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Portugal’s EIGHT is raising a €3 million Seed round to scale its video-first dating app, with over €256.6k already raised
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Portugal’s EIGHT is raising a €3 million Seed round to scale its video-first dating app, with over €256.6k already raised
Founder News Team Apr 10, 2026 0

EIGHT, a Lisbon-based startup, is raising a €3 million Seed round to scale its video-first dating app across four European…

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<div>Berkeley-based Ditto is hosting blind date events on yachts and is hiring a "Chief Yacht Officer."</div><strong>(Ditto)</strong>
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Bay Area AI dating company hiring chief officer to plan parties, paying 6-figure salary
Founder News Team Mar 13, 2026 0

Berkeley-based Ditto is hosting blind date events on yachts and is hiring a “Chief Yacht Officer.” (Ditto) The Brief A…

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Bumble Stock Soars as Dating App Company Announces Layoffs, Lifts Q2 Outlook
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Bumble Stock Soars as Dating App Company Announces Layoffs, Lifts Q2 Outsee
Founder News Team Mar 1, 2026 0

Bumble (BMBL) shares jumped over 20% Wednesday afternoon after the dating app firm declared in a regulatory filing that it…

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Locked-in Tech Founders Are Swearing Off Dating
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Locked-in Tech Founders Are Swearing Off Dating
Founder News Team Jan 18, 2026 0

There’s two things that I care about the most: the gym and my work,” declares Mahir Laul. The 18-year-old took…

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Interview With Co-Founder Marco van der Woude About The Dating App Company
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Interview With Co-Founder Marco van der Woude About The Dating App Company
Founder News Team Jan 16, 2026 0

Breeze is a dating app that skips the concludeless chatting and supports people meet in real life by planning an…

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Hinge Founder Justin McLeod Exits to Launch a New A.I. Online Dating Startup
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Hinge Founder Justin McLeod Exits to Launch A.I. Online Dating Startup
Founder News Team Dec 12, 2025 0

Justin McLeod is leaving Hinge to launch his own A.I. online dating app. Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast…

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Dating Startup Keeper Says AI Can Find Your Soulmate, Raised $4M: Deck
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Dating Startup Keeper Says AI Can Find Your Soulmate, Raised $4M: Deck
Founder News Team Dec 11, 2025 0

Keeper, an AI matchbuilding startup, believes it can assist deliver your “soulmate” to you. And if it can’t, it’ll let…

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European nations agree to consider weakening protections for migrants dating back to WW2
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European nations agree to consider weakening protections for migrants dating back to WW2
Founder News Team Dec 10, 2025 0

BRUSSELS (AP) — As sympathy for immigrants erodes around the world, European nations agreed Wednesday to consider alters that rights…

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Hinge CEO McLeod stepping down to lead Match Group-backed AI dating startup
Founder News Team Dec 10, 2025 0

Match Group declared on Tuesday that Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod will step down to launch Overtone, an AI-powered…

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Biohacker Bryan Johnson reveals he's dating Blueprint co-founder
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Biohacker Bryan Johnson reveals he’s dating Blueprint co-founder
Founder News Team Dec 3, 2025 0

Bryan Johnson is battling Father Time — but Cupid received to him first. The anti-aging mogul revealed Tuesday that he’s…

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