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Vetcove

Powering the animal health supply chain.

vetcove.com
HQ: Miami, FL, USA; Remote
51-200
B2B

Company research

Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals

Updated Aug 2, 2026

Overview

Vetcove is a privately held veterinary-software company and Y Combinator Summer 2016 company that powers the animal-health supply chain. Its platform aggregates veterinary suppliers' catalogs, pricing, inventory and ordering workflows, helping clinics compare and purchase from existing vendors; newer products include home-delivery e-commerce and practice-management functionality.

Primary product

A B2B veterinary procurement marketplace and software platform: a unified catalog and ordering layer for veterinary hospitals, with supplier integrations, price/inventory comparison, negotiated-pricing support, home delivery and related practice-management workflows.

Founded

2015

Headquarters

Miami, Florida, United States

Team size

150–200 (third-party LinkedIn-derived estimate; YC listed 83 in 2022)

Work style

Remote

Industry

Veterinary Services / Healthcare Software

Sub-industry

B2B animal-health e-commerce, veterinary procurement and enterprise software

Offices

Miami, Florida, United States
New York, New York, United States

Business model

Free procurement marketplace for independently owned veterinary clinics and nonprofits
Vendor-paid software and commerce services, including e-commerce integrations, payment processing, content listings and order management
Corporate hospital-group access fees for Inner Circle analytics, auditing and spend-management services
Supplier/manufacturer services and home-delivery/pharmacy commerce

Funding

Stage

Growth stage; privately held and venture-backed

Total raised

$53.2M

Latest round

Series A / later-stage VC (reported as Series A1 by PitchBook) · Dec 2021

Latest amount

$50M

Series A / Series A1

Dec 2021

$50M

Seed Round

Sep 2016 · Y Combinator

$3M

Seed

Aug 2016 · Y Combinator

$3M

Accelerator/Incubator

Jun 2016 · Y Combinator

$150K

Accelerator / Y Combinator

Jun 2016 · Y Combinator

$150K

People & investors

Leadership

Alex Kates

Co-founder & CEO

Mitchell (Mitch) Kates

Co-founder; Founder/Tech

Pat O'Hara

Chief Strategy Officer

Felicia Saravo

Head of Product, Home Delivery & PIMS; Head of Product, Pharmacy Platform

Julie Sinaw

Head of Partnerships

Dan Holmqvist

Head of Data

Laura Davis Kates

Head of People and Internal Operations

Noah Katzman

Head of Engineering

Founders

Alexander Kates

Cofounder & CEO

Mitchell Kates

Cofounder

Investors

Accel
AirAngels
Andreessen Horowitz
Bessemer Venture Partners
Bodley Group
Coatue
CRV
Fuel Capital
Grape Arbor VC
Greylock
Index Ventures
Initialized Capital
Liquid 2 Ventures
Maverick Capital
Maverick Ventures
Palm Drive Capital
Sequoia Capital
SV Angel
Teamworthy Ventures
Thrive Capital
Y Combinator
Y Combinator Continuity Fund
Yuri Sagalov

Work & culture

Public career materials describe a casual, transparent, inclusive and highly collaborative remote workplace with strong ownership, open communication, customer focus, team events and retreats. Vetcove emphasizes a mission-driven effort to modernize veterinary care and procurement.

Work style

Remote

Visa sponsorship

No

Compensation

A July 2026 Staff Software Engineer posting disclosed a U.S. base range of $170,000–$300,000 plus bonus, equity and benefits (Colorado range $190,000–$280,000). The same posting said Vetcove was unable to sponsor work visas at that time; this is a role- and date-specific signal, not necessarily universal for every position.

Benefits

Competitive salary
Open vacation policy
Stock options/equity
Medical, dental and vision insurance
401(k) matching or automatic contribution
At-home office setup
Employee referral program
Biannual or annual company retreats
Monthly team events

Product & market

Pricing

Free for independently owned veterinary practices and nonprofits. Vetcove monetizes vendor/manufacturer services and corporate hospital-group products; the company states Inner Circle access starts at $100 per location per month.

