Violet Lim
In short: Violet Lim is co-founder and CEO of Lunch Actually Group, the Singapore-based dating and matchmaking business she started in 2004 and expanded across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
Key facts
| Role | CEO & Co-Founder |
|---|---|
| Organisation | Lunch Actually |
| LinkedIn profile |
Biography
Violet Lim co-founded Lunch Actually in Singapore in 2004 with Jamie Lee, after working as a management associate at Citibank, where she saw that colleagues had little time to date. The business began by arranging lunch dates for professionals, expanded to Kuala Lumpur in 2005 and later to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Jakarta and Penang. The group has run the Esync and LunchClick dating apps, the premium Peerage service and the Viola.AI project, and acquired MeetnLunch and Love Out Loud Asia in 2015 and Setipe in Indonesia. In 2004 Lim became the first Asian certified by the Matchmaking Institute in New York. As of May 2021 the company said it had matched more than 4,500 married couples and arranged over 150,000 dates.
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Who is Violet Lim?
Violet Lim is co-founder and CEO of Lunch Actually Group, the Singapore-based dating and matchmaking business she started in 2004 and expanded across Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
What is Violet Lim's current role?
Violet Lim is CEO & Co-Founder at Lunch Actually.