Meet our partners for this year's Pet Connect USA!
If you are looking to explore partnership opportunities, please contact Harrison Sharp at [email protected]
Lead Financial Wellness Partner
Independence Pet Holdings
Website: https://www.independencepetholdings.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Agency Partner
Circa Healthcare
Website: https://www.circahealthcare.com/
We’re an Animal-health and Petcare focused, strategic marketing and communications agency. We know there’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ communications challenge. That’s why we unite a unique blend of strategy, collaboration, creativity, and understanding of the Petcare and Animal Healthcare worlds—and everything in them—that you won’t find anywhere else to produce abnormally brilliant results for our clients. It’s not normal. But that’s what we’re all about.
Associate Partner
epiq
Website: https://www.epiq-ah.com/
epiq Animal Health is a master distributor who revolutionizes the animal health industry by partnering with manufacturers and distributors to deliver innovative products to veterinary professionals and pet owners. epiq serves as the connective tissue across the supply chain, creating efficiencies and adding value to supply chain and growth management, product and account management, and marketing and strategy.
epiq leverages insights and relationships and is committed to transparency and integrity, ensuring top-notch service for their partners. Whether support is needed in supply chain management or a comprehensive suite of services, epiq customizes a plan that aligns perfectly with their partner’s needs. True success means nothing unless shared with partners.
Synchrony
Website: https://www.synchrony.com/
Synchrony Financial is a leading consumer financial services company, offering a wide range of financing solutions through partnerships with retailers, healthcare providers, and other industries. The company provides credit cards, installment lending, and savings products. Established in 2003 as part of General Electric, Synchrony became an independent company in 2014. It is known for its private-label credit cards, loyalty programs, and innovative digital financial services, helping both businesses and consumers manage payments and enhance purchasing power.
CareCredit, a division of Synchrony, specializes in healthcare financing solutions. It offers credit cards that can be used for medical, dental, vision, and wellness expenses. CareCredit allows consumers to finance treatments and procedures with flexible payment plans, often with low or deferred interest. Partnering with healthcare providers across the U.S., CareCredit aims to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for patients by easing the financial burden of out-of-pocket medical costs.
Senior Event Partner
301 INC
Website: https://www.goldmedalventures.com/what-we-do/301-inc
Please visit our website for more information.Know Your Pet DNA
Website: https://petdna.ancestry.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Leap
Website: https://www.leapventurestudio.com/
Leap Venture Studio & Academy is the first startup-centric accelerator program built to springboard innovation in the growing pet ecosystem
Nestlé Purina
Website: https://www.purina.com/mypurina-app
Nestlé Purina PetCare creates richer lives for pets and the people who love them. Founded in 1894, Purina has helped dogs and cats live longer, healthier lives by offering scientifically based nutritional innovations. Purina manufactures some of the world's most trusted and popular pet care products, including Purina ONE, Pro Plan, Fancy Feast and Tidy Cats. Our more than 8,700 U.S. associates take pride in our trusted pet food, treat and litter brands that feed 51 million dogs and 65 million cats every year. More than 500 Purina scientists, veterinarians, and pet care experts ensure our commitment to unsurpassed quality and nutrition.
Purina promotes responsible pet care through our scientific research, our products and our support for pet-related organizations. Over the past five years, Purina has contributed more than $150 million towards organizations that bring, and keep, people and pets together, as well as those that help our communities and environment thrive.
Purina is part of Nestlé, a global leader in Nutrition, Health and Wellness. For more information, visit purina.com.
Odie Pet Insurance
Website: https://getodie.com/
Odie Pet Insurance “Odie” was born out of three generations of pet lovers who just happened to be in the insurance business. After recognizing the growing costs of vet bills and expensive wellness plans, we saw the growing need for better pet insurance. Since inception, our belief has been that all pets deserve great medical care and that owners should not have to choose between their finances and a loved one’s well-being. Our program aims to make pet insurance more affordable with easy to understand policies and a convenient tech-based claims process.
Thompson Coburn
Website: https://www.thompsoncoburn.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Event Partners
Agrolimen
Agrolimen is a multinational CPG company with revenues ~$3B which operates in two main segments: human food and pet food. We are present in Europe, US and Africa. We have deep knowledge and understanding of the pet food market, with Affinity (#5 Europe PF player), Nature’s Variety (#2 US Raw player), and Natures Menu (#1 UK Raw player) among our main brands. From Agrolimen Ventures, Agrolimen’s Corporate Venturing Unit, we seek to connect with and potentially invest in innovative start-ups with potential to disrupt the categories we play in. Our investment focus is in human food and pet food brands based on our industry experience and the resulting ability to support startups. We look for talented and ambitious teams working on sustainable / direct-to-consumer / healthy / natural / alternative pet food among others. Apart from the financial component, we bring our deep knowledge on the pet food industry and on developing brands into potential partnerships.
