Coffee Meets Bagel

Coffee Meets Bagel
Type of site
 Online dating service
Owner Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc.
Created by Arum Kang, Dawoon Kang, Soo Kang
Website coffeemeetsbagel.com
Registration Required for membership
Launched April 17, 2012

Coffee Meets Bagel is a San Francisco–based dating and social networking website.[1]

History

Coffee Meets Bagel was created by three sisters: Arum, Dawoon, and Soo Kang.[2] The site was launched in New York City on April 17, 2012.[3]

On May 10, 2012, Coffee Meets Bagel launched in Boston.[4] On October 24, 2012, the app launched in San Francisco.[5]

In 2015, Coffee Meets Bagel was featured on Shark Tank. Mark Cuban, hypothetically, because he was already out, offered them $30 million to purchase the entire company but they declined.[6]

In May 2018, the company raised $12 million in Series B funding.[7]

Features

The app differs from other dating apps by limiting the number of profiles users can interact with each day and offering unique ice-breaker information for matches.[8][9]

Coffee Meets Bagel looks at each user's Facebook account to help identify potential matches. A user is exposed to at least one match per day, but can only contact their matches if they "Like" them and their matches "Like" them back.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel". crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  2. ↑ "About Us". coffeemeetsbagel.com. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  3. ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Turns Online Dating Into A Daily "Deal"". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  4. ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Launches in Boston: Finding Love One Day and Person at a Time". bostinno.streetwise.co. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  5. ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Looks For Young, Tech Savvy Love With Today's San Francisco Launch". forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  6. ↑ Lebowitz, Shana (Jun 12, 2018). "When the founders of dating app Coffee Meets Bagel turned down Mark Cuban's $30 million offer on 'Shark Tank' 3 years ago, they got dozens of emails calling them 'crazy,' 'greedy,' and 'stupid' — but they still aren't sorry". Business Insider. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Series B - Coffee Meets Bagel - 2018-05-04 | Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2018-05-27.
  8. ↑ "How game theory improves dating apps". 1843. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  9. ↑ "https://www.askmen.com/dating/online-dating-sites/coffee-meets-bagel-review.html". Askmen. July 30, 2009. External link in |title= (help)
  10. ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel Sees 70% User Retention, Brings Dating Service to New Markets". tech.co. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  11. ↑ "Coffee Meets Bagel: The Online Dating Site That Helps You Weed Out the Creeps". Retrieved 2014-10-31.
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