Solving the pain points of pet travel and cargo carrying, VETAMA is seeking seed round financing.
Say goodbye to manual pushing, this 5kg pet stroller can "follow you" on its own
The travel burden of urban pet owners is often underestimated. The founder of the VETAMA team has several cats at home, each weighing about 4kg. When taking them to the veterinary clinic or going out for a walk, his arms get sore after walking a short distance carrying the cat bag. He also had a similar experience when picking up parcels at the courier station: when there are too many items, two hands are far from enough.
These two seemingly unrelated scenarios point to the same unmet demand: there is a lack of a mobile tool for pet travel and daily cargo carrying that allows users to truly "let go". Traditional manual-push pet strollers require pushing throughout the whole process, with single function and high idle rate; ordinary small shopping trolleys cannot carry pets. VETAMA chose to redesign this product from the chassis level.
The VETAMA intelligent follow-me pet stroller adopts a short-wave following module. After the user wears the beacon, the vehicle can follow autonomously and is equipped with an automatic obstacle avoidance function. The chassis is an all-directional mecanum-wheel four-wheel drive structure, supporting in-situ steering and lateral translation, with flexible operation in scenarios such as narrow aisles in supermarkets, elevators, and hard pavement in communities. The total weight of the vehicle is controlled at 5kg, with a rated load of 12.5kg and a battery life of about 18km, which can meet the needs of a full outing. The team also clarified the capability boundary: the chassis will be grounded on extremely soft sandy land, it is not suitable for continuous steps and soft mud, but it can drive normally on hard sandy beaches and flat grasslands.
One universal chassis, swap the bag to switch usage scenarios
The core differentiation of VETAMA lies not in "intelligence", but in its structure. Traditional pet strollers have fixed functions when they leave the factory, while VETAMA separates the chassis and functional bags: the chassis is responsible for movement and following, and the pet cabin bag, shopping bag, and cargo bag can be switched through a quick-release interface.
The usage pattern of the first real buyer is very representative: what he values is exactly the flexible interchangeability between the pet bag and the shopping bag. When going out with a pet, install the pet cabin bag on the chassis, and the vehicle will follow autonomously, eliminating the burden of pushing manually; when you need to go to the supermarket for shopping or pick up parcels at the courier station, remove the pet cabin bag and replace it with a shopping bag, and the chassis will turn into an intelligent follow-me "cargo cart". You no longer need to push that bulky large shopping cart in the supermarket, the vehicle will always follow behind you. No matter you are walking the pet or picking up parcels, no extra physical effort is required. This "one vehicle for multiple uses" design directly solves the problem of traditional pet strollers being left idle after being bought home.
At present, VETAMA has completed R&D debugging, prototype verification and small-batch trial production, with a total shipment of 40 units, including 30 units for C-end online retail and 10 units for B-end foreign trade distributors. As of October 31, 2026, no return, exchange or after-sales complaint has occurred for the 40 units. Self-operated stores on JD.com and Taobao have been launched, the dropshipping link has been opened, and domestic pet stores and vertical platforms are in the docking stage. Seed users' feedback focuses on following stability, mecanum wheel steering flexibility and the bag swapping design, and they also put forward improvement suggestions for road bumping and the fixing reliability of buffer parts. The team is carrying out special iteration on the shock absorption scheme and mechanical limit structure.
From C-end retail to scenic spot sharing, the chassis can generate revenue more than once
VETAMA's current revenue is mainly from the sales of complete vehicle hardware, with the C-end retail price at 2899 yuan, and both online self-operation and offline channels are adopted. But the team is promoting a lighter B-end path: cooperating with pet-friendly scenic spots to implement the "shared chassis + customized functional bag" model.
The specific vision is that scenic spots will independently purchase VETAMA's universal intelligent chassis for shared rental, and develop functional bags with local cultural and tourism characteristics on their own. Tourists rent the chassis in the scenic spot, install the characteristic bag purchased from the scenic spot, and tour with their own pets; after the tour, the characteristic bag can be taken away as a souvenir and used again when they come back to the scenic spot next time. For scenic spots, this is a differentiated service supply; for VETAMA, the chassis changes from a one-time sold hardware to a carrier that can repeatedly enter the scenic spot scenario.
The core members of the team cover embedded software, hardware circuits, structural development and marketing sales. Jiang Minning, the founder, is responsible for complete vehicle development and supply chain, and Xia Jiatian, the software lead, is responsible for embedded electronic control and following algorithm. The initial investment of the project is all from the founder's own funds, and the seed round financing is currently in progress, and the funds will be used for product structure finalization, mass stock preparation and channel cold start.