Match Group invests $100M in Seattle-based Sniffies, a web-only platform for queer men with ~3M MAUs worldwide, paving the way for a possible acquisition
Match Group Inc., whose dating-app portfolio includes brands like Hinge, Tinder and Match.com, is investing $100 million in Sniffies …
Sources: activist investor Starboard has built a 6.5%+ stake in Match Group and calls for the company to fix margins or pursue sale; MTCH jumps 8%+
Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal :
Match Group adds Instacart CMO Laura Jones and Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff to its board and signs a deal with Elliott, reported to have a ~$1B Match stake
Tinder and Hinge operator Match Group added two new directors and signed an agreement with Elliott Management …
Sources: Elliott Management has built a ~$1B stake in Match Group and plans to push the online dating company to take steps to boost its stock; MTCH jumps 5%+
Activist has roughly $1 billion stake and intends to meet with Match to discuss ways to improve online dating company's performance
A look at Match Group's plans for Tinder and Explore, including an expansion of virtual goods that incentivize engagement and a metaverse-like dating platform
Match Group to acquire South Korean social media company Hyperconnect for $1.73B in cash and stock; Hyperconnect's Azar 1-on-1 live chat app has 540M downloads
IAC to buy online caregiver marketplace Care.com in a deal valued at nearly $500M; Care.com stock is up 13+%
- IAC's deal to buy Care.com comes one day after it detailed plans to spin off all of its shares of online dating company Match Group. — Care.com soars more than 13% on the news …
Match Group acquires dating app Hinge, in which it bought a controlling stake last year; plans international expansion of Hinge, which grew 4x YoY in Q4 2018
Last year, Match Group acquired a 51 percent stake in the relationship-focused dating app Hinge, in order to diversify its portfolio of dating apps led by Tinder. Tweets: @johnwilson Tweets: John S. W...
Match Group, which runs dating services including Tinder and OKCupid, says it's bought a controlling stake in rival app Hinge, after first investing last year
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg :
Profile of Whitney Wolfe Herd, CEO of Bumble, the women-first dating app with $100M/year sales that, sources say, is talking to Match Group about a $1B+ buyout
This Bitcoin Mining Technique Is Being Used in Malware Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch : Match Group is still in talks to acquire Bumble with a valuation over $1B Tweets: Hussein Kanji / @hkanji : The real w...