Company: Meet My Paws
Founder: Martine Davis
Website: https://www.meetmypaws.com
About Meet My Paws
Meet My Paws is a lifestyle-led SaaS platform helping dog lovers connect in real life, for walks, travel tips, advice, community, and, if they wish, even romance. The platform is designed to be warm, human, and user-led, offering a simple yet powerful tool to help people find connection through their love of dogs.
Founded in London, Meet My Paws is already live in over 15 countries, growing organically through word-of-mouth, social media, and press. Members can create a free profile and search by country, town, dog breed, or even dog name, making it easy to find likeminded dog lovers wherever they are, whether at home or abroad.
Unlike pet apps that focus on transactions (buying, selling, pet-sitting, etc.), Meet My Paws is rooted in emotional connection. It brings together individuals of all ages from dog mums to solo travellers to expats, retirees, or people who simply want a walking companion or advice while on the road. It’s also intentionally inclusive, with an emphasis on safety, kindness, and purpose-led tech. Users are encouraged to find their own reason for joining, whether it’s social, practical, or simply joyful.
The platform includes a SaaS-style member directory, called The Little Dog Book, which showcases participating members, dog brands, and businesses. In future phases, this will evolve into a tiered freemium model with add-ons like concierge travel guides, location-based alerts, and group messaging.
Meet My Paws is founded by Martine Davis a female entrepreneur over 50, who previously ran a luxury matchmaking agency and a city garden design business. After experiencing both divorce and reinvention, Martine noticed that the warmest, most authentic connections often began with a dog. Inspired by her own dog Rusty (now Chief Dog Officer), she decided to build something new: a digital platform that helps people meet in real life, not just online, through the universal language of dogs.
Since launching the beta platform, Martine has attracted members in the UK, US, Spain, France, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Ireland, and beyond with more joining weekly. The brand has already been featured in UK press, editorials, and magazines, and is now preparing for the official app launch. Meet My Paws is also building partnerships with dog-friendly hotels, vets, and events and has recently begun outreach to potential investors, including VCs and strategic partners in both Europe and the US.
At its heart, Meet My Paws is more than just a pet platform, it’s a movement. One that combines community, tech, and emotion to tackle the modern loneliness epidemic, one paw at a time.