Differentiators

  • —Aggregates catalogs from nearly all major U.S. veterinary vendors in one interface
  • —Shows each clinic's own negotiated, GPO and corporate pricing rather than generic list prices
  • —Combines price, real-time stock, backorder and delivery comparisons across suppliers
  • —Does not buy, warehouse or resell inventory; it acts as a middleware purchasing layer and redirects orders to vendors
  • —Large veterinary-specific catalog, reported at 150,000–200,000 SKUs and 2,100+ manufacturers
  • —Free clinic-side product with vendor- and corporate-side monetization
  • —Integrations spanning procurement, home delivery/pharmacy and practice-management workflows

Technology

Python
Django
Django REST Framework
JavaScript
React
Redux
React Native
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Elasticsearch
Redis
ClickHouse
GraphQL
Webpack
Snowflake
Databricks
GitHub
Sentry
OpenAI

Customers

More than 25,000 veterinary hospitals, according to a 2026 job posting
Independent veterinary clinics and nonprofits
General practices, emergency and specialty clinics
SPCAs, zoos, aquariums and veterinary consolidators
Corporate hospital groups
Veterinary suppliers, manufacturers, diagnostic laboratories and compounding pharmacies

Competitors

Covetrus
MWI Animal Health
Patterson Veterinary
1-800-PetMeds
Mixlab
Koala
Direct supplier ordering portals
Practice-management systems with integrated purchasing

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$1M–$10M (third-party estimate); one company-profile estimate reports approximately $4.6M annual revenue. Not audited public financial data.

team@vetcove.com646-504-2696

Latest news

Vetcove hiring Staff Software Engineer

Vetcove / LinkedIn · Jul 2026

A current hiring post describes Vetcove's procurement marketplace, home-delivery e-commerce and next-generation practice-management system, its fully remote engineering model, disclosed compensation and no-visa-sponsorship statement.

Digitail + Vetcove: Simplify Vet Prescriptions Management

Digitail · Aug 2025

Digitail announced an integration with Vetcove Home Delivery that syncs prescriptions, patient data and medication workflows between the practice-management system and Vetcove.

The Rise of the Platform: How Vetcove Is Reshaping the Supply Chain

VistaVet Global Partners · Mar 2025

An industry analysis describes Vetcove's aggregation of veterinary distributor catalogs, pricing, availability and ordering as an increasingly important procurement layer for U.S. practices.

Vetcove launches PIMS integrations, including Vetter and Vetport

Vetcove blog · Mar 2021

Vetcove expanded its product by adding PIMS integrations to centralize inventory tracking and purchasing, including Vetter, Idexx Neo, and Vetport.

Vetcove announces partnership with the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP)

Vetcove Medium · Jan 2018

Vetcove launched an AAFP partnership that gave feline veterinarians enhanced Inner Circle access and member benefits.

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Jobs and careers at Vetcove

27 jobs at Vetcove

Senior Customer & Content Marketing Manager

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Growth and Marketing
Remote; Remote, Remote, USA
3d ago
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Veterinary Project Manager

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Engineering
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1w ago
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Senior Manager, Strategic Events & Experiences

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People
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2w ago
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Head of Finance

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Finance
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Vet Clinic Retention Associate

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Sales and Retention
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Staff Software Engineer

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Engineering
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Staff Product Designer

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Staff Frontend Engineer

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Sourcing and Recruiting Lead

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3w ago
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Senior Software Engineer

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3w ago
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Senior Engineering Manager

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Senior Account Manager-Customer Success

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Product Operations Associate

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Manager, Client Onboarding and Implementation

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General Manager, B2B Marketplace (VP-Level)

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Customer Support Manager

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Clinic Sales Manager

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Clinic Growth Manager

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Associate General Counsel

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Associate Account Manager

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Account Management
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AI Integrations Staff Engineer

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Engineering
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Account Manager-Customer Success

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Senior Product Manager

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Staff Design Engineer

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Design
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Vet Clinic Implementation Associate

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Vet Clinic Support Associate

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Controller

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