Kirill Baranov

Building a two-sided managed pet care platform as first-time founders is not an easy task. Looking back, it’s clear that some intuitive decisions brought us to where we are today. After 1.5 years of bootstrapping, we raised $400,000 from a VC fund and an angel syndicate, with follow-on investments totaling $1 million. We now have 30,000 paying customers, 3,000 pet caregivers connected to our platform, and over $5 million in gross revenue since launch. Here’s