Coffee Meets Bagel

Name

Coffee Meets Bagel

Legal name

Coffee Meets Bagel, Inc.

Website

https://coffeemeetsbagel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Coffee Meets Bagel is a mobile dating app for serious relationship seekers, delivering curated daily matches via AI-powered recommendations, identity verification, and features designed to encourage intentional dating and real-world connections among approximately 20 million users globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Premium Subscriptions: Recurring subscription model for premium features including message read receipts, additional matches per day, and profile picture appraisals. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled.
2. One-Time Purchases: One-time payments for premium services such as additional daily matches or individual feature unlocks.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Coffee Meets Bagel is a mobile dating application that delivers a curated daily batch of matches ("bagels") at noon to singles seeking serious, committed relationships. The app uses an AI-powered matching algorithm alongside identity verification, time-bound 7-day chat windows, and structured engagement tools such as Icebreakers, Bagel Notes, and Activity Reports to encourage intentional dating and real-world meetings. The platform operates on dedicated iOS and Android apps distributed globally via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, with separate US/Canada and Worldwide versions.

Product overview

Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB) is a dating app for serious daters seeking committed relationships, offering a curated matching approach with daily 'bagel' recommendations delivered at noon rather than unlimited swiping. The core platform includes features like 7-day chat windows to prevent ghosting, Icebreakers for conversation starters, Profile Verification for trust, and Activity Reports for transparency. The CMB Couples sub-brand serves users who found partners through the app. CMB has facilitated over 250 million matches and over 91% of its community seeks a committed relationship. Recent initiatives include the Dating Realness Report research series and content programming like Love As We Know It for AAPI Heritage Month.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CMB Couples: A program for couples who met through the app, offering features like chat transcript requests, $100 date stipends for social media content, and a couples kit with swag and photo-booth props.

Products and services

• Coffee Meets Bagel (CMB) Mobile Dating App A mobile dating app for singles seeking serious, committed relationships, delivering a curated daily batch of up to 22 potential matches ("bagels") at noon instead of unlimited swiping. Features include AI-powered matching, 7-day time-bound chats, Icebreakers, Bagel Notes, Profile Verification via Persona with facial geometry scanning, government-backed Singpass/MyInfo verification in Singapore, Activity Reports, and optional premium subscriptions and one-time in-app purchases. Available as separate US/Canada and Worldwide iOS and Android apps.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 91% of users seeking committed relationships
• +6 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Safe SpacecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Safe Space, Singapore's digital mental health platform, partnered with Coffee Meets Bagel to launch a Relationship Wellness Workshop Series in 2026, exclusive to the dating app's users. The quarterly workshops focus on personal growth, communication, and emotional intelligence to help individuals navigate modern dating. The collaboration combines Safe Space's mental wellness expertise with Coffee Meets Bagel's focus on serious dating.
• SG Culture PassminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 February 2026Coffee Meets Bagel launched a partnership with SG Culture Pass in February 2026 to promote 'cultural dates' - experiential dating activities centered around cultural experiences in Singapore.
• FishbowlminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 November 2025Coffee Meets Bagel and Fishbowl co-organized an event featuring 30 elevator pitches from singles seeking romantic connections or friendships, with over 120 participants attending. Described as 'Shark Tank, but friendly' combining professional pitch elements with dating.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Bumble: Publicly traded dating app with a similar premium-subscription model and a serious-relationship positioning (Bumble Date). Overlaps directly with CMB on intent-driven dating, premium tier structure, and global user base, though with a women-message-first differentiation.
• Hinge: Owned by Match Group, Hinge is the most direct competitor: positioned around serious relationships, using curated prompts rather than pure swiping. Same target user (commitment-seeking singles 25-40), same business model (freemium + subscription), and explicitly the brand CMB is most often benchmarked against.
• eHarmony: Long-standing serious-relationship dating service using a compatibility questionnaire and algorithm-driven matches. Most directly comparable to CMB on intent alignment (marriage-focused users) rather than casual swiping, though with a legacy subscription model.

Emerging players

• The League: Invite-only dating app focused on career-driven professionals seeking serious relationships, with curated matches and selective admission. Closely comparable to CMB's busy-professionals segment and curated-batch matching approach.
• Inner Circle: Selective dating app that curates members and emphasizes real-world dates, mirroring CMB's quality-over-quantity positioning. Comparable target user (intentional, often professional daters) and similar premium-event-driven engagement model.
• Hily: Mobile dating app that combines swipe mechanics with AI-driven matching and identity verification. Comparable to CMB on the safety/verification theme and freemium model, though positioned across both casual and serious segments.

Broad incumbents

• Badoo: One of the largest global dating apps by user count, operated by Bumble Inc. Less differentiated on serious-relationship intent, but competes for the same international user base, particularly in Europe and Latin America where CMB has limited share.
• Match.com: One of the original serious-relationship dating platforms, now part of Match Group. Targets a similar long-term-relationship user but with a more traditional web + subscription model rather than CMB's mobile-first curated-batch approach.
• Tinder: Match Group's flagship mass-market dating app. While Tinder skews more casual than CMB, it competes for the same dating-app minutes and ad inventory; its scale and brand set the bar for category awareness that CMB must spend against.

Regional players

• Paktor: APAC-focused dating app and social networking platform; the former employer of CMB's new Worldwide CEO Shn Juay. Highly relevant given CMB's Singapore HQ and APAC expansion push, with comparable curated-match and group-date features in Taiwan, Singapore, and Korea.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/coffeeMbagel
• Facebookfacebook.com/coffeemeetsbagel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/coffee-meets-bagel
• Instagraminstagram.com/coffeemeetsbagel
• TikToktiktok.com/@coffeemeetsbagel?lang=en

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments

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