FAST COMPANY – July 16 – Bumble is also announcing a major reorganization and rebranding that will make the company the new overseer of its sibling dating app, Badoo. Until now, the two apps had been under the umbrella of the holding company MagicLab. But that company is being renamed Bumble. Bumble is bringing on a new president, Tariq Shaukat, previously president of industry products and solutions at Google Cloud. Bumble also announced a new board of directors. Led by chairwoman Ann Mather, the former CFO of Pixar Studios, the Bumble board also includes Pamela Thomas-Graham, the author and former CEO of CNBC; Elisa Steele, the chairwoman of Cornerstone; and Matthew Bromberg, COO of Zynga. Bumble and Badoo have a base of 600M users. CEO Wolfe Herd now oversees ~750 employees in Austin, London, and Moscow.
Month: July 2020
More People Are Talking About Politics on Dating Apps
INSIDER – July 15 – But a majority of people find it to be a huge turn off according to a new survey by Dating.com. The platform saw a 43% increase in users discussing politics. However, over half said they would consider ghosting someone if they brought up politics. 84% of respondents said they would never consider dating someone with opposing political views. The company surveyed 2K of its members in the US.
Tinder’s “Army of Swipers” Continues to Grow
VISUAL CAPITALIST – July 15 – Almost half of Americans today between the ages of 18 and 29 report having used a dating site or app to find a partner. Match Group acquired some 20 companies throughout its brief history. As a result, Match Group now has an impressive 45 dating services in its growing roster. Since their 2015 IPO, Match Group's stock is up 600%, reaching a market capitalization of $25B. Tinder now claims 59M people.
New Dating App ‘Tabby’ Helps Cat Lovers Connect
PEOPLE.COM – July 14 – Tabby launches just in time for International Cat Day on August 8. Created by sisters Leigh and Casey Isaacson, the app is designed "for both cat lovers and cat owners". Leigh and Casey have recently launched a dating app for dog people called Dig.
Indian Dating App Aisle Is Competing With the Likes of Tinder, Bumble and OkCupid
BUSINESS INSIDER – July 14 – Aisle, the home-grown dating app is among the top 5 grossing dating apps in India. The app has seen 3M downloads worldwide. Aisle was launched 6 years ago and has 10 employees.
Heybaby – a New Dating App For Parents and People Who Want to be Parents
Why BlueCity Holdings Is Tumbling 15%
THE MOTLEY FOOL – July 14 – Shares of BlueCity Holdings, owner of a Chinese LBGTQ+ dating app, were tumbling almost 16% in midday trading Monday. BlueCity, which owns the Blued app, only went public last Wednesday, soaring 46% in its debut and raising $85M. It sold 5.6M shares to the public. Investors still might be gun-shy about small Chinese start-ups going public in the U.S.
Courtland Brooks CCPA Review – A Handy 3 Page Overview
OPW – July 15 – We took a look over where CCPA stands. Here's our review, along with a handy PDF overview, as at June-July 2020.
IDEA Webinar – Dare to Date: Dating in a Time of Pandemic
OPW – July 14 – Join us for an especially hot-topic IDEA webinar on Thursday 23rd July, at 11:30am EST.
The Meet Group has formed a Safer Dating Advisory Board, made up of health experts and epidemiologists. This webinar panel is made up of the board members and Geoff Cook, the CEO of The Meet Group.
The pandemic has changed the way people date. How can dating app leaders sensibly and responsibly advise Internet daters to behave now? Can they date? Should we advise them to date? How, exactly? What is the best advice we can pass on, that is scientifically sound? All super critical questions right now.
On this webinar, listen in as I ask some tough and timely questions. You get to benefit from the advisory of the Safer Dating Advisory Board, that The Meet Group has kindly brought together for us.
PANELISTS
~ Dr. Anirrudha Hazra, an internal medicine and infectious diseases physician certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
~ Dr. Tali Elfassy, an epidemiologist and Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
~ Dr. Melissa Sharp, an epidemiologist and postdoctoral fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with expertise in meta-research and observational mixed-methods research.
~ Geoff Cook, CEO of The Meet Group.
HOST
~ Mark Brooks, President IDEA.gp & CEO Courtland Brooks
Register here to join us for this 45 minute panel, plus 15 minutes Q&A.
Match Group’s Hawaya Launches in Canada
NEWSWIRE.CA – July 13 – Hawaya, a dating app designed for Muslim men and women with serious intentions, is currently available in 11 countries, with plans to expand to the U.S. and U.K. this summer. The app is making its North American debut in Canada. Hawaya was founded in 2017 by Sameh Saleh, who crafted the app to help his sister go through a pleasant, comfortable and safe journey towards marriage.