Our
Story
Words from Our Founder
I was inspired to start EquiMe when my horse, Lillie, suddenly became very sick - showing severe neurological symptoms. We had an imaging clinic, two large animal hospitals, two specialists, two local veterinarians, plus my trainer all trying to figure out what was wrong with her over the course of about six months. It was one of the hardest periods of my life and there were moments where we thought we would have to put her down. Looking back, I wished I'd had something to easily share Lillie's health information with any of the players on our team. I also regret not being as informed as I could have been about current trends in equine healthcare, specifically the rising levels of Lyme disease in the Northeast. As it turns out, that's what Lillie was sick with and I think if I had better information sharing tools, and was more educated at the time, Lillie could have been diagnosed sooner. I know that my story is not unique, and so I sought to create the software that I always wished I had during that time. That's why we decided to price EquiMe at $4.99 a month for up to two horses - so that we could make it accessible and affordable for other horse owners out there. The industry is already inaccessible in a lot of ways, and so giving owners the resources to make better healthcare decisions could have real impact for equine health and horse ownership on a larger scale. Words don't do justice in describing how important that is to me. - Jackie Irvine, CEO and Founder
