Sploot connects, guides, and educates pet parents

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Sploot Connects, Guides, And Educates Pet Parents
Getting a pet comes with changing and adopting a
different lifestyle. Any pet parent would tell
you how drastically their lives have changed
after getting a pet. Along with all the
happiness, these fur babies also bring along a
lot of questions and queries to dog parents,
especially first-time owners. Vets in India can
help only in the medical aspect and there is only
so much self-research can teach you. How do dog
owners tackle queries related to their
pets behavior, exercise patterns or just
simple guidance for the owners? Founded in 2019
by Kaushal and Arnav Sahni, Sploot has built a
community-led platform that helps pet parents
connect with each other. It focuses on educating
the owners about the various needs, tricks, and
hacks of taking care of their pets. Kaushal
said, The problem is not in the intent. They
(pet parents) always want to provide for their
dogs, but they dont have enough support to do
that.
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The pet healthcare focused company uses the
trial-and-error method every pet parent has gone
through to guide other pet parents. The
community led platform focuses on addressing
the everyday basic concerns of a dog
parent. The platform put out content through
multimedia to help educate and assist their
target audience through these queries and
concerns. Along with this Sploot also holds
seminars and sessions with canine
nutritionists and behaviorists in order for
owners to better understand their pets. The
company has additionally introduced a
subscription-based dog food delivery and dog
walking services on its app. What started as
a daily delivery kitchen for dog food has
now expanded to deliver fresh dog food all
over the country. These food packs were made
with the intent of making the process of feeding
your pet dogs a no-brainer. Subscribers have an
option of choosing from 5 different meal
options. As for the dog walking services,
the dog walkers are put through a training
program that lasts a week. They are taught
to handle and deal with dogs of different breeds
and behaviors. They are also taught how to read
dog body language and how to deal with reactive
or aggressive dogs on walks.
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The company has recently added a live location
tracking service that not only lets the owners
know the live location of the pet but also
the distance covered, and the activity done
throughout the walk. This service is
currently available only in Gurgaon with price
ranging around Rs 3000 per month. The aim is to
collect data from these walks and build a
database that would be personalized for each dog
and its owners. Kaushal explained. The Gurgaon
based company recently raised 500K in April 2022
from Info Edge-owned Redstart Labs and has a
valuation of 3.3M post the funding round.
It has about 20,000 monthly active users
on the app. The company has seen an increase in
the number of app downloads from 20,000 in
December 2021 to 100,000 in December 2022. The
Indian pet care market was valued at Rs 74,000
Crore in 2021 and is expected to reach Rs 210,000
Crore by 2032 growing at a CAGR of 19.2.
With a market this large, the company is
focused on expanding its two services and
building a database to provide customized
guidance to its audience.