Episode 34: Garrett Wymore - Petaluma
Petaluma is sustainable and high-quality nutrition for dogs that replaces factory-farmed animal products with plant-based ingredients.
Petaluma is a public benefit corporation on a mission to create a more sustainable and compassionate agricultural system for the planet, farmworkers, and animals. Petaluma was founded in 2019 by Garrett Wymore and Caroline Buck and is based in Oakland, CA.
Garrett is the co-founder and chief executive officer at Petaluma. Garrett’s professional experiences cover product management, R&D, corporate strategy / financial modeling, and general business operations. Before starting Petaluma, Garrett was Chief of Staff and Head of Product & Marketing at Whistle Labs, a pet tech brand that was acquired by Mars Petcare in 2016.
While a part of Mars Petcare, Garrett led the pioneering Pet Insight Project, a research partnership with Banfield Pet Hospital. Pet Insight Project’s goal was to identify links between dog behavior and health data to provide improved preventative veterinary care. Before Whistle Labs and Mars Petcare, Garrett was a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Co in San Francisco. Garrett graduated from Dartmouth College.