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Month: January 2022
Info Edge to Acquire Dating Platform Aisle for INR 150 Cr ($20M)
INC42 – Info Edge will be acquiring Aisle in two tranches with capital infusion of INR 75 Cr each ($10M). This will be Info Edge's first acquisition in 2022 after acquiring two HR tech startups DoSelect and Zwayam Digital in 2021. With Aisle's acquisition and already profitable Jeevansathi, Info Edge wants to double down on its matchmaking business. Founded in 2014 by Able Joseph, Aisle is an Indian dating app for people looking for a serious relationship. Aisle has acquired ~6.5M users. Aisle's total earning in FY19 was $466K, up 161% from FY18. Founded by Sanjeev Bikhchandani in 1995, Info Edge is the parent company of popular job classifieds platform – Naukri.com. The internet company also owns a matrimonial service – Jeevansathi, which was the only profitable business of Info Edge in the pandemic devastated Q1 of FY21 (April – June of 2020).
by Debarghya Sil
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MTA Rejects OkCupid Ads
Dating News Headlines: Aisle, OkCupid
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Apple Fined $5.6M for Failing to Meet Dutch Dating App Order
APPLE INSIDER – Apple has not done enough to appease a regulator's order concerning App Store payment rules affecting dating apps in the Netherlands, a decision that has now cost the company 5M Eur. Apple had until January 15 to provide developers with ways to take payments relating to dating apps through alternative means than the usual in-app purchases mechanism. On Monday, the ACM (Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets) declared Apple had "failed to satisfy the requirements" of its order. Since Apple failed, this meant it was subject to an initial fine of 5M Eur ($5.6M). If the order still isn't met, the same fine would be charged weekly, up to a maximum of 50M Eur ($56M).
OkCupid Lets Users State Their Views on Abortion on Their Profiles
MEDIA POST – OkCupid's subway campaign invites people to make their pro-choice views on abortion part of their dating profile, with each "Pro-Choice" sticker triggering a donation to Planned Parenthood. The new campaign starts this week in New York. Ads will roll out to additional U.S. and global cities beginning March. It's all part of the brand's ongoing mission to have users bring their entire selves to the dating process. "We want you to bring your issues – pun intended – to dating," says CMO Melissa Hobley.
Billboards Seeking Wife for Muslim Bachelor Revealed as a Publicity Stunt for Muzmatch
Dating News Headlines: Apple, OkCupid, Muzmatch
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- Apple Fined $5.6M for Failing to Meet Dutch Dating App Order – Apple Insider
- Countries Manipulate Dating Apps to Lift Birth Rates – Sky News
- Brands Are Terrified of Abortion – but Not OkCupid – Media Post
- RCCG Pastor Explains Reason for Launching Dating Site – The Cable
- Billboards Seeking Love Match for Muslim Bachelor, 29, That Were Plastered Across Birmingham Are Revealed as a Publicity Stunt for Dating App – Daily Mail
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Bumble Pilots SOS Button for Dates Gone Wrong
ISRAEL HAYOM – Bumble has begun a pilot test of an emergency "SOS" one-touch button users can hit to call the police in the case of an encounter that turns violent. Bumble's new SOS button can tell police exactly where a user in distress is located.