The professionals and associations that joined at launch and help build patuco.
About us
Why patuco exists, what it stands for and who is behind it.
patuco
Why we exist
Caring for a pet should be simple
But finding an emergency vet in the middle of the night, a hotel for the holidays or help to search for a lost pet rarely is.
Information is scattered. Good professionals are not always easy to find. And those who need help, need it fast.
patuco brings it all together in one place: those who care, those who know and those who help. Pet owners, partners and associations. Together, to care better.
We start on 4 October 2026, World Animal Day.
What we stand for
Three simple ideas
Community
Pet owners, professionals and associations in the same area help each other. Requests and proposals are the engine; the community is the reason.
Neutrality
Factual information, with sources. No opinions, no controversy, no taking sides. On health topics, official sources and, whenever possible, review by a partner vet.
Caring better
Prevention, reminders, lost & found and responsible adoption. Everything that helps a pet be well and get back home.
Who is behind it
A Portuguese company, since 2011
patuco is a project by touchIT - Technology, Lda., a software company from Maia that has been building applications for small and medium businesses since 2011. We bring to patuco the experience of making work tools used every day.
touchIT - Technology, Lda. · 4470-605 Maia
Meet touchIT
Where we start
Starting in Grande Porto
A community lives on proximity: an owner who finds nobody nearby does not come back. So we open area by area, starting in Grande Porto, and only then move on to the next.
- 31 active partners
- 3 requests made
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