For journalists, writers, and anyone covering the changing shape of pet care.
Boilerplate, facts, and pre-cleared quotes — use them however helps. If you'd like a real conversation, email hello@furcred.com and we'll get back within a working day.
The 90-second version.
FurCred is a members-only pet-sitting exchange operating in Berlin, London and Dublin. Members earn credits by hosting other members' pets, and spend credits when they travel — one credit equals one night, regardless of pet, home or city. No money changes hands between members. Membership is free.
Every member is verified by government ID through Stripe Identity, with phone and email confirmation layered on top. The platform is built and hosted in the EU, GDPR-native by design, with data residency in Frankfurt and full Art. 15 / 17 / 20 rights surfaced directly in the member app.
FurCred is positioned as a marketplace operator, not a service provider — it does not employ sitters and does not contract for their services. Members arrange care between themselves, and the platform records the credit exchange and surfaces safety information (verified identity, local emergency vets, real-booking references).
The numbers.
- Founded
- 2026
- Headquarters
- Dublin, Ireland (with a Berlin office)
- Live cities
- Berlin, London, Dublin
- Business model
- Credit-based exchange — members trade nights of pet sitting, no money
- Membership cost
- Free
- Verification
- Government ID (via Stripe Identity), phone, email — mandatory for all members
- Starter credits
- Five per new verified member
- Credit unit
- 1 credit = 1 night of pet sitting, flat
- Hosting
- Fly.io, Frankfurt region (EU)
- Data residency
- EU (Supabase, eu-central-1)
- Press contact
- hello@furcred.com
Use without asking.
"We don't think pet care should feel transactional. It's the kind of thing neighbours used to do for each other, and credits give us a way to keep that dynamic going at city scale."
"The mechanic is older than the platforms. Credit exchanges have worked in babysitting clubs and time-banks for decades. We've added identity verification and a trustable booking flow, but the underlying idea is just — what if your neighbours were searchable?"
"We're deliberately not a marketplace. There's no commission and there never will be. The platform pays for itself through optional booking-time insurance and institutional partnerships — never through fees on member exchanges."
Logo & brand assets.
The FurCred mark is a stylised paw inside a soft circle. You can find the SVG at furcred.com/icon.svg. If you need higher-resolution variants or specific colour values for a print piece, write to hello@furcred.com and we'll send what you need within a few hours.
Brand colours: forest green #2E3F2B, cream #FAF6EE, ink #1A1A1A.
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