BlackDVM Network, LLC

What BlackDVM Network, LLC does

BlackDVM Network, LLC is a US private, founder-led membership community founded in 2018 by Dr. Tierra Price and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The company operates a vertical membership platform serving Black veterinarians, veterinary technicians, assistants, students, and practice owners, addressing the underrepresentation of Black professionals in veterinary medicine (estimated at roughly 2.2% of US veterinarians). Core deliverables include an annual $100/year Community Membership that grants access to a Workplace from Meta-based members-only forum, a public-facing job board and external directory (blackdvmdirectory.com), quarterly virtual summits and webinars, an on-demand merchandise shop, and an annual Black veterinary calendar whose proceeds fund scholarships at Tuskegee University's College of Veterinary Medicine.

The business is a community-led, direct-to-consumer model with secondary sponsorship revenue. Primary revenue streams are annual membership subscriptions at $100/year, on-demand merchandise (apparel, accessories, mugs, totes, iPhone cases), paid on-demand webinars at $40 each, and an annual calendar sold at $33.50 single / $1,675 for bulk orders of 50. Distribution is fully digital: self-serve e-commerce on blackdvmnetwork.com, a Wix-hosted storefront, and quarterly cohort-based membership onboarding (Spring 2024 cohort opened in February). The technology stack is non-proprietary — Workplace from Meta for the community layer, Wix for the storefront and public site — with no disclosed AI, API, or data product.

Go-to-market is community-led, relying on word-of-mouth, social channels (Instagram, Facebook, YouTube), earned media (Time, Cosmopolitan, Martha Stewart Living, Veterinarian Candy), and partnerships with major veterinary employers and associations including Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG), Banfield Pet Hospital, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Compassion-First NVA, AVMA, MCVMA, Pride MC Veterinarians, CARE, and Tuskegee University. The organization is supported by a 7-person advisory board of DVMs and a 3-person core team (Founder/CEO Dr. Tierra Price, COO Candace Taylor, Administrative Assistant Rebecca Burcaw). No external institutional funding, M&A, or revenue disclosures have been reported.

Name

BlackDVM Network, LLC

Legal name

BlackDVM Network

Website

https://blackdvmnetwork.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

BlackDVM Network, LLC is a Louisville, KY-based membership community founded in 2018 that serves Black veterinarians, technicians, assistants, and students through a $100/year subscription, a public directory, job board, events, webinars, and branded merchandise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterinary Professional Community

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAMAGAJ

Referral, Collaboration & Care Coordination Networks (Specialist Referrals, Record Sharing)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Veterinary & Animal Health/Animal Health Digital Platforms (Practice Mgmt, Tele-vet)

Keywords

• Veterinary professional network
• Veterinary membership community
• Veterinary career resources
• Veterinary diversity community
• Professional development webinars

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Membership Subscription: Annual membership subscription at $100/year providing access to exclusive community platform, members-only forum, networking opportunities, job board, and member discounts
2. Merchandise Sales: On-demand merchandise sales including apparel (hoodies, t-shirts, sweatshirts, caps), accessories (mugs, tote bags, notebooks, iPhone cases), and branded merchandise
3. On-demand Webinars: Individual webinar purchases at $40 per presentation on professional development topics
4. 2024 BlackDVM Network Calendar: Annual wall calendar sales at $33.50 single or $1,675 for bulk order of 50; proceeds support veterinary scholarships
5. Scholarship Fundraising: Calendar sales and donations raised nearly $12,000 for Black-owned organizations in vet med in 2021; GoFundMe campaigns for individual scholarship support

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

BlackDVM Network operates a paid annual membership community ($100/year) for Black veterinarians, technicians, and assistants, providing access to a members-only networking platform (Workplace from Meta), forum, job board, exclusive events/summits, and member discounts. Supporting offerings include a free public directory to find Black veterinary professionals, a free job board with externship listings, and a merchandise shop selling branded apparel, an annual calendar (with scholarship proceeds), and on-demand educational webinars.

