Match Group

Match Group is a leading provider of online dating products, offering a diverse portfolio of nearly 50 brands, including Tinder, Match.com, OkCupid, and Meetic, among others. The company operates in over 200 countries and provides its services in nearly 40 languages, catering to various communities based on geography, demographics, and relationship preferences. With more than 7 million people signing up for its products each month, Match Group generates revenue primarily through subscription fees, supplemented by advertising. The company emphasizes connecting individuals from diverse backgrounds, fostering relationships across different ages, orientations, and cultures. Since its inception, Match Group has continuously innovated its offerings, enhancing user experiences through features like swiping and social discovery.

Mark Stein

Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer

15 past transactions

The League

Acquisition in 2022
The League is a dating application founded by Amanda Bradford in June 2014, based in San Francisco, California. It caters to ambitious individuals seeking long-term relationships, emphasizing the importance of equality in both the workplace and personal connections. The app incorporates advanced screening tools that allow users to create detailed profiles and set specific preferences, ensuring that matches align closely with their values and aspirations. This focus on privacy allows users to connect without exposure to friends or co-workers, fostering a community that supports self-awareness and meaningful interactions among like-minded individuals.

Garbo technology

Corporate Round in 2021
Garbo Technology is an internet platform that provides transparent access to information to help prevent gender-based crimes. Their platform aggregates public records and reports and provides free, transparent access to this information, enabling users to search someone's criminal record, from a police report to a conviction.

Harmonica

Acquisition in 2019
Harmonica is a marriage making app that allows users to find their life partner throughout scientific conservative algorithm. In the middle east, hundreds of millions of single people had no other solution but arranged marriages, which is a stressful process and often leads to incompatible matches. In only 6 months, Harmonica has grown organically into 100,000 user base, with 10,000 daily active users who have exchanged more than 5 million messages, and already has the first marriages coming through. One of the keys to our success is our unique conservative matching algorithm of 1 quality match at a time, which makes it socially acceptable. Harmonica does not only match couples but also helps people to get married, digitizing the 80 billion dollars yearly spent on weddings in MENA.

Hinge

Acquisition in 2018
Hinge is a social discovery network helping users meet new people through an application. Moreover, Hinge provides an alternative to swipe culture by creating smart matches and natural conversations among people who are on the same page. Founded in 2011, the company is headquartered in New York, New York, United States.

Pof

Acquisition in 2015
Plentyoffish is a free dating website offering premium services such as seeing when a user profile was viewed, and allowing users to see whether a message has been read or deleted. Through this platform, users are free to change their picture, profile details, and description without it being approved later. Plentyoffish has 3,000,000 daily active online dating users. The platform is a preferred singles dating app because users can view matches and communicate with them for free. The site has been translated into French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese, and is one of the top 100 internet start-ups of all time. Plentyoffish was launched in 2003 by Markus Frind. It is based in Vancouver, B.C.

FriendScout24

Acquisition in 2014
FriendScout24 is a prominent online dating platform in Europe, recognized as the leading service in Germany and Switzerland, and ranked third in Spain. The company caters to a diverse user base, boasting over 10 million registered singles. FriendScout24 focuses on connecting individuals seeking relationships, offering a user-friendly interface and various features designed to enhance the online dating experience.

Three Day Rule

Seed Round in 2014
Three Day Rule, Inc. is a personal matchmaking and dating services company founded in 2010 and based in Los Angeles, California. It operates in major U.S. cities including Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York City, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C. The company specializes in helping singles navigate their dating lives by outsourcing matchmaking services, thus making the process more efficient and less time-consuming. Three Day Rule employs technology to curate personalized matches for clients, offering not only matchmaking but also date coaching and events to support individuals in their dating journeys. Additionally, the company is unique in partnering with online dating platforms to enhance its matchmaking services.

Zhenai

Funding Round in 2011
Zhenai.com is a provider of integrated internet and telephone matchmaking services to the Chinese-speaking single men and women who live in China and 14 other countries and regions. Its services primarily target the 25 to 45 age group. Zhenai.com has its roots in 96333.com, a free dating site created in May 1998, which was acquired by Dr. Song Li, an investment banker-turned serial entrepreneur and his business partner in January 2005. Subsequently, he transformed the site into the current service model of integrated internet and telephone matchmaking. The new site was launched in August 2005 with the new brand name of Zhenai.com, which means in Chinese ""cherished love"". In November 2006, Roger Chen, a former executive at Dell China, joined Zhenai.com as a co-founder and general manager. Zhenai.com has developed as an established brand among China’s urban professionals who use online dating services to look for long-term relationships. Most of its members are university-educated and urban professionals. Zhenai.com has secured more than 58 million registered users and is headquartered in the city of Shenzhen, and has an office in Beijing and Xiamen. SinoFriends Inc., the operator of zhenai.com, is financially backed by a group of international investment funds: Bridger Capital (the U.S.), MC Capital (Japan) and SEAVI Advent (Singapore).zhenai.com has more than 58 million registered users.

Eureka

Acquisition in 2011
Eureka is a social matchmaking service that connects similar individuals using social diagnostics. Eureka was founded by Jun Nishikawa and Yu Akasaka in November 2008 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SinglesNet

Acquisition in 2010
SinglesNet is a Social Media company.

People Media

Acquisition in 2009
People Media L.L.C. is a company that specializes in online dating and social networking, operating targeted websites tailored to specific demographic groups. The company manages 27 niche communities, including platforms such as BlackPeopleMeet.com, SingleParentMeet.com, SeniorPeopleMeet.com, BBPeopleMeet.com, and LDSPlanet.com, collectively serving approximately 255,000 paying subscribers. Founded in 2001 and based in Chandler, Arizona, People Media focuses on providing dating services for various groups, including African Americans, Christians, seniors, and single parents. Originally known as Zencon Technologies, the company rebranded to People Media in 2007 and has since operated as a subsidiary of Match.com, LLC.

Her

HER is a mobile application designed to connect lesbian, bisexual, bicurious, and queer women, facilitating social interactions and relationship building within their community. Formerly known as Dattch Ltd., the company rebranded to HER in March 2015 and has been operational since its incorporation in 2011, based in London, United Kingdom. The app serves as a social hub, allowing users to find and meet like-minded individuals through features such as messaging, sharing emojis and pictures, and accessing profiles. In addition to connecting users, HER also offers news and information about events relevant to the community, enhancing the overall user experience.
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