The Startup Roundup – 14th August 2020
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Startup news this week:
- HelloAfrica: Match and connect with fellow Africans from around the world – This swipe-based dating app allows singles to choose to match with people from the same heritage country.
- LoveInSync: See What Meaningful Connections Are Waiting For You – Users can add video or voice intros to their profiles to better display their unique personalities.
- Bogoo: Let’s Find Something Real – This dating app is targeted at Chinese students and young professionals living in the United States to find relationships with people from the same background.
- New dating site for anti-maskers dubbed ‘OkStupid’ – The dating forum is part of LockdownSceptics.org, a conspiracy website that claims the reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic has been too strong.
- How a quarantine matchmaking project for Muslims found itself navigating anti-Blackness – Eye Meets Soul is a blind virtual matchmaking service where Muslim men and women can safely connect with each other during lockdown.
