HEALTHY PETS RAISES $500,000 FOR VETERINARY TELEMEDICINE SERVICE
Toronto-based Healthy Pets has launched with $500,000 in seed funding from Arlene Dickinson’s District Ventures Capital. Dickinson will also be joining Healthy Pets as a board member. Healthy Pets founder Emma Harris pitched the company on an episode of Dragons’ Den, where she accepted a $125,000 offer from Dickinson. However, she ended up settling at $500,000. “I was extremely impressed with Emma’s idea and her passion in the Den. Her entrepreneurial spirit is infectious,” said Dickinson. “Healthy Pets’ innovative approach to pet care and the growing pet services industry in Canada made it an ideal business for my fund, District Ventures Capital, to invest in and partner with. We are very much looking forward to seeing the growth of this business and to work closely with Emma.” Healthy Pets — a telemedicine service that connects pet owners to certified veterinarians — will use the funding to scale its operations and expand its network of veterinarians a...