Venture funds, private equity firms and other investors that have backed or bought dating businesses, with the deals DII has reported.
Alumni Ventures: Alumni Ventures is a US venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, that co-invests in startups through funds for individual and institutional inve
Andreessen Horowitz: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is one of Silicon Valley's most prominent venture capital firms managing billions in assets across early-stage, growth-stage, and lat
Betclic Everest Group: Betclic Everest Group is a French online betting and gaming group based in Bordeaux, formed around Betclic, which was founded in London in 2005 and merged with
Blackstone: Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) is an alternative asset manager investing in private equity, real estate, credit and other strategies. Peter G.
Blume Ventures: Blume Ventures is an Indian venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Karthik Reddy and Sanjay Nath and based in Mumbai.
Canaan Partners: Canaan Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1987 and headquartered in San Francisco that primarily invests in early and late-stage companies in healthc
Coefficient Capital: Coefficient Capital is a venture firm that, according to DII, led the $8.5 million seed round for Rodeo and led Hinge's Series A in 2017.
Coelius Capital: Coelius Capital is a San Francisco venture firm that makes early-stage investments in technology startups, generally B2B or B2B2C companies, with average cheque
Forerunner Ventures: Forerunner Ventures is a San Francisco venture firm founded in 2012 by Kirsten Green, focused on early-stage consumer businesses.
Goodwater Capital: Goodwater Capital is a consumer-focused venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in consumer technology and social platforms with particular
Gradient: Gradient, formerly Gradient Ventures, is an early-stage venture firm that invests only in artificial intelligence companies.
Greenoaks: Greenoaks, also known as Greenoaks Capital, is a venture capital firm that makes long-term technology investments.
Ithaca Holdings: Ithaca Holdings is a technology investment holding company co-founded and run by co-chief executives Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman.
Lerer Hippeau: Lerer Hippeau is a venture capital firm based in New York City, co-founded in 2010 by Ben Lerer and Kenneth Lerer, with Eric Hippeau as a managing partner.
Llama Ventures: Llama Ventures is a San Francisco venture firm that invests early in AI-native companies, with typical cheque sizes of $500,000 to $5 million.
NFX: NFX is a pre-seed and seed venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Gigi Levy-Weiss, James Currier and Pete Flint, with offices in San Francisco and Israel.
Peak XV Partners: Peak XV Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in the US, India, Singapore and the UAE, formerly Sequoia's India business according to DII.
Pear VC: Pear VC is an early-stage venture firm with offices in San Francisco and Menlo Park.
Rokk3r Fuel ExO Venture Fund: Rokk3r Fuel ExO Venture Fund is a Miami-based early-stage venture capital firm launched in 2017 as the investment arm connected to the venture builder Rokk3r La
STORY3 Capital Partners: STORY3 Capital Partners is an alternative investment manager founded by Peter Comisar, a former Goldman Sachs partner, that backs companies across consumer, com
Funding rounds DII has reported
28 September 2026: Lora, Funding (Pre-seed round: AlleyCorp)
24 September 2026: Rivet, Funding (Seed round: Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital, Blume Ventures), $10.5M
24 August 2026: Pacer, Funding (Alex Lynn (former Williams F1 development driver, £100k investment)), £100k
15 July 2026: Overtone, Funding (Match Group (lead)), $18M seed
4 May 2026: SPARK, Funding (Mike Sherrill (Machine Zone co-founder))
13 April 2026: Eight, Funding (Not disclosed), €256,600 of planned €3M seed
26 March 2026: Friending, Funding (European VC (unnamed)), £5M seed
24 March 2026: 222, Funding (Lerer Hippeau and Rokk3r Fuel ExO Venture Fund (co-leads)), $10.1M Series A
5 March 2026: hati, Funding (Steven Bartlett (Dragons' Den)), £150,000 for 30%
4 March 2026: Rodeo, Funding (Coefficient Capital (lead), Forerunner Ventures, ex-Match Group executives), $8.5M seed
4 February 2026: Ditto, Funding (Peak XV Partners, Gradient, Scribble Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Llama Venture), $9.2M seed
28 January 2026: Left Field, Funding (Kendra Scott and Alexis Ohanian (Shark Tank)), $200,000 for 8% equity
21 January 2026: Aisle, Funding (Info Edge, via Jeevansathi Internet Services), ₹10 crore
9 January 2026: WedKnott, Funding (Pratik Gauri (5ire founder))