About FooPets

What are FooPets?

FooPets are the world's most realistic virtual puppies and kittens; they get hungry and thirsty, enjoy playing with toys, crave attention, and love being spoiled by their owners. They provide true companionship, and remind people of all ages the proper care, commitment, and joy of pet ownership. Just like real pets, FooPets' health and well being depends on regular feedings and care patterns.

Remember, this experience simulates reality. When not fed and cared for regularly, a FooPet will be sad, and may get sick or even worse. To help ensure that your FooPet is always happy and healthy, we make it easy for you to meet other FooPet owners and invite your friends to help look after each other's little ones in a safe environment. Cared for properly, a FooPet will live just as long as real pets!

FooPets are available for play on FooPets.com, Facebook, MySpace and the iPhone, with more locations coming soon.

About FooMojo

FooMojo, Inc., the company behind FooPets, was founded in 2007 by Dr. Ron Hornbaker, a veterinarian and technologist who believes the special bond between people and their pets can be recreated online. FooMojo's creative and development efforts are led by a talented group of engineers along with artists and animators from the feature film and gaming industries.

In the real world...

In parallel with providing a rich and engaging virtual experience, FooMojo is committed to supporting real pets in need, collecting and donating money through its 501(c)(3) non-profit FooPets Foundation to leading animal-related charity such as the Humane Society. In addition, FooMojo also encourages its employees to take paid-time-off each month to volunteer at pet-related shelters and adoption agencies.

Located in Redwood City, Calif., FooMojo is backed by notable investors including Softbank Capital, Softbank Corp. Japan, Mike Maples, Jr., Ron Conway and Baseline Ventures.