1999 · Series A
Would you have funded Pets.com?
Pet supplies online
A company sells pet food and supplies online, with ambitious national advertising plans, including a Super Bowl ad.
- $10.5 million from Amazon and venture firms
- Heavy, low-margin products shipped from warehouses
Show what happened
💥 Bust
Pets.com It shut down in November 2000, about two years after launch.
Amazon and venture firms invested $10.5 million.
Sources: Pets.com (Wikipedia)
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