Your ticket to a larger profile and funding from the pet eco-system
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Source investment
- Submit your application for Best in Show, for your chance to pitch onstage to our audience and investors
- Grab one of the exclusive places at the Innovators and investors day, giving you access to 50+ investors for focused matchmaking and insight into the current investment landscape
- 10+ hours of networking built into your agenda for pre-scheduled meetings with investors
- Access the online networking tool from two weeks before Pet Connect to identify the investors most suited to your funding stage
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Prepare to scale and exit
- Connect with retail and distribution partners to identify scaling opportunities
- Learn from successful exits with the Rover - Blackstone case study, sharing insights on the deal
- Join the masterclass in identifying strategic alliances, to learn how to pick the right partners that will help you scale your company
- Hear case studies from 4 successful strategic partnerships across the pet ecosystem, to learn the benefits of the right partners, plus how to overcome common challenges
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Build your 2025 strategy
- Focus in on the changing consumer behaviors and purchasing patterns to better help you design your business model
- Hear how AI innovations could increase efficiencies in your supply chain, and better integrate your product into pet parents' lives
New for 2024: Innovation & Investment Day
Exclusively for Start-ups and Investors, our investment pre-day is designed to faciliate premium matchmaking.
Join 50+ investment firms across angel, venture capital and private equity who will outline what they’re looking for, their remit to invest, and are committed to a day of meetings with relevant companies.
Lots of events say they do ‘matchmaking’, we’re the experts at it! Let the reverse pitch, BEGIN!**
*Must meet pre-qualifications to access this day
**CEOs and Founders only, must be registered to the event to qualify and one represenative per company
Do you have a product you want to showcase?
Highlighting innovation across the petcare space is at the core of this event. The Best in Show Spotlight will be hosted across the two days allowing more start-ups than ever to present their offerings to our audience of strategic and financial investors.
The finalist pet brands will be handpicked by the prestigious selection committee to present their products or services on stage for 3 minutes on the main stage in a quick-fire round of presentations followed by a Q&A with the selection committee.
By applying for the Best in Show Spotlight, you are confirming that you are available on 3-5 December in LA. There is no fee to apply. If selected as a finalist, you will be required to register.
Applicants
- Your application reviewed by our Selection Committee of leading industry investors
- $100 off your delegate ticket for Pet Connect USA
- Access to our pre-event Innovation Day for Start-ups and Investors
Finalists
- Pitch on the mainstage to our audience of 500+ senior executives in the petcare industry and our prestigious judging panel
- $100 off your delegate ticket for Pet Connect USA
- Dedicated social post to the Pet Connect Linkedin Network
- Access to our pre-event evening drinks reception with investors for registered applicants
- Content insertion into Pet Connect Industry Newsletter
- 1 Week priority access to the networking app
Winners
- Post-event interview created with the Pet Connect team and distributed to our network of 30,000 industry leaders
- Free pass to attend a future Pet Connect Series event
- Take home our Best in Show Spotlight trophy!