Guess the latest startup ideas that our fellow Indians are coming up with?  Startups for pets!

I know, so cool, right?

Finally, some pet lovers cum entrepreneurs will care for your pet more than you do.

Here are some of the pet startups in India:

1. EDEM.3DEM

EDEM.3DEM is a 3D modeling and printing services company which started out with key chains, magnets, and photo frames. But their most important product is customized dog collar tags in different designs, custom sizes and includes the number of the parent and the name of the dog.

“The parents are always happy seeing their dogs in big sized and custom designed, colorful tags on their dogs. “, said the founder Sai SandeshMakam

2. Vivaldis Health Care Products for pets

Vivaldis Health and Foods Pvt. Ltd. is a healthcare products company that manufactures and markets novel medicines for chronic disease management such as obesity, cancer, arthritis, and nutrition management for pets. Founded in early 2015 by OP Singh and Kunal Khanna, a London Business School graduate, Vivaldis operates in 25 cities across India and its products are available across leading veterinarians and pet shops across the country.

3. The Pet Photographer

Love taking pictures of your pet wagging his tail or asking for more food with that irresistible wide-eyed look?

Pet Photographer captures those fun moments with your pets, be it indoors or outdoors.  “From action shots to photos of your pets with their personalities highlighted in a way you never thought would be caught on camera.”, said the founder and pet photographer, Aakanksha Tavag.

4. Time For Pet

Timeforpet.com aims to serve as a one-stop destination for all your pet needs. It allows you to post free advertisements through which you can put up your pets for adoption or adopt a pet. There are various kinds of pet products and accessories up for sale ranging from pet food to chew toys. The site also provides with doctor’s advice, which means you will have assistance from a vet in case your pet has a medical emergency.  The website also houses a list of reputed veterinary clinics all over Bangalore.

5. Collarfolk

Hate to leave their pets behind when going on a vacation and would love for them to come along? Collarfolk is the new one-stop service provider to ensure just that. They help people plan pet-friendly vacations with their ever-growing list of pet-friendly hotels, resorts, and homestays across India. “And yes, we even help you get a pet-friendly taxi for the trip. Happy Holidays!”, the founder Rukmini Vaish mentioned.

6. Heads Up For Tails

“Heads up for tails is a celebration of these amazing animals who give so much and ask for so little!” said the proud founders. Their luxury products range from customized dog beds, chic collars, and leashes, fashionable dog apparel, to a range of accessories for pets and pet lovers. The idea of Heads Up For Tails was born out of an innate and deep understanding of dogs and their likes and dislikes. “Our venture is a means of using our expertise and passion for curating and retailing the finest products and accessories for doggie parents and their wards.”

7. Doggie Dabbas

 “Starting from our little backyard, Doggie Dabbas came to light with the sole passion for providing healthy, home cooked, cutomized meals for ‘man’s best friend.”

“Our protein rich food is vacuum packed with the latest technology and hand delivered to your doorstep,” said the founders.

8. Waggle

Waggle is an online community of dog lovers, where traveling pet parents can find safe and loving dog lovers homes.  “Our core principle at Waggle is to help find safe and loving homes for dogs where they get care and an environment just like their homes. Hence, we are completely reliant on hosts as this is the only way we can ensure the quality of the service that we provide. We do not own any boarding homes, but we do host dogs in our home frequently,” said the founder duo of Sameera Abraham and Arjun Mathai.

9. DogseeChew

Founder Bhupendra Khanal, who headed an analytics firm for seven years, quit to get into the food industry and ended up started DogSeeChew –  organic foods for dogs. “It is a highly nutritious high quality snacking option for your dogs. The products are sourced from the best of manufacturers & suppliers of the Himalayan range – Nepal & Darjeeling.” Khanal says.

10. Dogsitter

Dogsitter is an online platform for pet owners to pet- sitters when they’re away and for pet-lovers to find a pet to sit!  The website acts as a perfect aggregator for both pet-sitters and owners in an easy user friendly interface.

11. Dogspot

DogSpot aspires to solve problems in the dog world, by aggregating and organizing information, bridging gaps and hence bringing the community closer.  The website helps events to get more participants, footfalls and make premium content available to dog lovers free of cost. Apart from information on all things 4-legged and furry, DogSpot.in also sells pet accessories on the platform in affiliation with various partners.

12. PetDom

Petdom is a pet adoption platform on a mission to find the right deserving home for all pets in India. With the help of technology, Petdom aims to aggregate and facilitate the adoption of thousands of dogs from Animal Shelters, NGOS, Animal Care Centres. Even current pet parents who are looking to re-home their loved pet can use Petdom to find deserving families and individuals. They have a verification process and a binding agreement which the pet adopter has to sign. “We have collaborated with PFA (People’s for animal) Menaka’s Gandhi organization, and she is supporting us for the cause. We have 600 shelters on board and will soon have 10000+ dogs listed on the portal,”  the founders AbhinavTyagi and Udit Agarwal.

13. Bark N Bond

A list of pet startups is incomplete without including Bark N Bond, a dog training and learning service by PranitaBalar, who quit her well-paying job to follow her love for animals and turned it into a profession. Bark n Bond also provides dogs on demand to bring some doggy cheer to offices.

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