Tyler Lockett has run plenty of routes in his 10-season career as a Seattle Seahawks wide receiver. Now he wants to just take a walk — and he’ll do it with… Read More
Rover has gotten its paws on another pet-sitting marketplace. The Seattle-based pet-care company announced the acquisition Thursday of Cat in a Flat, a cat-sitting community for friends of felines that… Read More
Offleash’d is making a run — at more funding and improved features — to attract more users to the app that connects pet friendly people over shared interests. Offleash’d has raised… Read More
Amazon, the pet friendly tech giant where employees get to bring their dogs to work, scored high among Super Bowl advertisers with an ad about a dog that’s left at… Read More
A group of managers, investors, employees — and of course, dogs — from Seattle-based pet care giant Rover descended on Times Square earlier this month to ring the opening bell at… Read More
Another day, another SPAC. Today, we’ve learned that Seattle online pet sitting marketplace Rover plans to join the public ranks via a merger with True Wind Capital’s SPAC that values… Read More
Plenty of technological advances may be regarded as the cat’s meow. Here’s one that claims to actually understand what cats are saying. Javier Sanchez, a technical program manager at Bellevue,… Read More
Instead of swiping right, a new dating app asks lonely hearts to “push the paw” to find a potential match. Charmr, a Bellevue-Wash.-based startup, hopes to make friend- and love-connections… Read More
After adopting his first dog last year, Patrick Opie was struggling with figuring out what Orin, his mini Australian shepherd, needed and when. The struggle went beyond coping with normal… Read More
Rover’s new headquarters has already gone to the dogs — and about 375 people, as the pet-sitting startup has just taken over five floors of the 8th + Olive building… Read More
Plenty of people have a pet project that they are drawn to or consider themselves particularly good at. As the leader of the data science department at Trupanion in Seattle, David… Read More
Seattle can be rough when it comes to dating, we’ve heard. How ruff the city is clearly led to the creation of yet another dating app directed at the city’s… Read More
When Jon Snow inevitably abandons his direwolf Ghost again, in purely-for-the-imagination future episodes of “Game of Thrones,” at least he’ll have a Rover-qualified pet sitter to look after him. (Watch… Read More
Rover, the Seattle startup that built a thriving international business around dog sitting and walking, is barking up a new revenue tree. The company announced Thursday that it is officially… Read More
Seattle has gone to the dogs. Two Seattle-area tech companies — Rover, the network of dog walkers and pet sitters, and Redfin, the real estate brokerage — teamed up to… Read More
Like any self-respecting Seattle workplace, especially those tied to tech these days, GeekWire is a dog friendly environment. Like any good dog, Scout was the best dog. Two years ago,… Read More
Pet owners are spending more and more on their furry friends. But will they pay for high-tech tools that supposedly make their dogs smarter? That’s the premise of PupPod, a Seattle… Read More
Christmas came early for the folks at Tomofun. The Bellevue, Wash.-based startup and maker of Furbo, a popular AI-powered dog camera and feeding device, saw sales soar after its product… Read More
While some 50,000 Amazon humans could someday populate the company’s planned second headquarters, HQ2 will also be home to thousands of dogs — if HQ1 in Seattle is any indication.… Read More
News Brief: Gresham, Ore.-based Vetsource has raised a $50 million investment from Bain Capital. Founded in 2005, the company provides technology services to veterinarians, from home delivery of prescriptions to… Read More
When Rover started seven years ago, many in the startup community snickered. There was no real business model, they said. A marketplace that matched dog owners with caretakers wouldn’t work, they… Read More
When David Adams moved back to Seattle, he settled in an apartment on the seventh floor of a building in the city’s Belltown neighborhood. On Tuesday, Adams and his dog… Read More
Rover, the network for pet sitters and dog walkers, is all about finding the perfect match between humans and animals. A new ad campaign for the Seattle-based startup showcases that… Read More
Update, Monday, 6:30 p.m. PT: This story has been updated throughout with comments from a Rover representative. A Los Angeles woman has filed a lawsuit against Seattle-based Rover, claiming that… Read More
Entrepreneur Victor Chang is going to let you in on the secret of how to rocket to Amazon’s top sellers list and land a promotional interview on a popular TV… Read More
Millennials are willing to adjust where they live, who they date and what tattoo they get all it the name of a beloved pet, according to a new survey from… Read More
Pet owners are very invested in their animal companions, and now more than ever they are turning to technology to help them manage their interspecies families. If Seattle startup Rover… Read More
Pet sitters in New York City who use the popular app from Seattle-based Rover.com are apparently breaking the law and could face a hefty fine, according to a report in… Read More
Even in the high-tech world of startups built around the ease of the internet, sometimes you just have to catch potential users and consumers away from their screens. Rover.com, the… Read More
Rover is growing up fast and learning some new tricks along the way. The Seattle startup is rolling out its first national ad campaign today to promote its dog walking and… Read More
