Building
Zoovo.
Zoovo is the project I picked, not the one that picked me. Co-founder and CTO, equity on the line, building a hyperlocal social media for pet owners in Flutter. Still in progress.
- Site
- zoovo.eu ↗
- Role
- Co-founder, CTO
- Stake
- Equity partner
- Started
- 2026
- Stack
- Flutter · Firebase
- Status
- ● In progress
Zoovo is a hyperlocal social media app built around pets. Owners post about their dogs, cats, and everything in between. Other owners within walking distance see it, react to it, and arrange to meet. The product treats geography as a feature, not a setting.
The signup screen sets the tone: “you may have nothing to say, we are pretty sure your pet does.” The feed mixes a global “For you” stream with a “Local (15km)” view, filterable by species and size, built around the moments owners actually want to share.
On the other projects in this portfolio I was hired to do the work. On Zoovo I picked the work. I'm the company's CTO, co-founder, and equity partner. That changes which decisions get made carefully, which corners get cut, and which features get shipped first.
Technical direction
Picked the stack (Flutter for the app, Firebase for backend, Cloud Functions for the bits that need server-side logic), made the foundational architecture calls, and own everything below the design surface.
Engineering, hands on
I'm not directing from a slide deck. I'm building the Flutter app, wiring the Firebase backend, shipping features, and fixing bugs alongside the rest of the team.
Equity partner
Skin in the game, not just a freelance retainer. The product success and my own are the same line on the same chart. Sharpens every decision.
Designed by humans, on purpose
Worked hand-in-hand with our designer to give Zoovo a visual identity that doesn't look like every other AI-generated app shipping today. Custom illustrations, real type choices, opinionated colours. Every screen reviewed end to end together before it gets built.