VetPronto
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
VetPronto was an on-demand veterinary house-call service for dogs and cats, described as an 'Uber for vets.' Founded in Seattle in 2014 by Joe Waltman and backed by Y Combinator (Winter 2015), it let pet owners order veterinary visits through a mobile app — vets came to the home, charged around $129 for a traditional exam, and offered vaccines and health tests. The service expanded to San Francisco, Dallas and other cities.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
VetPronto was founded in Seattle in 2014 as an on-demand pet health service, with a team of five veterinarians serving 'several dozen' customers per week.
- Expansion and funding
The Y Combinator Winter 2015 company launched house-call services in San Francisco and expanded to other cities, raising seed rounds in 2014–2016 including $365,000 led by James Sowers in September 2016.
- Acquired by Vetted
Vetted, a competing on-demand pet services company, acquired VetPronto in November 2017, continuing the consolidation of on-demand pet-care startups.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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