Seattle-based Rover is set to amass Mad Paws, a pet-sitting firm that describes itself as Australia’s main on-line pet ecosystem.
The deal is valued at about $40 million, in response to a press launch.
Mad Paws facilitated greater than 400,000 transactions in 2024 and has greater than 300,00 energetic pet mother and father on its platform. The Sydney-based firm, which went public in 2021 and can proceed to function as a standalone model, has greater than 300 staff.
Rover intends to amass Mad Paws’ on-line market enterprise however not its e-commerce division.
Rover payments itself because the world’s largest community of pet sitters and canine walkers. The corporate was acquired by Blackstone final yr in a $2.3 billion personal fairness deal.
“This transaction marks a pivotal second for Rover’s worldwide development and underscores our world management within the pet care house,” Rover CEO Brent Turner mentioned in a press release.
Rover has beforehand targeted on growth all through North America and Europe, together with the acquisitions of European firms Cat In A Flat (2024) and Gudog (2025).
Turner was not too long ago appointed CEO, changing co-founder Aaron Easterly.
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