INNOVATION DOESN'T WAIT

Put your expertise, capital and connections to work with the PCI Investor Community. It puts you in direct contact with Nestle-Purina executives, fellow investors, and pet industry entrepreneurs.

Meet the founders pushing the pet industry forward

The Pet Care Innovation Network is the industry’s only peer-to-peer network of founders of high-growth startups in pet care. Accredited investors are invited to join our investor community.

FIND ENTREPRENEURS

Innovation in the pet industry is moving faster than ever and capital continues to pour into pet and animal health startups.

GET FIRST ACCESS

Receive curated fundraising alerts and updates about the 35 startups in the Pet Care Innovation Network.

MENTOR FOUNDERS

Join our community to speak at upcoming programs for startups and meet founders seeking more than just your investment.

SUPERZOO 2026 Investor Forum

Purina’s 9Square Ventures will be hosting an exclusive investor forum and reception designed for investors to meet some of the industry’s best startups and discover new investment opportunities. The Investor Forum presents 7-8 startups (7-8 minute pitches each) from the Petcare Innovation Network community, which now consists of more than 60 high-growth potential startups that have been selected by Purina over the past 10 years.

The  two-hour Investor Forum will take place just off the trade show floor at Mandalay Bay and is followed by a cocktail reception, held jointly with Ani Ventures and the Female Founders in Pet. 

Meet investment colleagues attending SUPERZOO and the founders behind some of the industry’s most innovative, high-growth startups.

Register now to receive a personal invitation (accredited investors only).

PCIN Presenters

ChefPaw

ChefPaw is revolutionizing pet food with personalized nutrition that saves pet parents time and money via streamlining every aspect of homemade feeding.

Friends & Family Pet Food Co.

Friends & Family Pet Food Company

Friends & Family Pet Food Company is bringing cultivated meat and fish and precision fermented animal proteins to the pet food aisle.

PetPax Co.

PetPax Co. is redefining everyday pet wellness for modern pet parents.

Pets on Q

Pets on Q

Pets on Q is a socially responsible media company for animal talent through a booking platform.

SkyShepherd

At SkyShepherd, we want to create a safe world for our dogs where they won’t run away, and are always connected.

SwiftPaws

SwiftPaws

SwiftPaws makes lure coursing kits and other products for active pets to help them live mentally and physically fulfilled lives.

Our Members

5 Element Food Therapy
Adoptimize
Angelpaw
AnimalBiome
Artie
Bar K
BestyBnB
beyondGREEN
Bond Pet Foods
Bright Planet
Chippin
DogDrop
DogSpot
EpiPaws
Ewegurt
FetchFind
Friends & Family Pet Food Co.
GuardianVets
Harper
Innovative Pet Lab
Maven
Mella Pet Care
MentorVet
MuttGut
My Simple Pet Lab
OraStripdx
Packhire
Paway
Pawlytics
Pet Vet Hotline
PetHub
Pets on Q
PupPod
QSM Diagnostics
Relief Rover
Shameless Pets
ShopDot Pet
SpotOn.Pet
SwiftPaws
Sylvester.ai
TEEF! by Primal Health, LLC
Ten Lives
uPetsia
Uproot Clean
VEA
Whole Life Pet
Yak-9 Chews

Participation in the PCI Prize and membership in PCI Network does not represent financial interest nor endorsement by Nestlé Purina in the respective companies. The Pet Care Innovation Prize and Network allows Nestlé Purina to meet and support the early stage companies that they might be working with in the future.