KXAN – Apr 19 – Bumble has partnered with Planned Parenthood on a campaign to promote sexual consent. As part of this campaign, Bumble will bring a surprise to the University of Texas at Austin campus next week as part of Sexual Assault Awareness month. The company wants to start a conversation about how easy and important enthusiastic consent is in sexual encounters.
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Bumble Lets Users Login Without Facebook
WIRED.CO.UK – Apr 16 – Dating app Bumble has changed its login system that lets users register and login without sharing information with Facebook. Despite the change, people can still login to Bumble using their Facebook account. "Many of our users and prospective users asked for an alternative registration method," says Louise Troen, Bumble's VP of International Marketing and Communications.
Whitney Wolfe Herd: How To Build A Workplace Where Women Can Thrive
REFINERY29 – Apr 11 – When Whitney started Bumble in 2014 she noticed a gender imbalance in the dating world that she wanted to help solve. What began as her own small way of tackling inequity has turned into her life's mission: empowering women to make the first move in all areas of their lives. When women fight for a higher salary, they can often feel guilty. When men fight for more pay, they feel empowered. Bumble instituted a semi-annual review that includes a mandatory open discussion about salary. Pay is, of course, just a part of the equation that keeps women back in the working world. The other part is opportunity, especially for mothers. Bumble developed a culture that flexes to allow kids to work alongside parents when needed.
Bumble Is Suing Match For $400M For Fraudulently Obtaining Trade Secrets
TECH CRUNCH – Mar 28 – Two weeks ago Match Group sued Bumble for patent infringement and misuse of intellectual property. Bumble has now filing a separate lawsuit accusing Match of multiple improprieties in regards to interactions between the two companies over the past few months. The lawsuit acknowledges that Bumble and Match Group were in acquisition talks over the last 6 months. Bumble alleges that once Match Group found out there were other companies also interested in either investing in or acquiring Bumble, Match Group filed their aforementioned lawsuit to make Bumble less attractive to those other companies. Secondly, Bumble alleges that during the acquisition process Match Group fraudulently requested that Bumble provide "confidential and trade secret information" which Match Group said they "needed to provide a higher offer for Bumble". Bumble alleges that no subsequent offer came, and Match Group instead requested and obtained this information solely for "the financial benefit of its dating app businesses". The lawsuit requests relief in the form of monetary damages, which Bumble estimates at $400M.
by Fitz Tepper
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It’s Time For Dating Apps To Move Away From Facebook Sign Ups
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Bumble Responded To Match Lawsuit With An Ad
TECH CRUNCH – Mar 20 – Tinder's parent company Match Group is suing its competition Bumble, accusing the app of stealing trade secrets and patents. The complaint also says that Bumble has rolled out two new features that were "learned of and developed confidentially while at Tinder". Bumble is responding with a full-page ad in the New York Times, "We swipe left on your multiple attempts to buy us, copy us, and now, to intimidate us." The ad goes onto say that Bumble isn't afraid of aggressive corporate culture. "That's what we call bullying, and we swipe left on bullies," it says, noting the thousands of users the company has blocked for "bad behavior."
by Fitz Tepper
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Match Group Is Suing Bumble For Patent Infringement
RECODE.NET – Mar 16 – Match Group is suing Bumble for infringing on two of its patents, including a design patent for Tinder's now-famous swipe-to-connect feature, according to the suit. Match also claims that early Bumble executives Chris Gulczynski and Sarah Mick, who both previously worked at Tinder, stole "confidential information related to proposed Tinder features," including the idea for a feature that lets users go back if they accidentally skip someone, according to the suit. Tinder and Bumble have a long and interesting history. Most recently, Match made an offer to buy Bumble last summer for $450M, according to TechCrunch. One source tells Recode that Match is still interested in acquiring Bumble, which means this lawsuit may very well be a bargaining chip – albeit an unfriendly one. Badoo is Bumble's majority owner, with a 79% stake.
by Kurt Wagner
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How Dating App Behavior Changes During SXSW
KUT 90.5 – Mar 15 – Most of the Austin locals said they typically shunned all dating apps when thousands of people flood into the city for the weeks-long festival. They avoid matching with out-of-towners. According to Bumble, the number of people in Austin using Bumble Bizz, the company's professional networking platform, increased by 120% last weekend, the first weekend of SXSW. But it's dating platform, Bumble Date, saw only an increase of 6% during the same time. The number of people using Bumble BFF, where you can match with potential friends, rose 38%.