Bengaluru, August 26, 2026: Scooby’s Club has raised $250,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by TDV Partners, as the dog-care startup prepares to expand its neighbourhood-focused model across Bengaluru.

The company plans to use the capital to open two additional properties in Bengaluru over the next six to 12 months. Part of the funding will also go towards hiring and training canine coaches who will work across its dog daycare, hotel and spa offering.

Rather than building large facilities far from residential areas, Scooby’s Club is placing its centres within neighbourhoods, aiming to give pet parents an everyday care option closer to home. The company describes its approach as a professionally managed, free-roam model designed around canine behaviour and wellbeing.

Scooby’s Club was founded in 2025 by XLRI Jamshedpur alumni Animeha Singh and Ankit Gupta. Both founders have spent nine years working as operators in the startup ecosystem. Singh has also studied canine behaviour, with experience in dog psychology and behavioural science.

The idea emerged from a problem the founders had encountered themselves: finding a dependable place for dogs when work, errands, travel or social commitments made it difficult to be at home.

For Singh, the gap is not simply about finding another boarding option. It is about the level of confidence pet parents have in the care their dogs receive.

“Pet care in India started with the basics: food, grooming and vet services, but the way we live with our pets has changed,” Singh said. She added that dogs have become part of families’ routines, weekends and travel plans, raising expectations around the quality of care available when owners need to leave them behind.

Temperament testing sits at the centre of the model

One of the more specific elements of Scooby’s Club’s operating model is the way dogs are assessed before entering its shared spaces.

Every dog undergoes temperament testing and is grouped by size, a system the company says is intended to support safer and lower-stress socialisation. Its facilities are fully indoors and climate-controlled, while sound, scent and colour are incorporated into the environment with the aim of providing mental enrichment.

The centres also offer allergen-sensitive care, personalised attention and round-the-clock CCTV access for pet parents.

This combination of behavioural assessment, purpose-built indoor spaces and visibility for owners is central to the company’s attempt to position dog care as a regular neighbourhood service rather than something used only for travel or emergencies.

A long-term target of 100 properties

While the immediate focus is Bengaluru, Scooby’s Club has a much larger expansion plan. The company says it eventually wants to build a network of 100 properties across major Indian cities.

That ambition is tied to what it sees as a broader change in how urban households think about pets and the services surrounding them.

Scooby’s Club cites India’s pet-care market at around ₹6,000 crore, growing at an estimated 20% compound annual growth rate, while pet ownership is said to be increasing by roughly 5% annually. These figures are estimates cited by the company.

TDV Partners founder and general partner Ujwal Sutaria said the investor was drawn to the founders’ understanding of the everyday difficulty pet parents face when looking for reliable care.

He pointed to changing lifestyles, rising spending on pets and the growing importance of health, happiness and day-to-day care as factors shaping the category. According to Sutaria, Scooby’s Club is addressing that need by combining convenience with canine wellbeing and safety in a neighbourhood-led format.

For Scooby’s Club, the next test will be whether the model can retain those standards as it moves beyond its existing footprint. The two planned Bengaluru properties will be its first step towards that larger network, with the company ultimately betting that professional dog care can become a regular part of neighbourhood life rather than an occasional service.

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