Companies Sold
– M14, ?, September 2025, acquired by Nicky Wake (Chapter2)
– HER, ?, May 2025, acquired by Match Group
– Meet Kinksters, ?, May 2025, acquired by BeeDee
– ValeyMatch, ?, April 2025, acquired by DateSpot
– Salams, ?, (late 2023), acquired by Match Group
– ParshipMeetGroup, General Atlantic stake for €98M, March 2025, acquired by ProsiebenSat1
– Three Day Rule, ?, November 2024, acquired by a private investment group
– Filteroff, ?, October 2024, acquired by Spark Networks
– Lex, ?, October 2024, acquired by 9count
– Match Group, 6.5|% stake, July 2024, acquired by Starboard
– Match Group, $1B stake, January 2024, acquired by Elliott Investment Management
– Spark Networks, EUR 164k, January 2024, acquired by The MGG Investment Group
– Official, ?, May 2023, acquired by Bumble
– Blue City, controlling share, ?, March 2023, acquired by Newborn Town
– S’More, ?, February 2023, acquired by Tawkify
– Mango, ?, February 2023, acquired by Kindred
– Spotted, ?, November 2022, acquired by Dua
– Dive, ?, September 2022, acquired by LuvHut
– DatingCafe.de, ?, September 2022, acquired by ICONY
– The League, ?, July 2022, acquired by Match Group
– Fruitz, ?, February 2022, acquired by Bumble
– Aisle, 76% stake for $12M, January 2022, acquired by Info Edge
– Mötesplatsen, ?, November 2021, acquired by Dating Central Europe Zrt.
– TheIntro, ?, October 2021, acquired by Venntro Media Group
– Cupid Media, $51M, July 2021, acquired by Dating Group
– ShaadiSaga, ?, July 2021, acquired by Matrimony
– Between, ?, May 2021, acquired by Krafton
– ICONY, ? (minority stake), Apr 2021, acquired by Russmedia Equity Partners
– Hyperconnect, $1.7B, Feb 2021, acquired by Match Group
– Once, $18M, Jan 2021, acquired by Dating Group
– RSVP, ?, Jan 2021, acquired by Daniel Haigh & Dave Heysen
– Finka, $36.5M, Nov 2020, acquired by BlueCity (Blued)
– SuperDate, ?, Sep 2020, acquired by Skye Life Ventures, Ltd.
– Paktor, ?, May 2020, acquired by Kollective Ventures
– Lesdo, ?, Aug 2020, acquired by Blue City
– Grindr, ~$608.5M, Mar 2020, acquired by San Vicente Acquisition
– The Meet Group, $500M, Mar 2020, acquired by NucomGroup
– Dil Mil, cash & stock valued at $50M, November 20119, acquired by Dating.com Group
– Magic Lab, ? (the deal valued the company at $3B), November 2019, acquired by Blackstone
– SD Ventures, $215M in cash and an equity stake, October 2019, acquired by Dating.com Group
– Now Dating (controlling stake), ?, August 2019, acquired by SC Holdings
– Harmonica, ?, August 2019, acquired by Match Group
– Jack’d, ?, July 2019, acquired by Scruff
– Randivonal (majority stake), ?, July 2019, acquired by Russmedia
– Pickable, ?, May 2019, acquired by Once
– Zoosk, $255M, March 2019, acquired by Spark Networks
– Growlr, $11.8M, March 2019, acquired by The Meet Group
– Hinge, the rest of the company (49%), ?, February 2019, acquired by Match Group
– Dating apps owned by PeerStream, ?, February 2019, acquired by The Dating Company LLC
– NowDating (5% of the company), ?, January 2019, acquired by SC Holdings Corp.
