Five dedicated team members work on the animalhotels app every day to release updates with improvements on a weekly basis to better connect and match pet owners with sitters.
As a startup, we have been recognised with several awards:
- Software/Application Award at the Executive Summit
- First place in the Startup Pitch Challenge at the Executive Summit
- First place in the Open Mic Pitch at the Carpathian Startup Fest
- Golden Ticket at the Investor Academy
- Best Startup in the “Digital Transformation and Organisation Management” category at Network IQ Alliance
- Eight awards in the Startups powered by Invest in Lodz competition
We are hopeful that we are creating a new trend that benefits both pet owners and sitters.
Our media mentions:
- Radio Eska
- Radio Lodz
- Startup Voice
- My Company Polska
- MamBiznes
- TuLodz
- Regional TVP
- Tygrysy Biznesu
- Biznes Info
- Rynek Inwestycji
The animalhotels application stands out globally in the way pet owners can find sitters
Simply enter an address, specify the type of pet care you need and provide the required dates. The app, similar to Uber, sends requests to nearby sitters. The sitters browse through pets on a Tinder-like interface and select the pet they feel comfortable taking into their care, ensuring the timing suits them as well. Similarly, pet owners choose sitters based on their ratings, reviews from other users, descriptions and photos.
Currently, the app has 50,000 registered users, including 12,000 sitters. The app is available in Poland and, from August 2024, in the United Kingdom.
We strive to make a positive impact on our community:
- During the first days of the war in Ukraine, we created a non-profit application PomocniLudzie.pl in just 4 days, which connected volunteers with Ukrainians in need of help for an entire year
- We have provided support to three animal shelters
- We donated one of our competition prizes (an open space office) to the Working Dogs Foundation with the consent of the prize sponsor - CIITT of the Medical University in Lodz
- We mentor students in the EkSoc StartUp programme
- We eagerly accept invitations from universities to give lectures or workshops for students and share our experiences
We invest the founder's savings and investors' funds in further development and promotion of the application. New investors are joining us and becoming shareholders in exchange for development capital. We also collaborate with partners who support us in specialised areas.
Thank you for supporting the development of animalhotels
We are very grateful that more and more users want to co-create the application with us, writing to suggest new features or ideas to promote our app. We also thank every user who books services and pays through the app, as this supports us and ensures that the app continues to exist and evolve.
