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Veterinary Founders Group

Five directions for the mark — each built around the same idea: a veterinarian-led platform where founders stay owners and build something bigger. All in your navy & gold, designed to read from a boardroom deck down to a favicon.

Navy #1c3a5e · Gold #c69a46 · Wordmark: Cormorant Garamond
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Lettermark · V for Veterinary + Founders

The Ascending V

A two-tone “V” — the navy half is VFG, the gold half is the founder who stays an owner. The little gold flag rising off the right arm is “build something bigger.” The most corporate and scalable of the set; works as a standalone app icon.

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Emblem · Veterinary + growth

Paw & Rise

An unmistakable paw — but the toes climb left-to-right, and the last one lifts into gold. Reads instantly as “animals,” and the ascending arc carries the growth story. The warmest, most approachable option; great for the practice-owner side of the business.

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Emblem · Legacy & growth

The Founders’ Tree

A tree inside a roundel — roots you keep, a canopy that keeps growing. It speaks to legacy, the next generation of associate-owners, and a platform that compounds. The most “institutional-trust” option; reads beautifully in a seal or on letterhead.

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Abstract · Co-ownership

Together

Two crescents — VFG and the founder — nested into one ring. It’s the co-ownership model made visible: two owners, one platform, a whole that’s bigger than either half. The most modern and “platform-tech” of the set; endlessly usable as a pattern and favicon.

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Emblem · Specialty medicine

Vital Pulse

A heartbeat inside the disc, cresting into a subtle peak — specialty & ER medicine, vitality, and an upward trend line all at once. The most clinical and premium-medical option; a strong fit given the platform is anchored by ER and specialty hospitals.

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Five concepts · one identity system · Caden Partners for Veterinary Founders Group · Pick a direction and we refine it into a full kit (primary, stacked, mark-only, mono, favicon, and files).