– O-Net, ?, December 2018, acquired by Polaris
– eHarmony, $85M, October 2018, acquired by ProsiebenSat1
– BNK Lab, $10M, July 2018, acquired by CareLabs
– Hinge (51% of the company), ?, June 2018, acquired by Match Group
– Baihe, $630M, May 2018, acquired by Guo Guangchang
– Huggle, ?, March 2018, acquired by Badoo
– ChristianSingleMix, ?, March 2018, acquired by Christian Connection
– SecondShaadi.com, ?, February 2018, acquired by Matrimony.com
– Tantan, $760M, February 2018, acquired by Momo
– Zhenai, ?, November 2017, acquired by PAG
– PozMatch.com, ?, October 2017, acquired by PositiveSingles.com
– Ohlala, ?, October 2017, acquired by Pia Poppenreiter
– Luvbyrd, ?, June 2017, acquired by Yonder
– Perfect Match Jakarta, ?, May 2017, acquired by Flutter Asia
– Happn (an unspecified stake), ?, May 2017, acquired by Lahari Audio
– Grindr (remaining 38,74% stake), $152M, May 2017, acquired by Kunlun Tech
– Crush Mobile Apps, ?, May 2017, acquired by Nortsight Capital
– Setipe, ?, May 2017, acquired by Lunch Actually
– GuySpy, ?, March 2017, acquired by Pink Triangle Press
– If(we), $60M, March 2017, acquired by MeetMe (The Meet Group)
– Goodnight, ?, February 2017, acquired by Paktor
– Blinq, ?, February 2017, acquired by outdoor ad firm APG/SGA
– Dus, ?, February 2017, acquired by Woo
– Down, “several million”, January 2017, acquired by Paktor
– Bae, ?, January 2017, acquired by if(we) (Tagged)
– Kingr, $150k, December 2016, acquired by Wixty
– Frivil, ?, December 2016, acquired by People Group (Shaadi)
– Match Group (208,427 shares), 3.7M, December 2016, ?
– Double, ?, November 2016, acquired by M14
– Noonswoon, $212k in stock, November 2016, acquired by DateTix
– AttractiveWorld, ?, October 2016, acquired by EliteSingles
– Spark Networks (568k shares), $938k, September 2016, acquired by Lloyd Miller
– Spark Networks (13.1k shares), $18,340, acquired by Lloyd Miller
– Vespa (gay city guide), ?, July 2017, acquired by Hornet
– Lovestruck, 2M shares and an earn-out consideration of $270k, July 2016, acquired by DateTix
– Skout, $28.5M in cash and ~5.37M common shares, June 2016, acquired by MeetMe
– Pigment (web development company), ?, June 2016, acquired by Widernet
– Match Group (200k shares sold by Sam Yagan), $2.6M, June 2016, ?
– Spark Networks (167.5k shares), $251k, June 2016, acquired by Lloyd Miller
– Love Systems, price unknown, May 2016, acquired by Agile Wings
– Match Group (157k shares), $2.1M, April 2016, acquired by Mazama Capital Management
– Match Group (127k shares), $1.7M, March 2016, acquired by Morgan Stanley
– Humin, price unknown, March 2016, acquired by Tinder
– Lulu, price unknown, February 2016, acquired by Badoo
– Spark Networks, $292.3k worth shares, January 2016, acquired by Lloyd I. Miller
– Grindr, $93M for 60% of the company, January 2016, acquired by Kunlun World Wide Technology
– Jiauyan, about $250M, will be finished in Q1 2016, acquired by Baihe
– Spark Networks, $820.6k worth shares, December 2015, acquired by Lloyd I. Miller
– Teamo.ru, ($25-40M), November 2015, acquired by Mamba
– JSwipe, $7M, October 2015, Spark Networks
– MeetNLunch, ?, October 2015, acquired by Lunch Actually
– Dating Factory, ?, September 2015, acquired by Agile Wings
– Cuddlr (now Spooonr), ?, September 2015, acquired by Hiplex
– Revealr, ?, August 2015, Venntro Media
– POF, $575M, July 2015, Match Group
– ElitePartner, EUR 22M, June 2015, Oakley Capital
– Eureka (Pairs & Couples apps), ?, May 2015, acquired by Match Group
– Mixology, ?, May 2015, acquired by AgapeMatch
– Matchify, ?, April 2015, acquired by Matrimony.com
– Rekindle, ?, March 2015, acquired by HubSpot
– SparkNetworks, 10k shares, $37.8k, March 2015, acquired by Lee K. Barba
– Thrill (25% stake), $1M, January 2015, People Group (Shaadi)
– Kiss Hugs, ?, January 2015, acquired by Crowd Mobile
– Tappy, ?, January 2015, acquired by Tinder
– Cupid’s mainstream dating sites, £3M, December 2014, acquired by Together Networks
– Tinder (“a small stake”), price unknown, October 2014, acquired by Benchmark
– Love Out Loud Asia, price unknown, October 2014, acquired by Lunch Actually
– Cupid (750k shares), ~ £165k, October 2014, acquired by Kestrel
– Dandy, price unknown, September 2014, acquired by Online Buddies
– moosify, price unknown, August 2014, acquired by Tastebuds.fm
– Flikdate, price unknown, August 2014, acquired by FlikMedia
– Spark Networks, $128k for 21.5k shares, July 2014, various buyers
– FriendScout24, price unknown, July 2014, acquired by Neu.de (Match.com)
– HowAboutWe, price unknown, July 2014, acquired by IAC
– Nixter, price unknown, May 2014, acquired by Skout
– Cupid, 1.4M shares, May 2014, acquired by Kestrel
– Cupid, 16% of shares, April 2014, sold by Toscafund to ?
