Articles about Rover

Rover acquires Meowtel, a cat-sitting marketplace in the U.S.

Seattle-based Rover Group has acquired Meowtel, a cat-focused pet-sitting marketplace, as the company expands deeper into specialized care for pet owners. Read More

Tech Moves: Expedia names first AI chief; Textio founder joins Microsoft; T-Mobile exec departs

Expedia nabs Xavier Amatriain from Google to serve as its first chief artificial intelligence officer and data officer while Textio’s Kieran Snyder takes a role at Microsoft. Read More

Rover to acquire Australia-based pet sitting marketplace Mad Paws

Seattle-based Rover is set to acquire Mad Paws, a pet-sitting company that describes itself as Australia’s leading online pet ecosystem.… Read More

Rover CEO Aaron Easterly stepping down after leading pet-sitting giant since 2011

After 14 years building Rover from a Seattle hackathon idea into a pet care empire, Aaron Easterly is stepping down… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft poaches 3 AI experts from Google DeepMind; Rover names COO; and more

— Microsoft hired three former members of Google DeepMind, which was originally co-founded as a startup research lab by Microsoft’s… Read More

Can your dog keep up with Tyler Lockett? Seattle Seahawks great teams with Rover in new contest

Tyler Lockett has run plenty of routes in his 10-season career as a Seattle Seahawks wide receiver. Now he wants… Read More

Rover acquires cat-sitting marketplace to further expand its growth across Europe

Rover has gotten its paws on another pet-sitting marketplace. The Seattle-based pet-care company announced the acquisition Thursday of Cat in… Read More

The hidden link between Seattle and Spokane: Tech companies find success on both sides of the state

Back in 1999, when F5 recruited Jeff Stockdale to build its hardware business, expanding beyond its core expertise in software,… Read More

Podcast

Who will be the Next Tech Titan? A preview of the upcoming GeekWire Awards

This week on the show, we offer a sneak preview of the GeekWire Awards, at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle… Read More

Rover CEO on company’s next chapter as pet-sitting giant completes $2.3B deal with Blackstone

It’s the start of another new era at Rover. The Seattle-based pet-sitting business completed its $2.3 billion deal with Blackstone… Read More

Blackstone’s $2.3B acquisition of Rover clears regulatory hurdle

Seattle-based publicly traded pet sitting giant Rover announced that its $2.3 billion acquisition to Blackstone took a key step toward… Read More

Rover to be acquired by asset manager Blackstone in $2.3B deal

Seattle pet-sitting marketplace Rover announced Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by asset manager Blackstone in a deal… Read More

Tech Moves: Flexport execs depart; Rover adds board member; longtime T-Mobile leader to retire

— Dave Clark isn’t the only former Amazon exec out at Flexport. Five other ex-Amazonians who joined Flexport over the… Read More

Pet care startup emerges in Seattle to modernize veterinary care, with help from Rover

A new Seattle startup backed by Rover wants to take a bite of the growing pet care industry and address… Read More

Rover unleashes new pet gear — including a patent-pending dog poop carrier

Seattle-based company Rover is expanding beyond its pet sitting marketplace with a new line of consumer products. The initial Rover… Read More

IRS delays implementation of tax policy change being fought by marketplace companies

The Internal Revenue Service is delaying by one year the implementation of a tax policy change that was being fought… Read More

A year after going public via SPAC, Rover rings the Nasdaq bell and aims for international expansion

A group of managers, investors, employees — and of course, dogs — from Seattle-based pet care giant Rover descended on Times… Read More

Tech Moves: Rover appoints CFO; Smartsheet adds board member; Nautilus Biotechnology hires execs

— Pet sitting marketplace Rover appointed Charlie Wickers to chief financial officer. Wickers joined Rover in 2017 and most recently… Read More

Seattle SPAC suffering: Shares of companies that went public via SPAC fall more than 50%

The four Seattle businesses that went public during the SPAC boom have sputtered amid the broader economic downturn. Porch, Nautilus… Read More

Seattle lawmakers pass policy setting minimum wage and other protections for gig workers

Seattle City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed what is being called a “first-in-the-nation” policy to create protections for gig workers… Read More

Rover stock dips 17% after Q4 earnings report; CFO Tracy Knox to retire

Rover shares were down more than 15% in after-hours trading after the company reported its fourth quarter earnings, which beat… Read More

Rover pulls in-home dog grooming services from its marketplace, citing tight labor market

Dog-grooming services are getting clipped from Rover’s marketplace, at least for now. Citing the challenges of the labor market, the… Read More

Podcast

Wall Street goes to pot, and to the dogs — and that’s a good thing for Seattle’s startup scene

An online marketplace that helps to facilitate trade between marijuana sellers and buyers will soon see its own stock traded… Read More

Rover’s business continues to bounce back in first earnings report as public company

Issuing its first earnings report as a public company, Rover reported gross bookings of $134 million in the second quarter,… Read More

Newly public, Rover pays off $8M PPP loan that helped pet-sitting company survive pandemic

Updated on Monday Aug. 9 with additional details. Not that long ago, Rover was on a very short leash. In… Read More

From hackathon to IPO: Pet sitting marketplace Rover is Seattle’s newest public company

It started as a simple pitch at a Seattle hackathon for a marketplace to facilitate matches between pet owners and… Read More

‘Pandemic puppies’ help fuel Rover’s comeback as pet-sitting startup preps to go public via SPAC

Pet adoption rates have surged amid the pandemic, and pet spending accelerated last year. Those are a few of the… Read More

Former Rover board member and pet-tech veteran Aaron Hirschhorn dies in Miami boating accident

Aaron Hirschhorn, a tech veteran and former board member at Seattle-based Rover, died Sunday in a boating accident near Miami… Read More

Pet sitting marketplace Rover grabs a bone, valued at $1.3 billion in latest SPAC deal

Another day, another SPAC. Today, we’ve learned that Seattle online pet sitting marketplace Rover plans to join the public ranks… Read More

Rover inks deal with Walmart as Seattle pet care startup bounces back after layoffs

As the pandemic hit earlier this year, Rover’s business evaporated. The shift to remote work and limited travel reduced demand… Read More