greg gottesman aaron easterly philip kimmey headquarters seattle washington united states area served united states key people aaron easterly ceo brent turner coo scott porad cto jason kreitzer vp product management & marketplace teresa kotwis cfo website http www.rover.com rover.com is a seattle based company selling pet services including in home dog boarding and pet sitting . 2 rover.com leverages the sharing economy to serve customers throughout the united states connecting dog owners with approved dog sitters providing an alternative to kennels 3 or friends and family . 2 rover.com was formally incorporated under the name a place for rover inc. 3 the company has been featured in national and local media including the wall street journal 4 the new york times 5 real simple 6 today.com 2 the seattle times 3 and geekwire.com . 7 on june 21 2014 ceo aaron easterly was named an ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award winner for the pacific northwest region in the emerging companies category . 8 contents 1 history 2 funding 3 concept 4 references 5 external links history edit the concept for rover.com was the first place winner in the seattle startup weekend contest in june 2011 . 1 greg gottesman was among the team of software developers and designers who proposed the idea of an online matchmaking service connecting pet owners in need of pet care with individuals who might want to take care of a canine companion for a few days . 3 gottesman who is a managing director at madrona venture group a seattle venture capital firm shared the idea with aaron easterly a 15 year tech veteran with a focus on online marketplaces . aaron became ceo and greg became a board member . 1 the company first began connecting sitters in seattle washington and portland oregon then expanded to all 50 states in 2012 . 3 funding edit rover.com s first round of investment funding was secured in april 2012 led by madrona venture group . 1 additional capital was secured in february 2013 from the foundry group . 1 in july 2013 petco announced an investment in rover and a business partnership for cross promotion with petco s stores and website . 4 in march 2014 it was announced that rover.com had raised an additional 12 million in funding led by menlo ventures with madrona venture group the foundry group and petco . 3 one year later in march 2015 it was announced that rover.com raised a 25 million funding round led by technology crossover ventures . 9 concept edit the concept of rover.com is to help dog owners search for and find a reviewed local dog sitter . 3 dog owners and dog sitters sign up for free on the website . 2 the company screens potential sitters . 3 insurance is also provided . 2 references edit a b c d e cook john 12 june 2011 . an airbnb for your pet a place for rover wins best in show at startup weekend . geekwire . retrieved 12 june 2011 . a b c d e coffey laura t. 23 january 2014 . these folks let their careers go to the dogs on purpose . today.com . retrieved 23 january 2014 . a b c d e f g h radnovich connor 10 july 2012 . dog owners go online to find alternatives to kennels . seattle times . retrieved 10 july 2012 . a b basich doran 12 march 2014 . the daily startup rover.com fetches 12 million led by menlo ventures . wall street journal . retrieved 12 march 2014 . wingfield nick 9 april 2012 . finding a sitter for your dog via the web . new york times . retrieved 9 april 2012 . stein christensen rachel 9 november 2013 . an easy way to find a good pet sitter . real simple . retrieved 9 november 2013 . cook john 12 march 2014 . rover.com fetches 12m plans to expand dog sitting marketplace . geekwire.com . retrieved 12 march 2014 . monk becky 23 june 2014 . rover redfin and zulily ceos among ernst & young s entrepreneur of the year winners . puget sound business journal . retrieved 23 june 2014 . sopher taylor 19 march 2015 . rover raises 25m for dog sitting marketplace will expand to more cities . geekwire . retrieved 19 march 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rover.com & oldid 737201382 categories companies based in seattlecompanies established in 2011dog related professions and professionalshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 09 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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