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Jigsaw Launches Singles Events Tickets Purchase Through Apple Maps
Jigsaw Dating Filed a Lawsuit Against S’More for Patent Infringement
LINKEDIN – S'More recently modified their app to obscure each profile picture with wedge-shaped pieces and incrementally remove those pieces as users exchange messages, just like with the Jigsaw App. Jigsaw has been awarded two patents that cover its dating app, and has a third patent app that is currently pending. S'More partialy infringes U.S. Patent No. 11,483,276. Copy of the lawsuit.
Jigsaw Dating App Focuses on Personality
CULTURE MAP DALLAS – Dubbed the "anti-superficial" dating app, Jigsaw's mission is to provide an alternative to the usual dating app experience. Photos are covered by a digital jigsaw puzzle, which falls away as users message their matches. "Jigsaw was born out of frustration with regular dating apps, where it's all about looks," says Jigsaw's CEO and co-founder Alex Durrant. The company raised $3.7M in 2021 to help it expand into the U.S.
Jigsaw CEO – How to Build the Perfect Dating App
FORBES – Apr 22 – According to Pew Research, 31% of U.S. adults have used an online dating site or app. Among these users, 18% are currently active on one or more platforms. But close to 50% of Americans view online dating as unsafe. Jigsaw, a U.K.-based dating app company that launched in the U.S. in 2020, worked with the survey research company OnePoll to understand people's frustrations. 7 in 10 users said they find the experience shallow and superficial. Two-thirds of them were sick of being judged only on looks. On Jigsaw, the faces are initially covered with a digital jigsaw puzzle. Swapping messages with matches makes the jigsaw pieces fall away to reveal the face underneath. "We are not saying looks don't matter – just that they're only part of the picture", says Alex Durrant, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw. "We think the shift from 'hot-or-not' swiping to more personality-focused dating apps will continue.
CEO of Jigsaw, Alex Durrant, to Speak at LTR Edition 6
OPW – Mar 16 – TOPIC: Jigsaw's Rise and Raise
Alex was an accountant in a former life. Now he runs Jigsaw, which just raised $3.7m. Jigsaw is the anti-superficial dating app that puts your personality first. The app covers the faces of hundreds of thousands of single Brits and Americans with a jigsaw puzzle, revealing each other piece by piece. We've seen a rise in the number of apps combating Tinder with new and interesting approaches to swiping. Alex will tell us the story of Jigsaw, their challenges and opportunities, and their recent raise.
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Jigsaw Scores $3.7M
TECH CRUNCH – Feb 15 – Jigsaw, an "anti-superficial" dating app, scored £2.7M ($3.7M) in seed funding to put toward U.S. expansion. The round is led by a lead generation company for online dating companies, called The Relationship Corp., with backing from angel investors in the U.S. and U.K. primarily in the tech sector. The app puts a digital jigsaw over the faces of users, with pieces removed gradually the more they interact – and the full face only revealed after a pre-set amount of in-app engagement. The app launched in London in 2019; and opened up to the U.S. in November last year. Jigsaw has ~150K+ registered users across those two markets at this point, with 50K in the U.S.
by Natasha Lomas
See full article at Tech Crunch
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Jigsaw – a Dating App Aimed at Ending Superficial Swipes
ASKMEN – Nov 30 – Jigsaw is one of the latest dating apps calling itself the "anti-superficial dating app". Users on the app are anonymized because their faces are covered in "16-piece digital jigsaw puzzle." The more users talk, the more the jigsaw puzzle disappears, revealing the person beneath. Users are able to send a direct message to someone they're curious about, without matching in advance. Jigsaw has already launched in the UK and New York City, and will be available throughout America before the end of 2020.
by Jack Dawes
See full article at AskMen
Dating App JigTalk Has Banned Photo Filters
GLAMOUR MAGAZINE – Nov 20 – According to JigTalk, 79% of people using dating apps say they have been catfished and 83% of men have been on a date with a woman who did not look like her photo. It's for this exact reason that JigTalk, which prides itself on being the non-superficial dating app, has banned Instagram and Snapchat filters. Any user uploading profile pictures which have been digitally altered, will have the photo rejected.
Psychiatrist Warns ‘Gamification’ of Dating Apps Is Harmful
DAILYMAIL – Mar 9 – The 'gamification' of dating apps is damaging singleton's chances of spotting the right match for them, a psychiatrist has warned. The practice has become so addictive that more than one in 10 users swipe for over 14 hours a week, a survey has revealed. Men were found to be more promiscuous with dating apps than women, with 40% using three or more apps at a time. One in ten men admitted to using more than five dating apps at the same time. A quarter of women revealed they hadn't been on a single date in the past six months. The survey was commissioned by Alex Durrant, CEO of JigTalk, a dating app that aims to put 'personality' rather than 'looks' at the forefront of online dating.