– Tinder, 10% of shares, April 2014, acquired by IAC
– Spark Networks, 13k shares, March 2014, acquired by 402 Capital Llc
– Spark Networks, 112,561 shares, March 2014, acquired by 402 Capital Llc
– Spark Networks, 73,588 shares, $416k, February 2014, acquired by 402 Capital Llc
– Nerve.com, price unknown, January 2014, acquired by HowAboutWe
– True.com (the domain), $350k, January 2014, acquired by TrueCar.com
– MatchMate, price unknown, January 2014, acquired by LikeBright
– Meexo, price unknown, November 2013, acquired by Live Nation
– Spark Networks, 145k shares for $790, November 2013, acquired by Osmium Partners
– Scout24 (FriendScout24), 70% stake for ~1.5b Eur, November 2013, acquired by Hellman & Friedman
– Jack’d, price unknown, November 2013, acquired by Online Buddies
– Acquaintable, price unknown, October 2013, acquired by LikeBright
– e-Kontakt, price unknown, October 2013, acquired by Meetic
– Meetic, €29.5M for 6,7% stake, September 2013, acquired by Match.com
– FastLife, price unknown, September 2013, acquired by POF
– GolfMates.com, price unknown, July 2013, acquired by Avalanche LLC
– ReseauContact, price unknown, May 2013, acquired by Mediagrif
– Pastas Party (events for singles), price unknown, May 2013, acquired by Meetic
– Gaydar, price unknown, May 2013, acquired by Charlie Parsons
– eDarling, $30M, May 2013, eDarling bougth the 30% stake back from eHarmony
– SprayDate, price unknown, February 2013, acquired by Meetic
– Juedui100, price unknown, February 2013, acquired by Jiayuan
– SpeedDate price unknown, February 2013, acquired by IAC
– Massive Media (Twoo.com), 18.9M EUR, December 2012, acquired by Meetic
– CrossDating, price unknown, November 2012, acquired by Dating Factory
– UniformDating, £7M, September 2012, acquired by Cupid plc
– DateHookup, price unknown, August 2012, acquired by IAC
– e-kontakti.fi, price unknown, August 2012, acquired by Alma Media
– Smooch & WooWise, price unknown, May 2012, acquired by GlobalPersonals UK
– Ohhtel.com, price unknown, April 2012, acquired by AshleyMadison
– World Dating Partners (Datech), price unknown, April 2012, acquired by Dating Factory
– MaybeFriends, price unknown, February 2012, acquired by AnotherFriend
– Woo Media, price unknown, November 2011, acquired by Zoosk
– Yahoo, $190M stake, October 2011, sold its stake in BharatMatrimony
– Friend.ly, $5.5M, October 2011, acquired by Facebook
– Zhenai, 20% stake, September 2011, acquired by Match.com
– JigoCity, $65M, September 2011, acquired by FriendFinder Network
– AondeNamoro.com and SolteirosComFilhos.com, August 2011, $0.75M, acquired by Cupid plc
– Meetic, 76% stake, August 2011, acquired by Match.com
– PerfectMatch.com, price unknown, July 2011, acquired by FriendFinder Network
– OnlineLiebe GmbH, €2.75M (75% stake), June 2011, acquired by Cupid plc
– WomenWeb GmbH, €2.75M (75% stake), June 2011, acquired by Cupid plc
– IndianDating.com, $200,000, February 2011, acquired by Cupid plc
– OkCupid, $90M, February 2011, acquired by Match.com
– 12like GmbH, price uknown, January 2011, acquired by Parship
– Flirt.com, £800,000, December 2010, acquired by Easydate
– Lavalife, price unknown, November 2010, acquired by First Media Group
– Cupid’s Coach, price uknown, September 2010, acquired by eLove
– Cupid.com, £4.4M, September 2010, acquired by EasyDate
– PlanetSappho, £200,000, September 2010, acquired by EasyDate
– Granamor, £25,000, September 2010, acquired by EasyDate
– TraditionalSingleCatholics, price uknown, July 2010, acquired by CatholicMatch.com
– Dating.com domain, $1.75M, May 2010, acquired by unknown
