Mooresville-based tech startup PetScreening recently closed a $3 million Series A round of funding.
The round closed on June 10, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Chief Operating Officer David Stunja said the funding was led by four venture capital firms — Grotech Ventures, Relevance Ventures and Camber Creek, all of which are previous investors, and Vesta Ventures.
PetScreening, founded in 2016 by John Bradford, is a platform that allows property managers to outsource the process of pet risk assessment and validates service or support animals.
Stunja said the funds will be used primarily to hire sales, account management and marketing employees on the business side, product development employees on the tech side and a new chief growth officer.
"We want to accelerate and grow," he said. "These positions will enable us to grow much more quickly and get in front of as many property managers across the nation as possible."
PetScreening raised a $1.5 million seed round in 2019, bringing its total amount of funding to $4.5 million.
The startup, formerly based in Cornelius, recently moved into a new space at Merino Mill in Mooresville. Merino Mill, a repurposed denim mill about a mile from downtown Mooresville, is now home to a host of retail shops, dining establishments and other small businesses.
Bradford said the 1 million-square-foot mill, complete with 20-foot ceilings and original hardwood and brick, was just the type of space he'd been looking for. The new office is an open-concept space with team meeting rooms around the perimeter, individual cubicles in the center and a "bark park" that features artificial turf and an authentic, 1961 Shasta camper.
