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Badoo: A Very Social Network

Posted on January 25, 2012

Badoo andrey andreevWSJ – Jan 24 – Badoo isn’t well known in the U.K. or U.S. but the service is big in France, Italy, Spain and Brazil and operates in 180 countries. Russian-born serial entrepreneur Andrey Andreev founded the service as a run-of-the-mill social network in 2006. Badoo, he says, is like a nightclub on your phone. The most popular age group is 25-34 years old, although one-third of users are over 35. This latter group spends the most money. It has 7 billion page views a month, and ~1 million users online at any time. The company is profitable and did one round of funding. $30 million from Finam for 10% of the company. It has 200+ employees.

by Ben Rooney
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2 thoughts on “Badoo: A Very Social Network”

  1. Unknown's avatar Mark Brooks says:
    January 26, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    Badoo is for people to meet new people. And dating behavior is displayed, but this is not a dating site per se. Its use is a little more user defined.

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  2. Unknown's avatar Mark Brooks says:
    January 26, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    Badoo is for people to meet new people. And dating behavior is displayed, but this is not a dating site per se. Its use is a little more user defined.

    Reply

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