Agria Vet Guide, a subsidiary of Agria, has acquired a minority stake in the mobile veterinary care company VetAtHome. The investment is based on a shared vision to increase the rate of expansion and make successful home healthcare available to more pet owners across the country.
VetAtHome offers veterinary care for dogs, cats and horses and combines ambulatory veterinary visits in the animals' safe home environment with veterinary clinics and clinic operations. The ambulatory operation means that veterinarians come to the animals' homes, which for many animals creates less stress and enables care with good continuity and high medical quality.
The itinerant operation is currently established in Greater Stockholm, the Gothenburg region, Skåne and Uppsala, with the ambition to gradually grow in more parts of Sweden.
VetAtHome continues to be an independent company with unchanged management, organization and medical independence.
– We share the view of how animal healthcare should develop – with a focus on quality, accessibility and sustainability. The investment gives us the opportunity to continue developing the business in line with the way we work and the values we already have, says Robert Hållstrand, founder and CEO of VetAtHome.
Through the new partnership, Agria sees benefits such as further improving the care chain for pet owners and animals with increased accessibility, smoother care processes, even greater customer benefit and lower claims costs that benefit all parties. Most animals also feel better from being cared for in their safe home environment.
– We see that the ambulatory concept is a way to offer our customers the right care at the right time at the right price. In addition, there is the security of receiving animal healthcare in a home environment that many pet owners are asking for, says David Haak, CEO of Agria.
In parallel with the ambulatory operations, VetAtHome runs clinic operations and veterinary clinics in the form of outpatient consultation rooms in collaboration with established players in the animal retail trade, as a complement to the other operations.
About VetAtHome
VetAtHome offers veterinary care for dogs, cats and horses through ambulatory home visits in the animals' safe environment, veterinary clinics and clinic operations. The business is based on experienced veterinarians, high medical competence and a working method where quality, patient safety and animal well-being are at the center.
In Stockholm, VetAtHome operates the Östermalm Animal Clinic at Kommendörsgatan 16, where the company's head office is also located. VetAtHome is currently established in Greater Stockholm, the Gothenburg region, Skåne and Uppsala and has developed its operations over several years with a focus on long-term sustainability, a good work environment and accessible animal healthcare for pet owners.
About Agria Vet Guide
Agria Vet Guide is a subsidiary of Agria that offers digital veterinary care advice in six European countries. The service is included as part of Agria's insurance policies and is used by policyholders as a first step when they need veterinary care.
Press contact
Robert Hållstrand
Founder and CEO, VetAtHome
Address: Kommendörsgatan 16, 114 48 Stockholm
Phone: +46 70 850 59 83
E-mail: robert@vetathome.se
