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Jul 2023
Pure is a dating app for curious creatives to show up in their most playful version of themselves. It’s a space to be open with your desires, honest with your intentions and clear in your boundaries.
Connect with like-minded beings to create and explore new thrilling experiences in a safe, supportive and shame free space.
CFO and Board member
Nov 2016
Date honestly
In April 2006, Andrey Andreev launched Badoo as the first free dating site that combined photo albums with instant messaging. During this time, most dating platforms required paid memberships and had limited photo or messaging support. In 2007, Badoo introduced “Encounters” where users could vote yes or no on cards of other users The site quickly became popular through word of mouth in markets like Spain, France, Italy, Brazil, and Turkey.
In 2009, Badoo innovated premium features and services that are still industry standard within the world of dating and social network. During this time, Badoo introduced features like virtual gifts, the ability to “rise up” in the search results or ability to see “who likes you”. These early innovations enabled Badoo to run a profitable business from its earliest years.
In 2010, Badoo launched and scaled the first modern mobile dating apps on iOS and Android that leveraged GPS technology with its new feature “People Nearby”, which allowed users to see other people in their surrounding area. This enabled users to find people to meet as they were out and about in the world. The mass adoption of this feature enabled Badoo to define the modern mobile era of dating as we know it today.
The technology of Badoo became the backbone of MagicLab’s shared infrastructure, which is now leveraged across MagicLab’s family of brands like Bumble, Chappy, Lumen, and more to come. Through MagicLab’s efforts, Badoo has been able to launch features like photo verification to eliminate catfishing from the service.
Badoo today is a community of over 425 million people representing people of all pasts and backgrounds. Badoo has some of the richest interactions in the industry, including features like video chat, live-streaming, rich messaging, and more. In 2019, the brand relaunched around the tagline “Date honestly” as the platform that enables people to authentically express who they are and what they really want.
CFO and Board member
Nov 2016
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.
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2023
Board Member
Jul 2023
Pure is a dating app for curious creatives to show up in their most playful version of themselves. It’s a space to be open with your desires, honest with your intentions and clear in your boundaries.
Connect with like-minded beings to create and explore new thrilling experiences in a safe, supportive and shame free space.
2016
CFO and Board member
Nov 2016
Date honestly
In April 2006, Andrey Andreev launched Badoo as the first free dating site that combined photo albums with instant messaging. During this time, most dating platforms required paid memberships and had limited photo or messaging support. In 2007, Badoo introduced “Encounters” where users could vote yes or no on cards of other users The site quickly became popular through word of mouth in markets like Spain, France, Italy, Brazil, and Turkey.
In 2009, Badoo innovated premium features and services that are still industry standard within the world of dating and social network. During this time, Badoo introduced features like virtual gifts, the ability to “rise up” in the search results or ability to see “who likes you”. These early innovations enabled Badoo to run a profitable business from its earliest years.
In 2010, Badoo launched and scaled the first modern mobile dating apps on iOS and Android that leveraged GPS technology with its new feature “People Nearby”, which allowed users to see other people in their surrounding area. This enabled users to find people to meet as they were out and about in the world. The mass adoption of this feature enabled Badoo to define the modern mobile era of dating as we know it today.
The technology of Badoo became the backbone of MagicLab’s shared infrastructure, which is now leveraged across MagicLab’s family of brands like Bumble, Chappy, Lumen, and more to come. Through MagicLab’s efforts, Badoo has been able to launch features like photo verification to eliminate catfishing from the service.
Badoo today is a community of over 425 million people representing people of all pasts and backgrounds. Badoo has some of the richest interactions in the industry, including features like video chat, live-streaming, rich messaging, and more. In 2019, the brand relaunched around the tagline “Date honestly” as the platform that enables people to authentically express who they are and what they really want.
CFO and Board member
Nov 2016
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble Date, BFF, and Badoo. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date) and friendship (BFF). BFF is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections and community based on shared interests. Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products.
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