Our Story
PetMatch began as a project for an entrepreneurship class at the University of Denver. We had each had previous ideas and had begun to explore them but soon realized that we were not passionate about them. We went back to the drawing board and all looked through our idea journals from the beginning of the school year. Ashton suggested we use her PetMatch idea which had not previously passed the idea proposals in class. Clare, also a pet lover and owner and Kathy, a pet lover and business major liked the idea. Seeing as we are all passionate about the community and helping pets not only find a home but their perfect match we decided to found PetMatch.
Ashton Word
Co-founder
Ashton is a international studies and film major at the University of Denver. She has owned pets all her life, most of them have been rescues. Her current dog, Chulo, she picked up of the street on the way home from school her sophomore year of high school.
Clare Link-Oberstar
Co-founder
Clare is an art and gender studies double major at the University of Denver. She has owned rescues all her life. She currently has two rescue cats, Kenya and Sandy.
Kathy Pham
Co-founder
Kathy is a finance major at the University of Denver. She lives in Colorado and has always been surrounded by a community of animal lovers. No matter where she goes she always sees animal license plates, stickers, and pets out and about with their best friend. There has always been a soft spot in her heart for animals. Currently, she hasn't found her own perfect match, but will likely find it later on in life.