CHARLOTTE – PetScreening.com, billed as the “first-of-its-kind” screening platform for property managers and residents alike, has closed on a Series Seed round, the firm announced today.
The undisclosed sum was raised by Grotech Ventures, with Camber Creek and Relevance Capital as additional participating partners.
The firm is expected to use the capital to pursue “additional software integrations beyond its current integrations with Yardi Voyager and RealPage’s OneSite,” the company said. It also plans to increase sales and marketing.
“We are extremely honored and grateful for the confidence and support of these strategic, top-tier venture capital investment firms,” John R. Bradford, III, founder of PetScreening.com, said in a statement.
“We believe our solution offers the most efficient and effective way to manage reasonable accommodation requests for assistance animals and reduce pet-related liability risks.
PetScreening.com claims to be the rental housing industry’s only “end-to-end pet screening solution.”
Among its services: offering a standardized process for screening renters’ pets, validating e accommodation requests for assistance animals and providing a proprietary FIDO Score™ for household pets. It also ensures residents are held accountable for unauthorized pets, among additional features.
The firm estimates that over the last year, it has screened more than 50,000 household pets and reviewed more than 10,000 accommodation requests for assistance animals.
