Author: Simon Edmunds

Former Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes recently took to Twitter to help promote a new dating app from his tech incubator. Hola

The CEO of mobile dating leader Happn is speaking in London this week. Didier Rappaport, the CEO of Happn and co-founder

Southeast Asian mobile dating provider Paktor has just secured a massive $32.5m in funding with its latest round. The round was co-led by venture

After last week’s GDI online dating conference in London & first ever Spotlight on Startups competition, we wanted to put together

Mobile internet usage is expected to continue to increase over the next few years, accounting for 75% of all global internet

Public dating company Snap Interactive has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Snapchat. Snapchat recently announced it was rebranding

Jack’d has announced it will be staying free, despite recent reports to the contrary. A Bloomberg article stated that the gay

Last night, GDI held its first ever Spotlight on Startups event and we are delighted to announce our two winners were ooOo

Tomorrow’s GDI Conference & Spotlight on Startups competition have now both sold out. We’re expecting 130 on the day at both

London dating startup TrueView has launched an amusing new viral video campaign as it announces a fresh set of verification

Ahead of Thursday’s GDI conference you can now check out the agenda for the event. The conference begins at 9.30am

Venntro Media Group is now a member of the Online Dating Association. The UK company, which owns properties like White

There are now just a final few tickets left for the GDI Conference & Spotlight on Startups competition. Both dating industry events

Dating startup Bumble has raised $28,747 for Planned Parenthood with a new Instagram campaign. Last Friday, Bumble posted an image

With one week until the GDI Conference & Spotlight on Startups competition, tickets are almost sold out. We’re expecting both

A hacker claims to have broken into AdultFriendFinder to access databases full of user credentials. On Twitter, a hacker called

A millionaire businessman has been accused of murdering his British girlfriend in a hotel room before fleeing the country. Nadine

The Online Dating Association has just announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive. Andrew McClelland will take over as

Tinder is looking to double its workforce in 18 months as it opens a new office in Silicon Valley. The

After being tested in the UK & Australia, Tinder Boost is now rolling out globally. First announced in September, the Boost

GDI is delighted to reveal the finalists of our first ever Spotlight on Startups competition. The dating event is designed to find

The mobile marketing platform used by Tinder, Leanplum, has just raised $29m in Series C. The round was led by

Tickets have almost sold out for the GDI London Conference & Spotlight on Startups event later this month. This year, the

A new €50m VC fund called K Fund has opened in Spain. The fund is looking to invest in Spanish

Happn founder Didier Rappaport recently sat down with City A.M. to talk about where the dating app is and what the team’s plans

Oakley Capital Investments has completed the sale of a controlling stake in Parship Elite to ProSiebenSat.1 Media. Originally announced on