Five dedicated team members work on the animalhotels app daily, releasing updates with improvements on a weekly basis to better connect and match pet owners with petsitters.
As a startup, we have been recognized 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 Organization 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 petsitters.
Media mentions include:
- 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 petsitters.
Simply enter an address, specify the type of pet care needed, and the required dates. The app, similar to Uber, sends requests to nearby petsitters. Petsitters browse through pets on a Tinder-like interface and select the pet they feel comfortable caring for, ensuring the timing suits them as well. Similarly, pet owners choose petsitters based on their ratings in the app, reviews from other users, descriptions, and photos in the profiles.
Currently, the app has 50,000 registered users, including 12,000 petsitters. 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 the PomocniLudzie.pl non-profit application in just 4 days and nights, which connected volunteers with Ukrainians in need of help for an entire year
- We have supported animal shelters three times
- 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
- We mentor students in the EkSoc StartUp program.
- We eagerly accept invitations from universities to give lectures or workshops for students, sharing our experiences
We invest the founder's savings and funds from initial investors in further development and promotion of the application. New investors are joining us, becoming shareholders in exchange for capital for development. Additionally, we collaborate with partners who support us in specialized areas.
Thank you for supporting the development of animalhotels
More and more of our users want to co-create the application with us, writing to suggest new features or ideas to help spread the word about the app, for which we are very grateful. We also thank every user who books and pays through the app, as this supports us and ensures that the app continues to exist and evolve.
