Rover

Sunnyvale, California, United States Media & Entertainment Acquired

Rover (roverapp.com) was a personalized content discovery application and recommendation engine, not to be confused with Rover.com the pet-care marketplace. Originally founded as InfoAxe and later rebranded to Flipora and then Rover, the company built a machine-learning recommendation engine that helped users discover online content (stories, articles and media) across thousands of topics based on their interests, and licensed its technology to power discovery on third-party news and media sites. The company and its technology were acquired by content recommendation firm Revcontent in February 2017, with the entire Rover team joining Revcontent.

Acquired

Rover has been acquired

Acquired by Blackstone February 27, 2024 $2.3B

This company is no longer available on our private secondary market.

Overview

Company data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Founded

2009

Employees

11–50

Total Funding

$277.4M

9 rounds

Latest Valuation

$1.35B

July 2021

Funding

Total raised $277.4M across 9 rounds

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Last updated 06-25-2026

Latest Round

Type

SPAC merger / PIPE

Date

July 2021

Amount

Not disclosed

Valuation

$1.35B

Lead Investors

Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp
DateRoundAmount RaisedValuationLead Investors
July 2021 SPAC merger / PIPE Not disclosed $1.35B Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp
2018 Series G $125M $0.97B T. Rowe Price
July 2017 Series F $65M Spark Capital

Funding by Round

Funding data and valuation marks are estimates and may be incomplete, stale, erroneous, or revised.

Valuation Trajectory

Valuation indexed to 1.0× at the selected entry round. Valuation marks are estimates and may contain errors. Hover each dot to compare.

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Entry · Series G

$1.0B

Jan 2018

Rover today

$1.4B

Jul 2021 · latest mark

Rover multiple

1.4x

valuation uplift since first round

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Leadership

  • Jonathan Siddharth

    Co-Founder & CEO

  • Vijay Krishnan

    Co-Founder & CTO

Competitors

Competitor list is illustrative and may be incomplete, stale, or erroneous.

  • Wag!

    On-demand pet care platform specializing in dog walking and drop-in visits with higher commission structure (40%)

  • Care.com

    Multi-service household marketplace including childcare, senior care, housekeeping, and pet care services

  • Fetch! Pet Care

    Pet sitting, dog walking, and boarding services with established franchise-style model

  • Mad Paws

    Pet care marketplace with focus on pet sitting and dog walking services

  • PetBacker

    Pet care and pet sitting platform gaining traction as alternative to major platforms

  • Swifto

    Dog walking and pet care services platform

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