Bumble Owner Targets Nasdaq IPO to Become World’s Top Matchmaker
- Group owns Badoo, the world’s largest mobile-based dating app
- ‘We’re better than Match,’ says Badoo founder Andrey Andreev
Bumble dating app
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The group behind match-making app Bumble is weighing an initial public offering in the U.S. as part of its plan to become the world’s biggest dating business, according to founder Andrey Andreev.
“We’re now in very deep discussions with banks,” including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Andreev said Tuesday in an interview. “The listing would be on the Nasdaq. It’s been in the air for ages, but the serious consideration has happened only recently -- in the past month.”