Company:Coffee Meets Bagel
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| Type | Private |
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| Industry | Online dating, Internet |
| Founded | April 17, 2012 |
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| Website | coffeemeetsbagel.com |
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Coffee Meets Bagel is a San Francisco–based dating and social networking service.[2]
History
Coffee Meets Bagel was created by three sisters: Arum, Dawoon, and Soo Kang.[3] The app was launched in New York City on April 17, 2012.[4]
In September 2012, the company announced that it had raised seed funding of $600,000 led by Lightbank, with Match.com co-founder Peng T. Ong also investing.[5][6]
Coffee Meets Bagel launched in Boston on May 10, 2012 and in San Francisco on October 24, 2012.[7][8]
In January 2015, Coffee Meets Bagel was featured on Shark Tank.
In February 2015, the company announced a $7.8 million Series A financing round led by existing investor DCM Ventures.[9]
In May 2018, the company raised $12 million in Series B funding led by Atami Capital.[10]
User personal data breach
In February 2019, Coffee Meets Bagel acknowledged that an attacker had stolen "a partial list of user details, specifically names and email addresses", between late 2017 and mid-2018. Outside reporting indicated that as many as 6,174,513 accounts may have been affected, and that other details including age and gender may have been taken as well.[11]
Features
Features of the Coffee Meets Bagel app include limiting the number of profiles users can interact with each day and offering ice-breaker information for matches.[12][13] In 2020, Coffee Meets Bagel added video virtual speed dating in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[14]
See also
- Comparison of online dating websites
References
- ↑ Meyer, Anna (19 October 2018). "If You're an Entrepreneur, Dating Is Really, Really Hard. But It Doesn't Have to Be". Inc.. https://www.inc.com/anna-meyer/if-youre-an-entrepreneur-dating-is-really-really-hard-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be.html.
- ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel". crunchbase.com. http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/coffee-meets-bagel/. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ↑ Walravens, Samantha (13 February 2017). "How This Sister-Run Business Is Changing The Dating Game". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/geekgirlrising/2017/02/13/how-this-sister-run-business-is-changing-the-dating-game/#7c49f8204086.
- ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Turns Online Dating Into A Daily "Deal"". techcrunch.com. https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/17/coffee-meets-bagel-turns-online-dating-into-a-daily-deal/. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ↑ Kolodny, Lora (26 September 2012). "Coffee Meets Bagel Seeded With $600K for Daily Deals-Inspired Dating". The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00020120926e89qtdf1l.
- ↑ Etherington, Darrell (26 September 2012). "Daily Dating Site Coffee Meets Bagel Lands $600K From Lightbank, Match.com Co-Founder". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/26/daily-dating-site-coffee-meets-bagel-lands-600k-from-lightbank-match-com-co-founder/?_ga=2.138857907.1840868082.1561174661-2075218731.1523046024.
- ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Launches in Boston: Finding Love One Day and Person at a Time". bostinno.streetwise.co. http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2012/05/10/coffee-meets-bagel-launches-in-boston-finding-love-one-day-and-person-at-a-time/. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Looks For Young, Tech Savvy Love With Today's San Francisco Launch". forbes.com. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattmiller/2012/10/24/coffee-meets-bagel-looks-for-young-tech-savvy-love-with-todays-san-francisco-launch/. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
- ↑ Entis, Laura (18 February 205). "The Dating App That Refused Mark Cuban's $30 Million Buyout Offer Just Raised $7.8 Million in Funding". Entrepreneur. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/243051.
- ↑ Marinova, Polina (31 May 2018). "Term Sheet -- Thursday, May 31". Fortune. http://fortune.com/2018/05/31/term-sheet-thursday-may-31/.
- ↑ Williams, Chris (11 February 2019). "620 million accounts stolen from 16 hacked websites now for sale on dark web, seller boasts". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/11/620_million_hacked_accounts_dark_web/.
- ↑ "How game theory improves dating apps". 1843. 2016-11-07. https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/the-daily/how-game-theory-improves-dating-apps.
- ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Review". Askmen. July 30, 2009. https://www.askmen.com/dating/online-dating-sites/coffee-meets-bagel-review.html.
- ↑ Conklin, Audrey (2020-05-07). "Tinder adding video chat feature as coronavirus forces more online dating" (in en-US). https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/tinder-video-chatting-coronavirus-online-dating.
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