Scooby’s Club raises $250K to add two Bengaluru dog-care hubs

Bengaluru pet-care startup Scooby’s Club has raised a $250K pre-seed round led by TDV Partners. The dog daycare and boarding platform plans to open two more Bengaluru properties within 6–12 months, with a longer-term goal of 100 locations across major Indian cities.

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What happened

Bengaluru pet-care startup Scooby’s Club raised $250K pre-seed funding led by TDV Partners. It plans two additional Bengaluru hubs within 6-12 months and

Key facts

  • $250K pre-seed round
  • 2 new Bengaluru properties
  • 6-12 months
  • Founded in 2025
  • 100 properties planned across major Indian cities
  • India pet care market estimated at Rs 6,000 crore
  • Pet care market growth around 20% CAGR
  • Pet ownership growth around 5% year-on-year
  • Vetic raised $40 million
  • Supertails raised $30 million
  • Moe Puppy raised Rs 2 crore

Why this matters

Scooby’s Club’s planned Bengaluru expansion creates an early partnership or acquisition-watch opportunity in India’s fragmented pet-care services market.

What to watch

  • Announcement of exact Bengaluru neighborhoods, lease signings, or opening dates for the two new hubs.
  • Evidence of utilization such as waitlists, membership growth, repeat booking rates, or expanded operating hours.
  • Follow-on fundraising, strategic investor participation, or debt/lease-financing arrangements.
  • New partnerships with veterinarians, pet insurers, pet-food brands, or large residential communities.
  • Hiring acceleration for operations, training, city expansion, and customer experience roles.
  • Competitive openings or discounting by pet boarding, daycare, grooming, and pet-services platforms in Bengaluru.
  • Any safety incident, customer-review deterioration, or regulatory action affecting pet boarding operations.
  • Secure lease agreements in high-density Bengaluru pet-owner catchments and open the two hubs in staggered phases.
  • Build recurring-revenue offerings such as daycare memberships, boarding packages, grooming add-ons, and veterinary partnerships.
  • Use the new locations to document occupancy, repeat booking, customer acquisition cost, incident rates, and contribution margin for follow-on fundraising.
  • Recruit and standardize training for handlers, facility managers, and pet-safety protocols before entering additional cities.
  • Pursue partnerships with apartment communities, pet-food brands, veterinarians, and corporate employee-benefit platforms.

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