India’s Pet Startup Ecosystem: Companies That Raised Funds in 2025

India's pet care market is caught in a steep growth period. In 2025, many startups in food, grooming, veterinary care, and pet technology raised new capital. Investors are placing their bets on growing numbers of pet parents and how much they spend on quality care. Following is a detailed list of companies that raised capital in 2025, divided into service companies and product companies.

Service Companies

BhaoBhao

Type: Service – Home pet grooming

• Funding: US $200,000
• Round: Angel (seed round)
• Location: Mumbai

BhaoBhao is a service startup that focuses on grooming, co-founded by Aditi Sanganeria and Anshika Maheshwari in 2025. It provides door-to-door grooming for dogs and cats, with sanitised equipment carried by trained staff. The company had over 3,000 clients in Mumbai and a repeat booking rate of 95% within months of its launch.

The $200k angel round shall go towards team expansion and operational scaling. The founders want to raise the bigger $4–5 million round by the end of 2025 to scale to Bengaluru, Delhi, and Pune.

Vetic 

Type: Service – Veterinary healthcare

• Funding: US $26 million
• Round: Growth-stage funding (presumably Series A+)
• Location: Gurgaon

Vetic has positioned itself as a full-stack veterinary care provider. It runs state-of-the-art vet clinics with trained physicians, diagnostic labs, and tech-enabled appointment booking. In 2025, it raised a $26 million funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.

The company aims to enter Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities, bringing advanced pet healthcare closer. With this funding, Vetic is set to standardize vet services, which have been fragmented long enough in India.

Product Companies

Goofy Tails 

• Type: Product – Pet food and accessories
• Funding: US $1 million
• Round: Early-stage round, headed by Wipro Consumer Care Ventures
• Location: New Delhi

Goofy Tails is a direct-to-consumer pet food company dealing with healthy treats and meals. With its recent $1 million fund, the startup aims to scale distribution, grow its product category, and deepen its digital presence.

The support of Wipro Consumer Care provides Goofy Tails a solid advantage in retail and supply chain distribution, enabling it to access a larger population of pet parents.

Drools

• Type: Product – Pet food
• Funding/Valuation: Joined unicorn club with US $1 billion valuation
• Round: Strategic minority investment by Nestlé
• Location: Bengaluru

Drools, India's biggest pet food brand, became a unicorn company in 2025 when Nestlé acquired a minority stake. Though the size of the deal was not revealed, the investment valued Drools at $1 billion.

The company is still operationally autonomous but now gets the advantage of Nestlé's experience of scaling up global food businesses. This is a significant milestone for India's pet food industry, demonstrating that it has achieved levels of maturity on par with international standards.

Funding Snapshot: 2025 Pet Startups in India

What These Investments Imply for India's Pet Care Market

India's pet care market is worth approximately US $3.5 billion, and it is expected to increase by double digits in the years to come. With growth in disposable incomes and higher rates of pet adoption, startups are discovering newer ways to target this market.

• Service Scaling: Brands like BhaoBhao and Vetic are demonstrating that grooming and healthcare are being standardized and scaled similar to other service sectors.
• Product Innovation: Concepts like Goofy Tails and Drools demonstrate that pet food is not a niche category anymore; it can have global players and large consumer investors interested in it.
• Tech Integration: Companies such as Happy Pet Tech are introducing SaaS into the pet universe, making it easier for service providers to organize their businesses.

Investors are also expressing faith in related companies like Supertails, which is said to be negotiating a raise of $24–25 million, indicating that the momentum in fundraising is not waning.