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Best Matchmaking Companies in London, United Kingdom

The 80 best Matchmaking companies in London, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Badoo.

80companies tracked
$60.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
23have raised

Ranked: Best Matchmaking companies in London

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundFounderEmployeesTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Badoo
Web/Mobile dating-focused social networking service
$30M221 mo agoVladimir Kornilovski
Executive Director
127SentryZendeskNode.js+11Top 5k—
2Flirtomatic
Web/ Mobile dating portal.
$9M191 mo agoMark Curtis
CEO
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3Paired
Provider of a relationship management and training app for couples
$5M26 mo agoKevin Shanahan
Co-Founder & CEO
16TurbopackFirebaseApple iCloud Mail+23Top 500k—
4intimate
Cryptocurrency designed for the adult industry
$4M100 mo agoReuben Coppa
Co-Founder & CEO
2———
5Thursday
Network of in-person events designed for single individuals to connect
$4M59 mo agoMatthew Love
Co-Founder & COO
10Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+29Top 500k—
6Discover POM
App-based dating and matchmaking platform for music lovers
$1M—Vihan Patel
Founder
5Node.jsTailwind CSSReact+9Top 50M—
7So Syncd
App-based platform offering personality-based dating and matchmaking services
$1M61 mo agoJessica Alderson
Co-Founder & CEO
4WordPressMySQLPHP+39Top 500k—
8StreetSpark
Mutual likes based matching app
$750K186 mo agoAnthony Erwin
Founder
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9Reveal Dating
Women centric mobile dating app
$743K97 mo agoEdward Harvey
Co-Founder & CEO
3———
10Melanin Matchmaker
Provider of a culture-led black dating app
$743K31 mo agoDayo Israel
Founder & CEO
4———
11Blind Cupid
App-based personality-centric matchmaking platform
$602K51 mo ago—1———
12Tastebuds
Dating portal based on music taste
$600K158 mo ago—3RubyFacebook LoginYouTube+16Top 1M—
13The Sauce
App-based proximity-centric matchmaking platform
$562K61 mo agoEmma Clark
Co-Founder
3———
14Lovestruck
Mobile dating app
$456K197 mo ago—16PHPBootstrapVue.js+17Top 10M—
15BARE Dating
App-based body confidence dating platform for singles
$418K57 mo agoGillian Myhill
Co-Founder
3———
16Quinn
Mobile matchmaking app for dating
$363K126 mo ago—————
17playdate
App-based platform offering single-parent-centric dating and matchmaking services
$301K39 mo ago—1WordPressMySQLPHP+24Top 50M—
18DatePlay
Online platform for matchmaking using online games
$288K117 mo ago—4———
19TrueView
Mobile dating app with interactive dynamic profiles
$240K159 mo ago—9———
20Ur My Type
Online platform offering personality-based dating and matchmaking services
$143K50 mo ago—1Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+14Top 10M—

Top 12 Matchmaking companies in London

#1
Seed · London, England · founded 2019 · 16 employees
$5Mraised
▾

Provider of a relationship management and training app for couples. It is a couples app that offers daily questions, quizzes, games, and relationship advice to manage relationships. It provides guidance on communication and conflict management for a happier and healthier relationship.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Seed$2.3M
  • Apr 2021Seed$4M
  • Jul 2020Angel$1M
Founders & team
Kevin ShanahanCo-Founder & CEODiego LopezCo-Founder
Investors
Eka Ventures, 7pc.com, Goldtruck, Skaala, 7percent Ventures, 8Eyes
Tech stack
AdjustAmplitudeApple Icloud MailApple PayCart FunctionalityCloudflare
#2
Seed · London, England · founded 2019 · 4 employees
$742.7Kraised
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Provider of a culture-led black dating app. It is a black dating app that aims to connect individuals with same environment. It offers features such as video meetings, social media integration, and a blog for users to engage and connect with each other. The app is available on the Android and iOS platform.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Seed$742.7K
Founders & team
Dayo IsraelFounder & CEO
Investors
SFC Capital
#3
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 1 employees
$300.9Kraised
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App-based platform offering single-parent-centric dating and matchmaking services. The platform enables users to find and get matched with single parents for dating relationships. It offers features like in-app chatting, customized filter options, offers dating ideas, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2023Seed$300.9K
Investors
Ankh Impact Ventures
Tech stack
Core-JsElementorGodaddyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Workspace
#4
Series A · London, England · founded 2018 · 10 employees
$3.6Mraised
▾

Network of in-person events designed for single individuals to connect. The events provide opportunities for individuals to meet in person. The events include dinners and trips designed to foster connections. The company also offers a personality test.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 49k LinkedIn followers — 13.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Series A$3.5M
  • Oct 2018Seed$153.2K
Founders & team
Matthew LoveCo-Founder & COOGeorge RawlingsCo-Founder
Investors
Connect Ventures, Ascension, BNVC, Audeo Ventures, Secure Processing Holding, M Ventures
Tech stack
AhoyCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare Browser InsightsCloudflare Turnstile
#5
Series A · London, England · founded 2006 · 127 employees
$30Mraised
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Badoo is a dating-focused social networking service & mobile app.The site operates in 180 countries and is most popular in Latin America, Spain, Italy and France. Badoo is a freemium service, where the basic service is free for everyone but users have an option to pay for premium features. Charges for higher prominence, higher limits, invisibility, etc. In January 2008, the Russian investor Finam Capital paid $30 million for a 10% stake in Badoo for expansion in Russia. As of 2009, Finam has 20% ownership of Badoo.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2008Series A$30M
Founders & team
Vladimir KornilovskiExecutive Director
Investors
Finam, FinSight, SPC Smalls, Jindal ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsEnvoyGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#6
Seed · London, England · founded 2019 · 1 employees
$602.2Kraised
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App-based personality-centric matchmaking platform. It helps the users to get compatible matches based on their personality and attitude towards different things. It also provides users to calculate their compatibility with their matches on any other dating app. Mobile applications are available for Android and iOS users.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2022Seed$97.9K
  • Jan 2021Seed$74.3K
  • Nov 2020Seed$430K
Investors
Crowdcube, Seedrs, Forensics Finance Holding, Founder and Lightning
#7
Seed · London, England · founded 2019 · 4 employees
$1Mraised
▾

