Bark & Co, a US-based subscription and e-commerce website for dog products, has closed a $15m series B round backed by the corporate venturing unit of media company Bertelsmann, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, and the venturing arm of talent agency CAA.
Return investor Resolute.vc led the $10m equity portion of the round, which also included RRE, BoxGroup, Lerer Ventures, Slow Ventures, Daher Capital and Vast Ventures. The $5m debt portion came from City National Bank.
Bark & Co is made up of two services; subscription home delivery service BarkBox, which sends out dog treats and products, and BarkCare, a house call veterinary service.
The company raised $5m in a series A round in 2013 from RRE Ventures and BoxGroup, and $1.7m in a 2012 seed round led by Resolute.vc that also included Bertelsmann, Lerer, RRE, Polaris Ventures and 500 Startups.