Because every animal waiting deserves to be
found.
We've built the infrastructure that connects shelters, rescues, fosters, transporters, and adopters — so no animal goes unseen and no act of kindness gets lost.
"Named for one dog. Built for every animal still waiting."
Built on belief. Driven by purpose.
Compassion First
Heart-firstEvery decision starts with the animal. We build for the rescuer who shows up at 11pm, the foster who drives three hours, and the adopter who just needs to find the right dog. If it doesn't serve them, we don't build it.
Learn moreCommunity-Driven
Rescuer-BuiltEvery feature starts with a real conversation with shelter staff, foster coordinators, and transporters in the field. They know what rescue needs. We build it.
Learn moreCoordination Layers
The CollectiveRescues aren't competing with each other — they're fighting the same clock. We build tools that move the entire chain, not just one link at a time.
Learn moreTransparent and Secure
TrustworthyClear pricing. Protected data. Unlimited animals. Trust is the foundation of every rescue relationship, and we take that seriously in our platform and in how we do business.
Learn moreEvery Second Matters
VitalEvery second in a shelter is critical. We build fast, reliable software because the intake clock never stops and the tools powering rescue shouldn't either.
Learn moreScalable and Sustainable
GlobalBuilt to grow with every rescue, every network, every region. LBC scales as the mission scales — no limits on animals, no ceiling on impact.
Learn moreOur Story
Inspired by one rescue - empowering thousands more.
Lilly Bean changed everything.
One hour before she was scheduled to be euthanized, I saw her. I dropped everything. She came home that day and never left. She became my soul dog — the one who changes you, the one you measure everything else against. And the question she left behind became this platform.
Idea. Infrastructure. Impact.
What if every shelter, foster, transporter, and adopter could see the same animal at the same moment — without relying on social media? That question became the first line of code, and the real-time community feed became the answer. Purpose-built engagement to replace the chaos, and the foundation everything LBC is built on.
Building with our partners.
We're in the trenches with our founding partners — San Antonio Animal Care Services and Three Little Pitties Rescue — listening, learning, and building together. Every feature shaped by the people doing the hardest work.
The network goes national.
Everything we've built. Every shelter that shaped it. Every animal that inspired it. In 2027, the Lilly Bean Collective opens to rescue networks across the country — and no animal waiting will ever go unseen again.
Meet the Team
We're rescuers, technologists, and dog lovers building the tools we wish existed.
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Alexis Ruch
Founder & CEO
Fifteen years in enterprise tech — building partner ecosystems at MongoDB, Confluent, and Google. One Facebook post changed everything. Lexie saw firsthand how fragmentation costs lives and built LBC to fix it — for Lilly Bean, and for every animal still waiting.
Scott Oertel
Co-Founder & CTO
Seasoned DevOps engineer who has built and scaled cloud infrastructure at major tech companies. Now applying that same expertise to the problem that actually matters — making sure no animal goes unseen and no rescue coordination fails for lack of the right tools.