– Allegran, price uknown, April 2010, acquired by EasyDate
– Singlesnet, price uknown, February 2010, acquired by Match.com
– MakeFriendsOnline.com, price uknown, November 2009, acquired by Anotherfriend.com
– Pre-Dating.com, price uknown, October 2009, re-acquired by its original founders
– DList.com, price uknown (majority stake), September 2009, acquired by OnlineBuddies (Manhunt.net)
– Oasis Active, 40% stake, September 2009, acquired by Network Ten
– Bentelhalal, $85M, August 2009, acquired by Yahoo!
– People Media, $80M, July 2009, acquired by Match.com
– Meetic, 27% stake, June 2009, by Match.com (exchanged for European operations)
– Engage.com, price uknown, April 2009, acquired by Spark Networks
– PlanetOut, $4.7M, January 2009, acquired by Regent and Here Network
– Better, price uknown, September 2008, acquired by Tsavo Media
– Mamba.ru, 30% stake, August 2008, acquired by Mail.ru
– Plutolife, $3.7M, July 2008, acquired by Jumbuck
– SpeedDater, price uknown, March 2008, acquired by EasyDate
– HotOrNot, $20M, February 2008, acquired by Avid Life Media
– RegionalHelpWanted.com, $100M, February 2008, acquired by onTargetJobs
– Senior.com, $1.8M, December 2007, acquired by FriendFinder (Various)
– LovingYou, price uknown, December 2007, acquired by SheKnows.com
– Various (FriendFinder), price uknown, December 2007, acquired by Penthouse Media
– Inferno, £3M, November 2007, acquired by Loopylove.com
– Facebook, $240M (1,6% stake), October 2007, acquired by Microsoft
– AshleyMadison, price uknown, August 2007, acquired by Avid Life Media
– Zencon (BlackPeopleMeet), price uknown, June 2007, acquired by American Capital Strategies
– Netclub, price uknown, June 2007, acquired by Match.com
– eDodo, price uknown, June 2007, acquired by Match.com
– HurryDate, price uknown, February 2007, acquired by Spark Network
– DatingDirect and Chemistry.co.uk, £27.3 million, January 2007, acquired by Meetic
– LoopyLove and GirlsDateForFree, £4.4M, May 2006, acquired by Daily Mail
– iLead Media, $7M in cash and $7M in common stock, December 2005, acquired by Think Partnership
– RSVP, $38.9M, July 2005, acquired by Fairfax Media
– Predating, price uknown, November 2004, acquired by Cupid.com
– KissyKat, price uknown, October 2004, acquired by Incode Corporation
Investment Rounds
– Wable, $1.5M, September 2025, invested by Paul Sharbanee (Taurus Capital) & others
– Cerca, $1.6M, June 2025, invested by Corazon Capital
– ThreeDayRule, ?, June 2025, invested by Palm
– Sitch, $2M, Apr 2025, invested by A16z Speedrun and others
– Mattr, ~$153K, Feb 2025, crowdfunding
– KRUSH, ?, Dec 2024, invested by Mashup Ventures
– Fluttr, ~$450K, Oct 2024, invested by Zee Media
– FITFCK, £173K, Oct 2024, crowdfunding
– Juleo, $2.5M, Sep 2024, invested by angel investors
– Schmooze, $4M, Sep 2024, invested by Elevation Capital and others
– YouMatch, $1.5M, Sep 2024, invested by IOI Capital and others
– Spoony, ?, Sep 2024, invested by Antler
– Fuse, $830k, Aug 2024, invested by Nathan McCauley, co-founder of Anchorage Digital and others
– MM, $750k, September 2023, invested by SFC Capital & some angel investors
– CarpeDM, ?, August 2023, invested by Virginia Venture Partners
– Fluttr, ?, June 2023, invested by Times Group
– Meet7, $300k, May 2023, invested by Z1N Capital, Narendra Murkumbi, and Suhas Chandak
– Queer Spaces, $1M, January 2023, crowdfunding
– FITFCK, ?, December 2022, invested by Sam Harry and Martin Wood
– IRLY, $350k, November 2022, invested by Chris Kaufman, Kevin Edwards and several angel investors
– Ziinkle, $2.2M, November 2022, ?