Media Partners
AAHA
Website: www.aaha.org
AAHA’s purpose is to simplify the journey towards excellence for veterinary practices and counts more than 4,500 veterinary practices and hospitals among its accredited membership. Since 1933, the American Animal Hospital Association has been the only organization to accredit veterinary hospitals throughout the United States and Canada according to more than 900 standards directly correlated to high-quality medicine and compassionate care. The AAHA-accredited logo is the best way to know a practice has been evaluated by a third-party. Look for the AAHA logo or visit aaha.org.
American Pet Professionals
Website: https://www.americanpetprofessionals.com/
American Pet Professionals, (APP), is a multiple award winning National Business Networking, Educational and Multimedia Organization for the Pet Industry. Educating, Uniting, Referring, Connecting and Helping all Pet Professionals since 2009! The organization offers in-person and online networking events since it’s inception, hosting over 150 in-person events throughout the country. APP’s is mission to have pet professionals work together, help businesses grow, support each other to continue unite the pet industry, to ultimately help pets and their parents. In addition to in-person networking events, American Pet Professionals also hosts educational courses, masterminds for it’s members; sends out a weekly Pet Events Newsletter to 20,000 pet lovers that showcases both B2B and B2C pet events and also promotes many rescue groups. Founder and President of American Pet Professionals, Nancy E. Hassel, was named 2018 Women of Influence in the Pet Industry, referred to as an ‘industry visionary,’ she also travels across the country attending and speaking at pet business conferences and works with many of the organizers of such conferences to bring more expertise, knowledge, ideas and inspiration to its members. The membership-based organization started in February 2009, for more information go to www.AmericanPetProfessionals.com. Featured regularly in Pet Age Magazine, Pet Product News International Magazine, Pet Business Magazine, Pets+ Magazine, Dogster Magazine, Modern Dog Magazine and numerous other magazines, newspapers, blogs and TV stations throughout the country and world. Connect socially: @AmericanPetPros on Twitter and Instagram
Black Pet Business Network
Website: https://www.blackpetbusinessnetwork.com/
Please visit our website for more information.GlobalPETS
Website: https://globalpetindustry.com/
GlobalPETS (and our magazine PETS International) are the go-to publications for the international pet industry. Stay on top of the latest trends, developments and expert insights.
International Petfood
Website: https://internationalpetfood.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Pet Boarding and Daycare Magazine
Website: https://www.petboardinganddaycare.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Pet Business World
Website: www.petbusinessworld.co.uk
Pet Business World is the UK’s leading news magazine and website for the pet and aquatics industry. We distribute 7,711 copies (November 2018) to qualifying pet trade professionals – the biggest circulation in the specialist trade by a considerable margin. The independently-owned magazine was established in 1951 and the website (www.petbusinessworld.co.uk) attracted more than 37 million hits in the 12 months to October 2018 – and rising!
Pet Product News
Website: https://www.petproductnews.com/
Please visit our website for more information.Pet Vet Magazine
Website: https://www.petvetmagazine.com/
Please visit our website for more information.The Digital Paw Print
Website: https://pawprint.digital/
Please visit our website for more information.The Fountain Report
Website: https://antelligence.com/the-fountain-report/
Please visit our website for more information.Become A Partner
Stake your claim in the future of pet through partnership with Pet Connect!
Our team can help you meet your business objectives through tailored solutions and bespoke digital and on site events. Pet Connect is the leading opportunity to strengthen and expand your position in the petcare market going into 2024. Whether you are building a pipeline for acquisition, acceleration or positioning the business as a leader in the market, we can assist you. Let’s build a strategy to enhance your current marketing in front of our captive, world leading audience.
Find out more by calling us at +44 (0)20 3696 2920, or emailing Cara Fautley at [email protected]
Press Partnerships
Promote your organisation as an event partner across all conference materials, including the website, brochure, emails and on-site programme
Offer your members or readers a discount on their registration fee for Pet Connect USA
Provide one free press pass to attend
Distribute promotional materials at the conference
If you are a registered industry journalist or member of the press and would like to arrange an interview with a speaker or to discuss the event please contact:
Jodie Purser
Senior Marketing Manager
E: [email protected]