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A candid look at the pet industries funding gaps: why early-stage capital is scarce, where investors are placing bets, and how founders are getting creative with capital.

From tapping into angel investors and leveraging crowdfunding platforms to forging creative partnerships, this solutions-oriented session offers founders practical advice for navigating todays funding maze.

Investment Opportunities
Scaling Smarter
Moderator

Author:

Natalie Marks

Chief Executive Officer
VANE

Dr. Natalie Marks is a small animal veterinarian with over twenty years of clinical experience. She owned the largest animal hospital in Chicago. More recently, she has been the founder and president of MarksDVMConsulting, an educational and strategy consulting firm working with companies of all stages nationally and internationally. She is also on the Executive Committee of VANE, the premier veterinary angel network investor group. VANE currently has 28 portfolio companies and provides direction, connection, and funding to start-ups in the animal health space.

Natalie Marks

Chief Executive Officer
VANE

Dr. Natalie Marks is a small animal veterinarian with over twenty years of clinical experience. She owned the largest animal hospital in Chicago. More recently, she has been the founder and president of MarksDVMConsulting, an educational and strategy consulting firm working with companies of all stages nationally and internationally. She is also on the Executive Committee of VANE, the premier veterinary angel network investor group. VANE currently has 28 portfolio companies and provides direction, connection, and funding to start-ups in the animal health space.

Panelists

Author:

Dace Graham

Founder Managing Partner
1731MGMT

Dace Graham

Founder Managing Partner
1731MGMT

A practical crash course on where the pet industry is headed — and how to play it, tailored for start-ups and investors ready to win.

Cut through the noise with key trends, quirks, risks, and opportunities shaping success in 2030 and ensure understanding of the environment you’re scaling in.

The essential guide for building or backing tomorrow’s pet businesses.

Trends & Industry Overviews
Investment Opportunities
Scaling Smarter
 

Poppy Howard-Wall

Event Producer
Pet Connect

Poppy Howard-Wall

Event Producer
Pet Connect

Poppy Howard-Wall

Event Producer
Pet Connect
 

Badari Kommandur

Fellow
Cadence

Badari Kommandur

Fellow
Cadence

Badari Kommandur

Fellow
Cadence
 

Laurent Moll

Chief Operating Officer
Arteris

Dr. Laurent Moll most recently served as Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm where he led a 500-person team creating infrastructure IP for Qualcomm’s chips, including NoC interconnects, memory subsystems, cache coherency subsystems and more. Laurent has led a storied career for over two decades, performing key technical roles at industry leaders such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, SiByte, Broadcom, Montalvo Systems and NVIDIA.

Laurent Moll

Chief Operating Officer
Arteris

Laurent Moll

Chief Operating Officer
Arteris

Dr. Laurent Moll most recently served as Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm where he led a 500-person team creating infrastructure IP for Qualcomm’s chips, including NoC interconnects, memory subsystems, cache coherency subsystems and more. Laurent has led a storied career for over two decades, performing key technical roles at industry leaders such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Compaq Computer Corporation, SiByte, Broadcom, Montalvo Systems and NVIDIA. Prior to his nearly 8-year tenure at Qualcomm, he was the Chief Technology Officer at Arteris Inc, a predecessor company of Arteris. Throughout his career, he has played an influential role in inventing the system-on-chip architectures, IP subsystems, and methodologies that are today the foundation of modern semiconductor design. Laurent earned his PhD in Computer Science at École Polytechnique and holds over 60 patents on various aspects of SoC technology.

 

Steve Garlock

Partner
Thompson Coburn

Steve Garlock

Partner
Thompson Coburn

Steve Garlock

Partner
Thompson Coburn
 

Shawn Pate

Head of US Pet
TikTok Shop

Shawn Pate

Head of US Pet
TikTok Shop

Shawn Pate

Head of US Pet
TikTok Shop
 

Nadja Skale

Angel Investor
VANE

Nadja Skale

Angel Investor
VANE

Nadja Skale

Angel Investor
VANE