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Crumbs and Whiskers

Crumbs and Whiskers
Crumbs logo
Crumbs and Whiskers logo
Formation June 20, 2015 (2015-06-20)
Founder Kanchan Singh
Type Cat café
Location
Region
Washington metropolitan area
Los Angeles metropolitan area
Products
Coffee  • Tea  • Cookies
Services
Cat interaction • Cat adoption
Owner Kanchan Singh (Co-owner)
Chetan Singh (Co-owner)
Affiliations  • The Humane Society
 • Karma Rescue
Website www.crumbsandwhiskers.com
Remarks Financed via Kickstarter: Link

Crumbs and Whiskers is a small business which operates cat cafés, or coffeehouses that feature cats as an attraction, in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California. Crumbs and Whiskers opened its first cat café in Washington on June 20, 2015; this was the first cat café to open in the Washington metropolitan area. The Washington D.C. café is partnered with the local chapter of the Humane Society in order to provide a boarding space for around 15–25 cats at a time. Through the partnership arrangement, the Humane Society provides vaccinated and vetted cats to Crumbs and Whiskers, which functions as a foster home for the cats until they are adopted.

The Los Angeles café opened on September 30, 2016, and was the first cat café to open in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Los Angeles café is partnered with Karma Rescue, a Los Angeles-based animal shelter which provides cats for the café. Similar to the Washington D.C. café, the Los Angeles café offers boarding space for the cats until they are adopted.

Crumbs and Whiskers uses an online reservation system for scheduling visits and charges a fixed hourly fee. For safety reasons, children under 13 are not allowed, and young adults between the ages of 13 and 17 must have a form signed by an adult. Crumbs and Whiskers allows customers to begin the application process for adopting one of the cats on site at their cafés.

The business founder, Kanchan Singh, opted to finance the venture by crowdfunding through a Kickstarter project with a US$15,000 target, an amount which she was initially uncertain that she could raise. The Crumbs and Whiskers Kickstarter project reached its funding target less than a day after it launched, and doubled this amount prior to the project deadline. The campaign ended with 705 backers and raised a total of $35,881 for the café.

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