Carbon footprint reduction and a mobile app for animal health. The idea of finding a connection between them was a bit unexpected for me. And the answer was even more unexpected.
Veeeet is looking for hashtag#preseed investment. I interact with a lot of funds, accelerators and hashtag#angelinvestors on a daily basis. And it’s great that during the communication process, questions arise that allow us to look at our startup from an unexpected point of view. How does Veeeet contribute to a sustainable economy? How do we contribute to reducing the carbon footprint? Let’s try to find out.
One of the most important benefits of Veeeet is that our mobile app helps pets and their parents lead a healthy lifestyle. And if you stay healthy, you and your pet will need to visit the doctor less often. This logic was the basis for evaluating Veeeet’s contribution to reducing the carbon footprint.
There are only about one billion pets in the world. Adult pets visit the vet once a year on average, and babies and veterans visit the vet much more often. It can be roughly estimated that if Veeeet reaches global acceptance, the number of veterinary visits for pets will be reduced by 500 million per year.
What is a vet visit? Most likely, you will drive your pet to the vet. It is unlikely that the vet clinic is very close. Let’s say the road there and back is 5 kilometers. By averaging data from different sources, the greenhouse gas emissions per kilometer can be estimated at 120 grams.
So, a rough estimate of Veeeet’s potential contribution to a sustainable economy (did I mention enough that this is a very rough number?) is a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by (500,000,000 * 5 * 120) / 1,000,000 = 300,000 tons per year.
I did not expect the result to be that significant. It is a very, very impressive number. Now we have another important incentive to make Veeeet a success.
