The GDI & Social Discovery Podcast

Muzmatch is a relationship-focused app that strives to help millennial Muslims find their long-term partners. It has all the benefits of modern dating apps and allows singles to take their dating lives into their own hands, while also staying true to the Islamic religion. Faith-based features help conservative family members be more accepting, as the world of online dating may have previously been...

We have a special episode to kick off series two of The GDI Podcast. Today, Global Dating Insights founder Simon Corbett opens up about his background in online dating and how the field can continue to move forward. GDI was founded in 2013, just as some of the stigmas were beginning to fade away, and it has since grown into the industry’s leading trade publication. Now with four annual conferences...

A growing number of online dating platforms are hosting real-life events to add an extra dimension to the service and encourage their members to start a new relationship in a more traditional setting. However, none have managed to do so with such regular consistency as The Inner Circle, the selective dating app that runs multiple events every month across most of its international markets. Each ev...

Sendbird is a messaging platform that provides fully customisable chat functionalities for mobile apps and websites. It has previously worked with some of the biggest global dating apps, including Hinge, Once and Blued, the largest BGTQ social network in the world. At the beginning of last year, Sendbird raised an impressive $52 million in a Series B funding round that was led by Iconiq Capital, a...

Google is a brand that is synonymous with the internet and being online. The multinational technology company is obviously most well-known for its search engine, cloud computing software, and hardware products. However, it has recently looked to invest more in analysing how the world spends its time online and helping app creators produce revolutionary new services. ThinkWithGoogle is a website th...

Spectrum Labs is helping online businesses from a variety of industries keep their extensive community of members safe from online harms. It specialises in assisting social media platforms, online marketplaces and gaming companies as well as dating apps. With the online dating industry continuing to grow at an exponential rate, Spectrum is committed to ensuring singles can browse their potential p...

Say Allo is a new relationship discovery app that matches users in a scientific and intelligent fashion. Created in collaboration with Dr Brian Shaw, a pioneer of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, the platform uses a video chat feature to reduce the risk of catfish profiles and increase the compatible connections. Founder Zackary Lewis was a member of the United States Marine Corps and has since worked...

Prelinker is one of the leaders for affiliate marketing in the online dating industry. Since 2001, it has been offering advanced white label solutions, data intelligence and smartlink technology to partners in 164 countries all around the world. Prelinker is striving to create the most technologically advanced platform in the online dating sector, with products in every niche market and maximum pr...

The Online Dating Association is the industry’s regulatory body that works to make sure the community of brands has a strong and united voice when dealing with government representatives and the media. It also curates a set of standard guidelines so online dating companies are doing their best to protect all of the users and their data. George Kidd returned to his position as CEO of the ODA in May...

MagicLab is the recently-formed umbrella that contains four of the leading dating platforms in each of their respective niches. Currently overseeing Bumble, Badoo, Chappy and Lumen, MagicLab is in the market for new startups that could be brought onboard to benefit from the shared technology and engineering resources. It is focussed on developing a portfolio of brands that look to inspire social c...

HubStars is one of the leading platforms that provides brands, affiliates and businesses with bespoke white label dating solutions. It also offers a number of high quality pre-made dating websites that are ready to run and promote as soon as the new partner takes control. First founded in 2005, HubStars has consistently continued to grow to the point where it serves more than 10 million online dat...

CLiKD is the London-based dating app that helps singles make real connections with people who share their beliefs, passions and interests. Users set three multiple-choice questions about their personality that acts as a quick compatibility test and ensures the pair will have similar values. Potential matches must answer two of the three questions in the same way before they can begin a conversatio...

Romance fraud is unfortunately one of the biggest issues facing the online dating industry at the moment and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Every year thousands of vulnerable singles fall victim to this crime and wrongly send hundreds of millions of dollars to people they’ve met online. Scamalytics is the world’s leading anti-fraud company that is dedicated to the online dating ind...

Dig is the dating app for dog lovers that has been taking the USA by storm ever since it was first released in 2018. CEO Leigh Isaacson founded the startup when her sister, and company CCO, Casey broke up with her boyfriend because he just didn’t get along with her dog. Dig has since entered a whole host of major cities across the country, with interactive launch parties in each new location. Dogs...

WhiteLabelDating.com is one of the biggest white label providers in Europe and helps affiliates, businesses and media companies effortlessly create their own online dating platforms. First launched in 2003, WLD has now helped more than 49,000 different partners generate almost $400,000,000 from a variety of niche offerings. After having significant sustained success in the UK, WLD is now looking t...

Dubbed the “Tinder for Toffs”, Toffee became a viral sensation when it was first released back in early 2018. The dating app for privately educated singles caused controversy and was covered by countless international media platforms who branded it “elitist” and expressed their outrage at the fact that such an app could exist. CEO Lydia Davis maintains that there is nothing discriminatory about To...