![]() ![]() ![]() If you selected multiple services, you'll only be prompted to fill out these details for one service to qualify for profile approval. This section is where you'll set rates, your availability, and pet preferences. Complete each of the following sections:.Choose one or more services you'd like to provide, then select Save & Continue.Go to and select Become a sitter, then scroll down the page to select Get started.You can also complete each of the steps in any order. CNN Sans ™ & © 2016 Cable News Network.If you're interested in becoming a pet sitter or dog walker, you can sign up anytime and fill out the different sections at your own pace. Market holidays and trading hours provided by Copp Clark Limited. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices Copyright S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates. Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account Wag currently operates in 4,600 cities across the United States and still plans to expand abroad. The value of the deal is also more than Wag raised in total from investors: $324 million, according to the company. In a press release Thursday, Smallwood called the news of the merger and expected public listing “a significant milestone for our journey to build the leading premium wellness and services platform for pets” and said the funds raised will help “further fuel our growth.” Rover’s stock has suffered on Wall Street since then.Īccording to data from Bloomberg Second Measure, Rover’s foothold on the market remains strong: Rover earned 93% of the US consumer sales compared to Wag’s 7% in December 2021. Petco, which no longer has a relationship with Wag, announced this week a partnership with Rover, which went public last summer through a SPAC valued at $1.63 billion at the time. She called him “the right leader to advance the company’s business priorities.” Schneider said in a press release at the time that it was Smallwood who led what was then a new partnership between Wag and Petco, which was an early investor in Rover. Rover promises a network of 'trusted sitters and dog walkers.' That wasn't enough to save these pets Courtesy Elizabeth Snell, Sabrina Thebold, Sophia DuVall, Joy Collier, Annette Leturia Left to right: Dogs Tony, Migo, Zorro, Nellie, Charley, and Togo. Garrett Smallwood, who previously served as VP of product, partnerships, and corporate development at the startup, took over the top spot. Two weeks prior to the SoftBank pullout, Schneider departed the company. Former employees told CNN Business that its then-CEO Hilary Schneider, a veteran tech executive who was tapped as CEO around the time of the SoftBank investment, had yet to get a handle on fundamental issues facing the business, including pet safety, customer service, and growth.īy December 2019, SoftBank abandoned the startup, selling its stake and exiting the board. Nearly two years later, SoftBank gave up on its investment but not without a series of missteps by Wag first.Īs CNN Business reported in September 2019, Wag went through multiple rounds of layoffs, endured management changes, and failed to get its anticipated global expansion off the ground. The company struggled to keep up with its rival, Rover. SoftBank poured $300 million into Wag in 2018, becoming its biggest backer, but things didn’t go as planned. The company scaled to 100 cities, attracted celebrity endorsements and, eventually, caught the eye of SoftBank’s Vision Fund, an investment fund known for cutting unusually large checks in startups to fuel their growth. ![]() Wag, which launched in 2015, followed a similar playbook to Uber by connecting pet owners to a network of pet sitters and dog walkers who are treated as independent contractors. Dog-walking startup Wag raised $300 million to unleash growth. ![]()
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