Product overview

BlackDVM Network is a community-focused platform for Black veterinary professionals offering a membership-based ecosystem. The core offering is the Community Membership ($100/year) which provides access to an exclusive members-only platform, job board, networking forum, events, and member discounts. Supporting products include a free public Job Board and Directory for job listings and finding Black veterinary professionals, a Shop for branded merchandise and on-demand webinars, and periodic events/summits including the Juneteenth Summit and quarterly community sessions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• 500+ members joined in 2021
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerBlackDVM Network has partnered with Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) - an organization revolutionizing emergency medicine with 40+ locations nationwide. Through this partnership, VEG employees (VEGgies) have been welcomed into the BDVMN member community. The partnership includes the VEGgie Talk blog series featuring VEG employees and their journeys into emergency medicine.
• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAVMA is shown as a partner organization, with BlackDVM Network announcing AVMA Early Career Opportunities Scholarship winners and representing at AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference.
• Multicultural Veterinary Medical Association (MCVMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMCVMA is shown as a partner organization, collaborating on initiatives like The First but Not the Last project honoring first Black graduates among veterinary colleges.
• Pride MC VeterinariansminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPride MC Veterinarians is shown as a partner organization on the BlackDVM Network homepage.
• Time MagazineminorOthersBlackDVM Network has been featured in Time Magazine coverage.
• CosmopolitanminorOthersBlackDVM Network has been featured in Cosmopolitan magazine.
• Martha Stewart LivingminorOthersBlackDVM Network has been featured in Martha Stewart Living magazine.
• Veterinarian CandyminorOthersBlackDVM Network has been featured in Veterinarian Candy media.
• Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCARE organized the Dr. Jodie G. Blackwell Scholarship benefiting Black veterinary students at Tuskegee University, with $5,000 from 2021 calendar proceeds going to this scholarship.
• Tuskegee University College of Veterinary MedicineminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTuskegee CVM scholarship recipient program; previous calendar proceeds benefited Black vet students at Tuskegee through the Dr. Jodie G. Blackwell Scholarship.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• VetFolio: VetFolio is a veterinary continuing education platform owned by LifeLearn, offering webinars and on-demand content — directly overlapping BlackDVM Network's on-demand webinar ($40) and YouTube content library offerings.
• Vetster: Vetster is a veterinary telehealth and professional services marketplace with a community-driven brand. It is comparable as a digitally native, community-anchored veterinary platform, though its core product is clinical rather than professional development.
• dvm360 (MultiMedia Animal Care): dvm360 is a long-established veterinary media and education brand reaching practicing veterinarians through content, events, and CE — overlapping with BlackDVM Network's content, events, and professional-development surface area.
• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA): AVMA is the largest US veterinary membership organization and is already a listed partner of BlackDVM Network. It serves a much broader audience but competes for the same veterinary professional mindshare, events, and sponsorship dollars.
• Viticus Group: Viticus Group is a large veterinary and human-medicine continuing education and events organization. Comparable as a CE- and events-led engagement platform for veterinary professionals, though without BlackDVM Network's identity-affinity focus.

Emerging players

• GeniusVets: GeniusVets is a digital marketing and community platform serving veterinary practices with education and lead generation. Comparable as a digitally native, community-adjacent platform targeting the veterinary professional audience, though focused on practice marketing rather than identity-affinity community.
• Veterinary Innovation Council: The Veterinary Innovation Council is a smaller, community-oriented organization convening veterinary professionals around innovation, overlapping with BlackDVM Network's community-and-events GTM but with a different thematic focus.

Direct peers

• Multicultural Veterinary Medical Association (MCVMA): MCVMA is a parallel mission-driven membership organization for multicultural veterinary professionals. It is already listed as a partner of BlackDVM Network on the homepage, operating in the same identity-affinity community niche.
• Pride Veterinary Medical Community (Pride VMC): Pride VMC is a membership community for LGBTQ+ veterinary professionals, sharing BlackDVM Network's identity-affinity, community-and-events-led GTM. It is also already a listed partner organization on BlackDVM Network's homepage.
• Women's Veterinary Leadership Development Initiative (WVLDI): WVLDI is a community-driven organization advancing women in veterinary leadership through events, mentorship, and professional development — the same structural model BlackDVM Network applies to the Black veterinary community.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCWfkXt4XTcKUTL6N4WTCD3w
• Facebookfacebook.com/blackdvmnetwork
• Instagraminstagram.com/blackdvmnetwork/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/blackdvm-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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