# Findpet

🔍 The smart pet registry with advanced biometric pet identification tools

## Elevator pitch
Findpet uses Computer Vision (CV) with Machine Learning (ML) to identify pets and make lost pet recovery an automated hassle-free process. Upload a photo of your pet to identify it and automatically search across local shelters, inbound pets at vets (coming later) and in our database of lost and found pets in the country. No need to call or go to a busy shelter saving time, money and pet lives.

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- Last updated: 2026-06-11T23:52:49Z
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## Quick facts
- Thousands registered users and many more using service without registration
- 🏆 Graduated pre-accelerators: Conscious Venture Lab (MD) - W2021, Startup Boost South Florida - S2021
- Huge fragmented market using outdated technologies: 10 million cats and dogs are lost every year📈
- 😿 Less 22% of 🐕and 2% of 🐈 entering shelters are reunited due to their lack of identification
- ✅ Fully developed website and mobile apps launched at the beginning of Q2 2020
- 🏠In-house built and trained Machine Learning (ML) model to identify and search 🐈 and 🐕 by photo📸
- Team of serial entrepreneurs working together for more than 6 years 🤝
- Nose print identification technology for 🐕 to identify dogs and prove ownership

## Active fundraises
- wefunder:fundraise:47205: 4(a)(6) open (USD)

## Story
Revolutionizing the way pets are identified and reunited.Dan and Alex have lost several pets during our lifetimes and we know how devastating it is, especially if you are a kid. This is one of the reasons why we made Findpet.10 million cats and dogs are lost every year in the U.S.1 out of 3 pets become lost at some point in their lifetimeMillions of lost pets end up in shelters where only a fraction are reunited with their owners, due to their lack of identification.With Findpet reuniting with your pet is as easy as just uploading your pet to our service. It will get identified by our Machine Learning (ML) algorithm and automatically searched across all local shelters, vets and in our database of lost and found pets.We are also building a community of pet lovers helping each other to reunite lost pets.We have thousands of registered users growing 6% month-on-month, but we want to grow faster and need additional funding to accelerate business and product development.We are at the early stage and currently figuring out our revenue model. We are now focussing on rewards processing but in the future see additional revenue coming from sponsorship, advertising and premium services with monthly subscriptions like the automatic search of lost pets in local shelters.We want every pet in the US to be registered at Findpet, and eventually every pet on the planet.The pet care market is booming, reaching $103Bln in 2020 with an expected 5.2% CAGR by 2025. 64% of US households own a pet, with about 90M dogs and 94M cats.We are a team of serial entrepreneurs working together for more than 6 years. We are currently a team of 3, but we would like to expand to accelerate our growth and product development.In the next 12 months, we are excited to add more users, shelters and vets.Our purpose it to save pet lives, but it happens that we could also save time that is money.We encourage you to download the apps, register your pet and tell everyone you know about Findpet.We also ask you for introductions to key stakeholders in the industry like shelters, vets, pet care brands, media, petfluencers and everyone you think who may help us on our mission to return every lost pet back home.Download the apps (tap or scan the QR code)Visit our website: www.findpet.com

## FAQ
1. **This is something the world needs ❤️ How are you hacking distribution? Seems like pet owners would voluntarily help spread this in their local communities free or charge, out of neighborly love.**
   - Yes, you are right. We expect pet lovers will spread the word in their communities because they care about pets. This is why we’ll put emphasis on building and nurturing local pet lover communities. We’ll go city by city and state by state. Another major focus for us is on building partnerships with shelters, vets, pet care brands and businesses giving them a new tools to engage with their customers. And, of course, Search Engine Optimization and Content Marketing - great thing is that pet re...
2. **How is this different from the chip you can put in an animal body**
   - Hi Deborah, Great question! Glad you asked it. Unfortunately, microchip is not a perfect technology even if implemented well (not the case for the US). We thought of ways to describe the current state of the microchip industry by could not do it better than Dr. Patty Khuly, a practising veterinarian, in her article here: http://www.drpattykhuly.com/columns-and-posts/2015/9/13/vkdw0uu0iz7rven3t088452qgho9q8 Apart from being an invasive solution that may cause some unpleasant consequences, ther...
3. **Hi Dan, could you please explain this perk: “Free 1 year for a future premium plan for 2 pets” Thank you.**
   - Hi Karen, We foresee a bunch of premium service that would save time to pet parents of lost pets or add additional protection to their furbabies. Once the plans are implemented, than these, who qualify for Free 1 year or lifetime premium plans will be sent promo codes or got them manually activated by our support team. By the way, check our reward copayment perk too - we want to show our gratitude to these who believe in us and decided to invest helping us on our mission to return every lost ...

## Team
- Dan Krashakov (Founder, CEO)
- Alex Tikhonov (Co-Founder, CTO)
- Hideto Nishitani (Adviser)
- Dog Una (Chief Barking Officer, CBO)

## Q&A
- Q: This is something the world needs ❤️ How are you hacking distribution? Seems like pet owners would voluntarily help spread this in their local communities free or charge, out of neighborly love.
  - A: Yes, you are right. We expect pet lovers will spread the word in their communities because they care about pets. This is why we’ll put emphasis on building and nurturing local pet lover communities. We’ll go city by city and state by state. Another major focus for us is on building partnerships with shelters, vets, pet care brands and businesses giving them a new tools to engage with their customers. And, of course, Search Engine Optimization and Content Marketing - great thing is that pet related is viral.
- Q: Hi Dan, could you please explain this perk: “Free 1 year for a future premium plan for 2 pets” Thank you.
  - A: Hi Karen, We foresee a bunch of premium service that would save time to pet parents of lost pets or add additional protection to their furbabies. Once the plans are implemented, than these, who qualify for Free 1 year or lifetime premium plans will be sent promo codes or got them manually activated by our support team. By the way, check our reward copayment perk too - we want to show our gratitude to these who believe in us and decided to invest helping us on our mission to return every lost pet back home! Just in case an unimaginable happens with your pet!
- Q: How is this different from the chip you can put in an animal body
  - A: Hi Deborah, Great question! Glad you asked it. Unfortunately, microchip is not a perfect technology even if implemented well (not the case for the US). We thought of ways to describe the current state of the microchip industry by could not do it better than Dr. Patty Khuly, a practising veterinarian, in her article here: http://www.drpattykhuly.com/columns-and-posts/2015/9/13/vkdw0uu0iz7rven3t088452qgho9q8 Apart from being an invasive solution that may cause some unpleasant consequences, there are still lots of pets without microchips and not every owner wants to implant one. Microchip only works if it is implanted and registered before the pet is lost and, by itself, it is very cumbersome and manual technology. At Findpet we foresee that pets can be identified by anyone who has a decent camera (everyone has a smartphone now) and, once identified, searched automatically across local shelters and databases of lost and found pets without additional manual input. We believe that Computer Vision will help us on our mission to return every lost pet back home.