– Urban Swan, $2M, October 2022, invested by Antler and more
– FITFCK, ?, October 2022, invested by Tim Stokely
– CarpeDM, $1M, October 2022, invested by Elevate Capital ond others
– Marriage Pact, $5M, September 2022, invested by Bain Capital Ventures and other investors
– Smitten, $10M, September 2022, invested by Makers Fund, Possible Ventures, Wonder Invest, and more
– Filteroff, $2M, August 2022, invested by ZX Ventures
– SwoonMe, $1M, April 2022, invested by Foxhog
– The Right Stuff, $1.5M, February 2022, invested by Peter Thiel
– Grazer, ~£400K, February 2022, crowdfunding on Seedrs
– As You Are, $250K, January 2022, ?
– CarpeDM, ?, December 2021, invested by VIPC’s Virginia Venture Partners
– XOXO, $5M, ? (earlier 2021), ?
– Tabby, $300K, November 2021, invested by Kevin O’Leary
– Fika, $1.6M, October 2021, seed funding round led by VNV Global
– Bare Dating, €456K, Aug 2021, raised via crowdfunding
– POM, £1.5M, Aug 2021, invested by undisclosed investors
– Lox Club, $1M, June 2021, invested by Bhad Bhabie, Lil Yachty and Adam Kluger
– Schmooze, $270K, 2021, invested by Ulu Ventures
– Qemistry, £250K, Apr 2021, raised on Crowdcube
– Iris, ?, Feb 2021, invested by Ruben Vardanyan
– S’More, $2.1M, Jan 2021, invested by Benson Oak Ventures and others
– Safe Soulmates, £114k, Jan 2021, funding grant from the National Lottery’s Reaching Communities fund
– Cobble, $3M, Oct 2020, invested by a group of investors including Kerr Tech Investments
– Yidui, ?, June 2020, invested by Sky9 Capital, Xiaomi and others
– Yidui, $10M, December 2019, invested by BlueRun Ventures
– S’More, $1M, November 2019, invested by Benson Oak Ventures and a number of private investors
– Right Hook, $200k, October 2019, ?
– Muzmatch, $7M, July 2019, invested by Luxor Capital, Y Combinator & others
– Go Crush, “mid-five-figure sum”, May 2019, invested by Joost Schwaner
– LBGTQutie, ?, April 2019, invested by Atari
– Sugarbook, “six-digit sum”, April 2019, ?
– Ponder, ?, December 2018, invested by Brand Capital
– Lumen, £3.5M, September 2018, invested by Andrey Andreev
– RealBlackLove, $15.4k (out of 200k goal), August 2018, multiple investors
– MeetMindful, $5.5M, June 2018, invested by ?
– CoffeeMeetsBagel, $12M, May 2018, invested by Atami Capital, Ajay Adav…
– Harmonica, $150k, April 2018, invested by 500 Startups
– Mi Media Manzana, ?, February 2018, invested by Axon Partners Group
– Blued, $100M, February 2018, invested by CDH Investments, UG Capital Investment and more
– Muzmatch, £1.5M, January 2018, invested byHambro Perks and Y Combinator
– Snap Interactive, $1M, December 2017, invested by Hershey Strategic Capital, LP
– Hater, $200k, November 2017, invested by Mark Cuban
– NearGroup, $1.6M, October 2017, invested by OpenOcean & others
– JigTalk, ?, August 2017, invested by Apadmi Ventures
– EastMeetEast, $3.2M, August 2017, invested by undisclosed investor
– Tantan, $70M, June, 2017, invested by YY and others
– Matchpool, 115k ETH, April 2017, crowdfunding
– Mayze, “six-digit amount”, March 2017, invested by Max-Josef Meier
– Aisle, ?, February 2017, invested by CIO Angel Network & others
– Blued, eight-digit amount, February 2017, invested by the investment arm of The Beijing News
– Queek’d, £30k, January 2017, invested by ?
