January 5×5 Night at Start Garden
Voting Closes:
January 20, 2025 11:59 pm
Impact
Over the last few year, pet ownership has increased tremendously. It has outpaced an already strained veterinary industry. With few vets and a shortage of staff it has gotten more difficult to see a vet for routine care. Additionally, the cost of pet healthcare has been on the rise as well. The US is already spending over $40 Billion a year on routine/wellness care. According to a recent study from University of Tennessee, nearly 1/3 of Americans can't afford veterinary care.
With Vetr, pet parents can expect to pay 40% less for routine services. With our at-home and televet services, pet parents can get the care they need from home; no waiting, no car rides, no stress!
What I'll do with $5,000
We currently have our lab operational, as well as the capabilities to provide care in pet owners homes. We would use the money to scale the our operation from 50 beta users to the greater grand rapids area.
$3k - Lab consumables (e.g., test tubes, slides, coverslips, pipettes, gloves)
$2k - Social media ads and email campaigns after we launch our beta group
$3k - Tech infrastructure and advanced features (e.g., web and app hosting, 3rd party api, analytics).
$2k - Vaccines, reagents and Veterinary consumables for at home visits.