• Dixner, the Paris start-up that matches strangers for shared meals, announced on 9 October 2026 that it has bought singles party brand Crush Party.
  • Crush Party events become Dixner Crush. The first is on 22 October 2026 in Paris, open to singles only and capped at 150 guests.
  • No price has been disclosed. Dixner's last reported valuation was €3M, after a €200,000 raise, according to Maddyness.
  • Tickets are sold only through a free Dixner account, feeding Crush Party regulars into a base of more than 90,000 members.

Dixner, the French start-up that matches strangers for dinners, drinks and brunches, has bought Crush Party, a Paris brand that throws large parties for single people. Dixner announced the deal on its blog on 9 October 2026, and Crush Party's website now carries the news under a new name: Dixner Crush.

The first Dixner Crush night takes place on 22 October at the Mikado in Paris's 9th arrondissement. It is for singles only, capped at 150 guests, with games and Dixner hosts on hand to break the ice. Neither company has disclosed a price.

The DII Take

This is a small deal with a clear logic. Dixner has spent three years selling friendship, yet its founder says many of its guests are single. Buying a ready-made singles brand gives it a sharper product for them without building an audience from scratch. The real test is whether a party of 150 can be run with the care of a table of ten, which is the scaling question investors have already put to its founder.

What Dixner bought

Crush Party grew out of one Parisian social circle. A February 2025 podcast episode with founder Charlotte Werba describes how she started by gathering single friends, before the nights grew to more than 150 guests at venues such as the Piscine Molitor. Company records show Crush Party SAS was registered in Paris in February 2023, with Werba as president and Lucie Le Cadre and Romain Nibourel as managing directors.

Online Personals Watch, citing a LinkedIn post, reports that all three founders will join Dixner as investors. If so, the sellers are backing Dixner rather than cashing out. Registry records still list the three as officers, so it is unclear whether Dixner bought the company or just the brand and its audience.

The mechanics matter more than the price. Crush Party's site now asks guests to open a free Dixner account before buying a ticket. Every Crush Party guest now arrives as a Dixner member, with a profile Dixner can use. The rebranded page promises "un nouveau nom, le même goût de la rencontre": a new name, the same appetite for meeting people.

The numbers behind Dixner

Astrid Beaufils founded Dixner in Paris in 2023. Guests answer a short questionnaire, and an algorithm seats 6 to 10 of them at a restaurant table with a host, according to Dixner's website. The reported financials are modest but moving the right way:

  • Revenue of €250,000 in 2024 and €500,000 in 2025, with a target of €1.5M for 2026 (Maddyness)
  • An early raise of €250,000 at a €1.7M valuation, then €200,000 at a €3M valuation, reported in February 2026 (Maddyness)
  • Presence in 50 French cities as of February 2026, with a US launch planned for 2027 (Maddyness)
  • More than 90,000 members and 3,500 experiences, per Dixner's website

Investor sentiment has been mixed. On the M6 show Qui veut être mon associé, Beaufils asked for €100,000 for 5% and left without a deal. Maddyness reported that some panellists found the valuation too rich and Marc Simoncini doubted the model could scale. Beaufils later told L'Essentiel that people in their forties, often single, are the best represented group among Dixner's Paris guests. A singles brand simply names what many customers were already there for.

Why it matters for dating operators

Hinge shows one way the big apps have approached real-world events: as a funder. The Match Group (MTCH) app took its One More Hour programme to France in May 2026. It funds local social groups from a $1.5M global pot for 2026, and cites Ipsos research showing 65% of French Gen Z adults are interested in meeting new people in person. The grants pay for gatherings that other groups run.

Dixner is meeting the same demand from the other side. Event operators pick the venue, supply the hosts and run the night itself, which is the part apps find hardest to control. Timeleft, which says it has more than 4 million members across 200-plus cities, shows how big social dining can get. An explicit singles brand puts Dixner more squarely against dating products for the same evening and the same spend.

For apps, the lesson is that offline is turning into a category with its own consolidators, not just a marketing channel. For investors, small roll-ups are a cheap way to buy audience in a business where winning customers one table at a time is slow. The risk is identity. A 150-person party is easier to fill than curated tables, but it sits closer to the generic singles night that has existed for decades.

Offline is turning into a category with its own consolidators, not just a marketing channel.
  • Dixner is now buying formats and audience, not just building them. Watch for more small deals as it chases a reported €1.5M revenue target for 2026.
  • The free account gate turns Crush Party's guest list into Dixner member data, an asset that should count in any future fundraise.
  • Watch whether Dixner Crush leaves Paris. Large singles nights in Dixner's other cities would test whether the format travels as well as small dinners.

Sources: Dixner rachète Crush Party (Dixner blog); Dixner rachète Crush Party: première Dixner Crush le 22 octobre (Crush Party website); Dixner website; Crush Party SAS company record (Pappers, French registry data); Hinge launches One More Hour in France (Hinge newsroom); Timeleft website; Maddyness: Comment Dixner a rebondi après les refus des investisseurs; L'Essentiel Paris: Dixner, le concept qui invite à rencontrer des inconnus; Online Personals Watch: Dixner acquires CrushParty; 30 ans Sinon Rien podcast, episode 9: Charlotte Werba