– Chappy, ?, December 2016, invested by Bumble
– Jigtalk, £130k, December 2016, invested by ?
– Hornet, $8M, November 2016, invested by VC firm Ventech China & others
– Paktor, $32.5M, October 2016, invested by K2Global, PT Media Nusantara Citra Tbk & others
– Lunch Actually, “7-digit amount”, September 2016, invested by mixi and VC Fatfish
– Inclov, $149k, August 2016, invested by Sarbvir Singh, Raghav Bahl
– DatePlay, £200k, August 2016, crowdfunding
– Spark Networks, $7.8M, August 2016, PEAK6
– MeetMindful, $820, June 2016, ?
– Gather, $500k, June 2016, invested by Silicon Valley angel investors
– Once, $5M, May 2016, invested by LG Capital and Partech Ventures
– Three Day Rule, $1.2M, March 2016, invested by Dallas Angels Network & several individuals
– Siren, $500k, March 2016, invested by Half the World Holdings
– Mint, $1M, March 2016, invested by Baclava Lab
– Paktor, ?, March 2016, invested by MNC Media Investment
– GetVee Technologies, ?, February 2016, Lightspeed Venture Partners & others
– Ohlala, $1.7M, February 2016, ?
– Aisle, $183k, January 2016, invested by TermSheet and ah! Ventur
– DilMil, ?, December 2015, invested by the founders of US-based music streaming app Saavn
– Kickoff, $1.6M, October 2015, invested by Monashees Capital
– Threesome app, $500k, October 2015, ?
– Squad, $1.7M, October 2015, invested by First Round & Lerer Hippeau Ventures
– Teazr, $225k, September 2015, invested by SEED Capital and three private individuals
– Friendsy, $500k, August 2015, invested by Lerer Hippeau Ventures and Slow Ventures
– Yogrt, $3M, August 2015, invested by Centurion Private Equity and Linear Venture
– iCrushiFlush, ?, July 2015, invested by IDG Ventures
– Once, $3.5M, July 2015, invested by Partech Ventures and private investors
– Banihal, ?, June 2015, invested by Dr David Cheriton
– Dating LATAM (MiMediaManzana), ?, May 2015, SparkLabs
– Rendevoo, $150k, 2014-15, ? ($50k crowdfunding via Seedrs)
– SparkStarter, $250k, April 2015, ?
– Qingchifan, $20.5M, April 2015, invested by Vertex Ventures & Sequoia Capital & more
– Courtem, $3M, until March 2015, ?
– Truly Madly, $5.6M, March 2015, invested by Helion Venture Partners and Kae Capital
– Wigo, $1.5M, February 2015, ?
– Grouvly, $200k, February 2015, international angel investors
– Tantan, $5M, January 2015, invested by Bertelsmann Asia Investments and more
– Blinq, $500k, December 2014, Swiss angel investors
– Happn, $8M, December 2014, Alven Capital, DN Capital & business angels, such as Fabrice Grinda
– Paktor, $5M, November 2014, Vertex Venture Capital
– Vee, $1M, November 2014, Lightspeed Venture Partners
– ThreadDating, $585k, November 2014, 18 different investors
– Blued, $30M, October 2014, ?
– SingldOut, $600k, October 2014, undisclosed investors
– Rocket Internet (eDarling), $445M, August 2014, ?
– Heyy app, $25k, 2014, AccelerateBaltimore program
– Zank app, $3.25M, July 2014, ?
– Hinge, $4.5M, July 2014, VCs Founders Fund and Lowercase Capital
– Flikdate, $350k, June 2014, mbloom , backed by the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC)
– Moovz, $1.4M, May 2014, angel investors & Moovz’s legal advisory company
– Paktor, $500k, March 2014, ?
