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Garrett Smallwood
CEO of Wag! Group Co
San Mateo, California
Overview
Garrett Smallwood is the CEO of Wag! Group Co. (Nasdaq: $PET) in San Mateo, California, with a background in sales management and retail operations. He has successfully co-founded and led Finrise, Inc., which was later acquired by Wag Labs, Inc., and has made strategic investments in various companies like Dogdrop and Treat.
Smallwood's career highlights include serving as a Board Member at San Francisco SPCA and making impactful investments in companies such as Dogdrop and Treat, while demonstrating strong leadership and expertise in sales management and business development as the CEO of Wag! Group Co.
Work Experience
CEO
2019 - Current
NASDAQ: PET Wag! strives to be the #1 platform for busy Pet Parents by offering access to 5-star dog walking, sitting, and one-on-one training from Wag!'s community of 450,000 pet caregivers nationwide. In addition, Wag! operates Petted.com, the nation's largest pet insurance comparison marketplace, Furmacy.com, a concierge prescription and compounding service, and DogFoodAdvisor.com, one of the most visited and trusted pet food marketplaces. For more information, visit Wag.co.
VP Product & Partnerships
2017 - 2019
Board Member
2022
The mission of the San Francisco SPCA is to save and protect animals, provide care and treatment, advocate for their welfare and enhance the human-animal bond. SF SPCA's Vision 2030 aims to impact 5 million lives in ten years for companion animals, by which time we also expect all San Francisco pets to have access to humane veterinary care. Today, the San Francisco SPCA’s programs and services reach 250,000 people, which is nearly one-third of the population of the City. From veterinary services to adoptions and events, the SF SPCA touches almost every part of the San Francisco community.
Angel Investor
2022
Stoked to be supporting Lisa Hu and the team at Roo.vet as they build a best-in-class marketplace for veterinary talent.
Roo is an online veterinary relief service platform that allows vet professionals to secure freelance work.
Raised $16,649,921.00 from AirAngels, Jackson Square Ventures and Floodgate.
Angel Investor
2022
Paw-mped to support Itay and Max and team as they develop a pawtastic "play to rescue" gaming platform that gives back to real pets.
Angel Investor
2021
Honored to support Terri and the Jinx team who are re-approaching holistic pet nutrition with premium ingredients.
Jinx is a dog wellness brand that primarily sells dog foods online.
Raised $51,450,000.00 from AF Ventures, Range Group, Era Ventures, The Merchant Club, Unanimous Capital and Align Ventures.
Angel Investor
2020
Excited to support Greer Wilk and Shaina Denny on their journey to build a new approach to dog daycare.
Dogdrop is tech-enabled, small footprint, quality dog daycare.
Raised $3,200,000.00 from Gaingels, Garrett Smallwood, The Helm, Muse Capital, Fuel Capital, Mars Petcare and Animal Capital.
Angel Investor
2020
Thrilled to support Emily Dong and her vision of digitizing veterinary clinics.
Angel Investor
2019
Pumped to support Mike Deverna and the team at Fit! on their journey to build the #1 marketplace for at-home fitness.
EIR
2016 - 2019
W16 batch of NFX Guild. NFX operates as a seed investor. We believe that creating something of true significance starts with seeing things others do not.
NFX Bio is a fund initiative that seeks to invest in scientist-founders at the seed stage with a technology platform approach.
Co-founder and CEO
2015 - 2017
A patient's access to quality healthcare shouldn't be limited by what's in their bank account. We reimagined how patients plan and pay for out-of-pocket treatments and services with funding from some of the world's best investors including NFX, Mayfield, WTI, and a bunch of amazing angels.
Finrise provides a financing option for treatments and services that are not covered by insurance, directly in the doctor's office.
Raised $5,420,000.00 from Sam Hodges, Rick Marini, Mayfield Fund, Jeff Bonforte, Western Technology Investment, Matt Humphrey and Wti Holding UK LLP.
Education
B.S.
2008 - 2010