russian Terriers, Sadie & Zoe (PRNewsfoto/Wag!)
Wag!, an on-demand mobile dog walking and dog care service, raised $300m in funding.
The commitment came from the SoftBank Vision Fund. In... |
| 30.01.2018 | Dog-Walking App Wag Lands $300M from SoftBank, New CEO | - |
| 30.01.2018 | Wag! Announces $300M Investment |
LOS ANGELES, CA, Wag! today announced a $300 million commitment by the SoftBank Vision Fund.
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| 30.01.2018 |
Wag Fetches Massive, $300M Funding Round
| Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking startup Wag has raised an enormous, $300M funding round, the company announced Tuesday morning. Wag said the funding comes from SoftBank Vision Fund. As part of the funding, the company said it has n... |
| 30.01.2018 | On-demand dog walking app Wag raises $300 million from SoftBank Vision Fund | The SoftBank Vision Fund has struck again. This time, it’s investing $300 million in on-demand walking and dog care startup Wag . Wag has also brought on Hilary Schneider, formerly of identity theft protection company LifeLock, to serve as ... |
| 30.01.2018 | Silicon Beach Report Jan. 30: Dog-Walking App Wag Lands $300M from SoftBank, New CEO | - |
| 21.01.2018 | SoftBank's Interest In Dog Walking App Wag Scares Investors | SoftBank’s interest in mobile dog walking app Wag is scaring away other potential investors, The Information reported earlier this week, citing sources familiar with the matter. Founded in 2014, the Los Angeles, California-based startup att... |
| 19.07.2017 | Venture Capitalists Are Going Barking Mad for Pet Startups | When it comes to their pets, American are willing to open their wallets—the pet industry brought in $66.75 billion in the U.S. last year, up more than 10% from 2015, according to the American Pet Association. And venture capitalists have cl... |
| 03.04.2017 | Wag Lands $19M Funding |
LOS ANGELES, CA, Wag raises funding from General Catalyst and Sherpa Ventures.
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| 03.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, April 3 | BIG DEAL
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| 31.03.2017 | On-demand dog walking startup Wag quietly raised funding from General Catalyst and Sherpa Ventures | Earlier this week we wrote about how two big players in the pet-care business, Rover and DogVacay, decided to merge. Well, sources tell us that over the past two years Wag, another player in the dog-walking space, raised two rounds of fundi... |
| 02.11.2016 | There’s a new dog walker in town, but DC’s homegrown service isn’t concerned | There’s a new dog walker in town — Los Angeles-based Wag! (yep, exclamation point and everything) launched in D.C. at the end of September.
The app allows dog owners to book a dog walk on-demand with as little as 30 minutes notice, or sched... |
| 03.10.2016 | Rover raises $40 million Series E for doggy Airbnb | The network of pet sitters and dog walkers has nearly doubled its total venture capital raised
Editor's note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica. Speakers include Mark Cub... |
| 17.08.2016 | There’s a Dog Version of Airbnb, Uber and Pretty Much Every Other Service You Use | You may have heard of Casper, the flashy startup that’s been credited with “waking up” the sleepy mattress industry by selling direct-to-consumer. Casper, as you probably guessed, makes mattresses for humans.
But not just humans. At least, ... |
| 01.03.2016 | The future of on-demand: Where are we going, and are we getting a Lyft? | Ash Rust Contributor
Ash Rust is the CEO and co-founder of SendHub.
If the on-demand economy was a young pup in the late 2000s, then it has since evolved into a much more sophisticated animal: strong, resilient and capable of adapting to it... |
| 04.09.2015 | On-Demand Startups: How To Conquer One City At A Time | Guest author Pablo Orlando is a serial entrepreneur and the cofounder and COO of Gone, an on-demand selling service that helps users rid unwanted items.
New on-demand services are springing up everywhere and changing business in nearly ever... |
| 23.06.2015 | Trustify: an Uber for private investigators | There’s an Uber for alcohol, an Uber for security, an Uber for dog-walkers, and seemingly an Uber for nearly everything. Now, there’s an Uber for private investigators, too.