– Blued, $1.6M, February 2014, undisclosed investors
– Between (VCNC), $4M, February 2014, DeNa & others
– mBrace, unkonwn (seven figures), February 2014, ?
– LikeBright, $1M, December 2013, multiple investors, incl. Rudy Gadre
– DanLan (Blued App), $3M, 2013, ?
– Hinge, $4M, November 2013, invested by Great Oaks, Social + Capital, and more
– DatesMatch, £750K, October 2013, invested by private investors
– AshleyMadison, $50M, October 2013, invested by Fortress Investments
– HowAboutWe, $4.2M, invested by Khosla Ventures, RRE Ventures and ff Venture Capital
– Dattch, £100k,invested by Andy Phillips and Yannick Pons
– Noonswoon, $400k, invested by various investors
– MeetMe, $8M, May 2013, invested by Westech Investment Advisors
– Tastebuds.fm, $600k, April 2013, invested by Black Ocean
– Sonar, undisclosed sum, February 2013, invested by Big Fund
– LikeIt (formerly theCompleteMe), $500k, January 2013, invested by Western Technology Investment
– LikeBright, undisclosed sum, January 2013, invested by Big Fund
– DoingSomething, undisclosed sum (six figures), December 2012, invested by Highgate EIS Tech Fund
– AtThePool, $1M, November 2012, invested by Clearstone Venture Partners
– CoffeeMeetsBagel, $600k, September 2012, invested by Lightbank
– Tagged, $15M, August 2012, invested by Lighthouse Capital Partners and Comerica Bank
– Momo, $40M, August 2012, unknown investor
– 2LoveToday, $250k, June 2012, invested by ndArtemis Technologies
– IvyDate, $1.5M, June 2012, invested by a group of angel investors
– Skout, $22M, invested by Andreessen Horowitz
– Yoke app (Kingfish Lab), $500K, invested by Lerer Ventures and Softbank Capital
– Zoosk, January 2012, $3M, invested by Keating Capital
– Youja.cn, 2011, $3M, invested by VC funds at UMC Capital, The9 and World Trend Ventures
– eCift, €3M, December 2011, invested by 3TS Capital Partners
– Zin.gl, $600K, May 2011, invested by angel investors
– iWould, $750K, April 2011, invested by private investor
– Snap Interactive, $8.5M, January 2011, private placement transaction
– HowAboutWe, $3.1M, November 2010, invested by RRE Ventura
– FriendFinder Networks, $551M, October 2010
– Triangulate, $750K, July 2010, invested by Rick Thomson (Playdom Chairman)
– EasyDate, £10M, June 2010, invested by AIM Flotation
– Smartdate, €1.7M, March 2010, invested by European VC 360 Capital Partners
– Zoosk, $30M, December 2009, invested by Bessemer Venture Partners
– Ten Network, amount unknown, September 2009, invested by Oasis Active
– Viximo, $5M, April 2009, invested by North Bridge and Sigma
– Be2, €15M, November 2008, invested by Index Ventura
– SpeedDate.com, $8M, October 2008, invested by VC funding
– Ignighter, $1.2M, October 2008, Angel funding
– SpeedDate.com, $6M, August 2008, invested by Menlo Ventura
– Zoosk, $4.1M, June 2008, invested by Canaan Partners and ATA Ventura
– Jangl, $9M, May 2008, invested by unding from Storm Ventures, Labrador Ventures and Cardinal Ventura
– Iovation, $5M, February 2008, invested by SAP Ventures and European Founders ($5M)
– Woome, $3M, February 2008, invested by Mangrove, Atomico, Klaus Hammels and newcomer Oliver Jung
– BharatMatrimony.com, $11.75M, February 2008, invested by Mayfield Fund, Yahoo! and Canaan Partners
– Iovation, $10M, November 2007, invested by Intel Capital
– IceBreaker, $7.2M, June 2007
– MeetMoi, $1.5M, June 2007, invested by Acadia Woods Partners
– OkCupid, $6M, January 2007, invested by a group of angels
– Shaadi, $8M, March 2006, invested by India’s WestBridge Captital Partners
– Engage, $5M, year 2006, invested by Advanced Tech Ventures
– eHarmony, $110M, December 2004, invested by two Silicon Valley venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital and Technology Crossover Ventures