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STL Global PetCare Innovation District Meetup – Series Kickoff
January 13 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Free
St Louis is home to one of the richest PetCare ecosystem’s in the world — an ecosystem long overdue to be connected, activated and unleashed — an ecosystem possessing tremendous potential to realize St Louis as a leading growth hub in the nearly $400B global PetCare industry, an industry that includes a PetTech sector forecast to grow from $12B to $24B by 2030.
When: January 13, 4-5pm (1st in an ongoing meetup series planned every 2nd Tuesday at 4pm in 2026)
Where: T-REX, 5th floor
Who: Anyone ready to actively shape the future of a booming global PetCare industry — entrepreneurs, founders, investors, corporates, community/civic organizations and more…
What: This isn’t a pitch or a panel — it’s the 1st in a series of monthly working conversations focused on activating the potential that exists in St Louis’ unique density of largely disconnected PetCare companies, capabilities, knowledge and expertise. These meetups will be a catalyst in connecting and activating our long-disconnected PetCare ecosystem and making St Louis the go-to place for entrepreneurs to start and grow new PetCare businesses, for investors to fuel that growth and for existing PetCare corporates to find meaningful partnerships/investments and for players in other industries to realize the value of their brand’s in PetCare ventures.
Did you know that there are more than 30 high-signal PetCare, PetTech, VetCare, VetTech companies whose HQ’s are in the St Louis region? Our region is unique in PetCare, possessing 1) anchor gravity, 2) execution infrastructure, 3) real-world care knowledge, capability and access and 4) an active community of emerging brands, startups and investors. Other regions may have 1-2 of these. St Louis has all of them. This reinforces that St Louis is not an emerging ecosystem — it’s an under-activated one that doesn’t need to be created, just engaged.