Asian Matchmaking App Paktor Lands $7.4M To Go Beyond Romance And Into Friendships

Asian Matchmaking App Paktor Lands $7.4M To Go Beyond Romance And Into Friendships

By Jon Russell You might think that the path for dating apps is to focus on romance. But that may not be the case for one Tinder-like service. Paktor, a service focused on Southeast Asia, today closed a $10 million Series B round that will go towards expanding its userbase and — interestingly — developing beyond romantic matchmaking to connect people with new, platonic friends. Read More

…read more

Via: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/z2Zdf37ttR8/

About author

You might also like

Uncategorized 0 Comments

First Republican Debate Was Wide-Ranging, But All Orbited Around Trump

By Don Gonyea The other candidates on stage each had their moments, but from an opening test of Trump’s party loyalty to a needling closer by ex-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee,

Uncategorized 0 Comments

WudStay Wants To Be The Gold Standard For Budget Hotels In India

By Jon Russell The internet has revolutionized global travel. I can book a flight and hotel online, and by myself, in minutes, and most of the time I’ll get the

Uncategorized 0 Comments

A Self-Taught Artist Paints The Rainforest By Memory

By Jessie Rack He’d never drawn before. Then he was asked to depict the Colombian rainforest he knew so well. Naturalists cherish the ink-and-watercolor works of Abel Rodriguez. And so