Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Dog Parker
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker
Updated at: 2026-06-02T05:00:10Z

Tagline: Opening Up the City to You and Your Dog
Elevator pitch: We're on a mission to make more places dog friendly destinations. We put hi-tech dog houses outside of stores that don't allow dogs inside. This allows dog owners to safely navigate the city with their pups. Instead of leaving dogs at home all day, or worse, exposed to danger in the car or tied up on the sidewalk, dog guardians can access our lockable, temperature controlled, camera-monitored houses by-the-minute. With Dog Parker, the city is now as safe and accessible as your backyard.
Description: Dog Parker provides smart dog houses outside of storefronts, so your dog has a safe and comfortable place to stay while you're inside

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 121175 | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 229 | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 121175 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:00:10Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:00:10Z
- Total investors: 229 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:00:10Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:00:10Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 121175
- total_investors: 229
- team_size: 3
- featured_investor_count: 0
- faq_count: 5
- recent_post_count: 0

Quick facts:
- Our Dog Parkers have logged 41,000 operational minutes across 2,670 sessions since January 2017 | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-fact-1
- Raised more than $2 million to date. | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-fact-2
- 730 members growing at a monthly rate of 30% with 65% repeat customer rate | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-fact-3
- Expanded a fully operational, city-based network with paying customers on both sides of our market. | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-fact-4
- Backed by a major dog organization, leading consumer-focused VCs, and other pet tech and smart city entrepreneurs. | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-fact-5
- Completed the design for manufacturing process and a fully built technology system including fleet management software and a new mobile app | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-fact-6
- Accepted to the prestigious Entrepreneur's Roundtable Tech Accelerator in New York City. | citation: https://wefunder.com/dog.parker#claim-fact-7

FAQ:
- Q: What is the biggest obstacle that you will need to overcome in the short term? What is the exit stratigy long term? How you do you anticipate winter effecting your use rates in cold-weather climates? As a non-pet owner myself I'm unsure if bad weather would increase or decreas...
  A: Hi Andrew, thanks for your questions. 1. Short term focus: We've been successful proving out our manufacturing and operational assumptions (costs of providing the service), successful acquiring paying storefronts and paying dog owners, so the third piece of our business model that we have yet to activate is the advertising/sponsorship side -- that's where we need to focus our energy short term. Acquiring city-based or regional sponsors will allow us to scale into new markets quickly. 2. Exit ...
- Q: An explanation of your high valuation (9mm pre-money) relative to your early stage would be most appreciated.
  A: Hi Barnaby, thanks for your question. The terms for this investment in the Wefunder opportunity match the investment terms that all of our professional investors have agreed to in our parallel offering outside of the platform. The reason the VCs who have funded us to-date have agreed to these terms is because of the technology IP we hold, the fast progress we've made in building the hardware technology and launching our first city, and because of the team (having an exited smart cities entrep...
- Q: Hi Chelsea and Team, I have a few questions. How many of your 45 houses that you have installed to date have 60 minutes/day of usage? Or have $400/month advertising on them? That's the number you use in your pitch deck. Also, how do you respond to this https://twitter.com/cris...
  A: Hi Joe, glad you could join us on the platform! I remember getting your enthusiastic email about what we're building--DC is high on our list of places to expand to in 2018! The 60 minute a day target is being met at our top 5 locations, all of which are grocery stores. We are 1/3 (20 min) or 1/2 (30 min) of the way there at other locations. We don't anticipate getting to an average of 60 minutes/day/house across the network until summer 2018 when we're further along, have a much higher networ...
- Q: Have you guys considered marketing for dog safety in atates where it gets extremely hot? I have seen on the local news a lot of people that get fined and have even known someone get arrested for leaving their dogs inside a car on a hit summer day and I maybe marketing in state...
  A: Hi Jorge, thanks for the question! Yes. We've received a lot of interest in offering our service in cities and locations where it's warmer because it's even more dangerous to leave your dog in the car, even for a short while. Thanks for the suggestion!
- Q: Wouldn't the dogs get bored and claustrophobic inside? Is the value proposition safety?
  A: Hi Paul, thanks for the question. Every dog has their own personality and preferences, but generally speaking dogs are den animals and feel comfortable in den-like (doghouse-like) environments, and they can be acclimated to new environments very quickly with training. The houses have been built to comfortably fit dogs up to 100 lbs (around the size of a male German Shepherd). The average trip in NYC at the moment is only 15 minutes, so they're not likely to get bored -- lots of good people wa...