App-based platform offering personality-based dating and matchmaking services. The platform enables users to determine their personality by taking up personality-based-questionnaire. Based on the outcome users find and get matched with the partner on the platform. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Seed$1M
Founders & team
Jessica AldersonCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Upscalers, KM Capital, Tiny
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAppsflyerBackbone.JsBunnyBunny FontsCdnjs
#8
Series C · London, England · founded 2006
$9Mraised
▾

Flirtomatic was an online web/mobile dating and social networking service operated by Handmade Mobile Entertainment. Allows members to connect on the basis of preferences, interests, location and other information stored in their profile; chat with other users; send immediate messages with graphics and photos; rate other members; and find user-generated editorial content relating to flirting and dating. Flirtomatic has virtual currency known as FlirtPoints, which members can purchase and use to buy additional services, such as virtual goods, and pay to promote or advertise their profile within the service and through alert features. About 80 percent of its members access Flirtomatic via mobile phone. Flirtomatic closed all services on an unknown date.

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2010Series C$9M
  • Jun 2007Series B—
Founders & team
Mark CurtisCEO
Investors
Nauta Capital, Seraphim
#9
Funding Raised · London, England · founded 2017 · 2 employees
$4.5Mraised
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intimate is a cryptocurrency designed for the adult industry for managing payments and reputation across different segments including content delivery, interactive content and services. The platform records a reputation rating attached to every transaction on the blockchain. Consumers and providers can build a reputation by establishing a history of satisfactory transactions on the network.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2018ICO$4.5M
Founders & team
Reuben CoppaCo-Founder & CEO
Tech stack
ContentfulNode.JsBulmaVue.JsNuxt.JsCloudflare
#10
Seed · London, England · founded 2019 · 3 employees
$418Kraised
▾

BARE is an app-based body confidence dating platform for singles. The platform enables users to register and create profiles. The platform verifies profiles by combining emails and request ID. This platform offers subscription services and a mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2021Seed$418K
  • Jul 2019Angel—
Founders & team
Gillian MyhillCo-Founder
Investors
479.Life
#11
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 3 employees
$562.2Kraised
▾

Provider of proximity-based matchmaking platform. It allows users to find nearby dating profiles made up of videos. This platform offers features like chatting, search filters, etc. The mobile application is available for iOS users.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2021Seed$562.2K
Founders & team
Emma ClarkCo-Founder
Investors
Founder Institute, Crowdcube
#12
Seed · London, England · founded 2020 · 1 employees
$143.5Kraised
▾

Online platform offering personality-based dating and matchmaking services. The platform enables users to find and get matched with the dating partner based on their personality. It offers features in-app messaging, verified profiles, etc. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS platforms.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2022Seed$143.5K
Investors
Fuel Ventures
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCloudflareCore-JsGoogle Font ApiGoogle Workspace

Funding & investor landscape

$60.6Mtotal disclosed funding
21companies funded
28disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Crowdcube3 rounds
Connect Ventures2 rounds
Founder and Lightning2 rounds
479.Life1 rounds
7pc.com1 rounds
7percent Ventures1 rounds
8Eyes1 rounds
Angry Ventures1 rounds
Ankh Impact Ventures1 rounds
Ascension1 rounds

Notable founders

Kevin Shanahan
Co-Founder & CEO · Paired
Diego Lopez
Co-Founder · Paired
Dayo Israel
Founder & CEO · Melanin Matchmaker
Matthew Love
Co-Founder & COO · Thursday
George Rawlings
Co-Founder · Thursday
Vladimir Kornilovski
Executive Director · Badoo
Jessica Alderson
Co-Founder & CEO · So Syncd
Mark Curtis
CEO · Flirtomatic
Reuben Coppa
Co-Founder & CEO · intimate
Gillian Myhill
Co-Founder · BARE Dating
Emma Clark
Co-Founder · The Sauce
Edward Harvey
Co-Founder & CEO · Reveal Dating
Prism market signals · United Kingdom · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,660,161 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Matchmaking coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

Common questions

How many Matchmaking companies are there in London, United Kingdom?
Radar tracks 80 indexable Matchmaking companies headquartered in London, United Kingdom that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Matchmaking companies in London, United Kingdom?
The Matchmaking companies in London, United Kingdom on this list have raised a combined $60.6M in disclosed equity funding across 21 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Matchmaking company in London, United Kingdom?
Badoo is the highest-funded Matchmaking company in London, United Kingdom, with $30M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Matchmaking companies in London, United Kingdom are funded?
21 of the 80 Matchmaking companies in London, United Kingdom on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Matchmaking unicorns are there in London, United Kingdom?
None of the Matchmaking companies in London, United Kingdom on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in London, United Kingdom Matchmaking companies?
The most active investors in London, United Kingdom Matchmaking companies on this list include Crowdcube, Connect Ventures, Founder and Lightning, 479.Life, 7pc.com.
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