Launching initially for those in Washington, D.C., Trustify is the... |
| 23.06.2015 | Trustify: an Uber for private investigators | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 11.05.2015 |
Wag! Finds $2.45M For Dog Walking Marketplace
| Los Angeles-based Wag!, the developer of a mobile, on-demand marketplace to find dog walkers, said last week that it has raised $2.45M in a seed funding round. The funding came from Freestyle Capital, Greylock, CrunchFund, Slow Ventures, So... |
| 08.05.2015 | Wag! Raises $2.45M in Seed Round |
LOS ANGELES, CA, First app to provide dog owners with instant access to quality dog walkers, today announced the closing of a $2.45 million seed round.
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| 08.05.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 5/8/15 | Twistlock, DJI, Cybereason, NatureBox, Twilio, AltSchool, Zenefits, Cursive Labs, Robinhood, Banjo
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Twistlock, an enterprise security suite for virtual containers, raised $2.5 million in funding from YL Ventures.
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| 07.05.2015 | Wag! Closes $2.45M Seed Funding Round | Wag!, a Los Angeles, CA-based app that provides dog owners with instant access to quality dog walkers, closed a $2.45m seed round of funding.
The round was led by Freestyle Capital, with participation from Greylock, Crunchfund, Dave Morin’s... |
| 07.05.2015 | On-Demand Dog Walking App Wag! Raises $2.45M in Seed Round | Wag!, an app that provides dog owners with instant access to quality dog walkers, announced today that they've raised a $2.45 million seed round. This funding also coincides with their official launch in San Francisco, CA. The round was led... |
| 07.05.2015 | Wag! raises $2.45M to connect you to a dog walker | The company also announced expansion to its second city, San Francisco, after launching in LA
(Updated with comment from Freestyle Capital)
Dogs are big business, as about $13 billion is currently spent on services like grooming, daycare, w... |
| 05.04.2015 | Wag Launches Its On-Demand Dog Walking App In San Francisco | Wag, a startup that helps connect pet owners and dog walkers with a mobile app, has touched down in San Francisco. The company, formerly only in operation in Los Angeles, recently added the tip of the Bay Area as its second locale.
Wag vets... |
| 25.03.2015 | Wag — сервис для поиска выгульщика для собаки Статьи редакции | Каждый день редакция ЦП выбирает один свежий зарубежный стартап, вызвавший резонанс в профессиональном сообществе, и рассказывает о нём читателям. Сегодня в «Идеях для бизнеса» — сервис Wag, с помощью которого можно заказать разовый выгул д... |
| - | Bambee Raises $30 Million to Give Small Businesses HR Help | Sign up for dot.LA's daily newsletter for the latest news on Southern California's tech, startup and venture capital scene.
Bambee, a Los Angeles-based startup that takes care of human resources for small- and medium-sized businesses, has r... |
| - | My first 6 months of owning a dog in NYC cost me $5,500—here’s a breakdown of my spending | For about six and a half years, everyone I knew asked me: Why don’t you have a dog?
Moving to New York in late 2015 marked the first time in my life, aside from college, that I didn’t have at least one dog around. Apparently, it showed.
My ... |
| - | The ‘easiest way’ to turn your hobby into a side hustle, according to an expert: ‘Whatever hobby, there’s someone who will pay you’ | These days, there are endless ways to do a side hustle. You can write people’s Grand Theft Auto profiles, take over their dating profiles like Tinder and OkCupid, and even get paid to deliver a joke fish. If there’s a task that needs doing,... |
| - | 4 lucrative side hustles for summer 2023—one pays up to $80 per hour | Side hustles continue to grow in popularity, with nearly two-fifths, 39%, of Americans saying they have one, according to a recent Bankrate survey of 2,505 U.S. adults. On average, they’re bringing in $810 extra per month.
If you’re curious... |
| - | How to start a pet-sitting side hustle—you could make as much as $40 per hour | Summer is well on its way and, as such, many Americans are taking trips across the country and world. Nearly half, 45% plan to travel more this summer than they did last, according to a May 2023 survey of 1,000 Americans by marketing firm P... |
| - | How Upfront Ventures’ Kobie Fuller Keeps a ‘Performance Mindset’ | On this episode of LA Venture, Upfront Ventures partner Kobie Fuller talks about his approach to investing, understanding users’ needs and why he tries to keep a ‘neutral’ mindset.
Fuller is also the co-founder and chairman of Valence, a co... |
