# Geneva > Source: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/geneva | Publisher: Dating Industry Insights (High Intent Media Inc) | Last checked: 2026-10-23 **In short:** Geneva was a group chat and community app, founded in 2018, that helped people find groups based on shared interests and meet offline. Bumble Inc. bought it in July 2024 for about $17 million to build group friendship features. Its technology now powers the relaunched Bumble BFF app, and the standalone Geneva app has been shut down. ## Key facts - Type: Dating app - Founded: 2018 - Status: Acquired by Bumble Inc. in July 2024. The standalone app was set to shut down after Bumble relaunched its BFF app on Geneva technology in September 2025. - Website: geneva.com - Founded: 2018 (2024-07-01) [source](https://www.geneva.com/blog/meant-to-bee) - Product type: Group chat and community app for finding people and activities in your city (2024) [source](https://www.geneva.com/) - Acquisition announced: Bumble Inc. announced its intention to acquire Geneva on 20 May 2024 (2024-05-20) [source](https://ir.bumble.com/news/news-details/2024/Bumble-Inc.-Signs-Agreement-to-Acquire-Group-and-Community-App-Geneva/default.aspx) - Acquisition completed and price: Bumble completed the acquisition of Geneva Technologies, Inc. on 1 July 2024 for approximately $17.0 million in cash; Geneva was a pre-revenue company (2024-07-01) [source](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1830043/000095017024093910/bmbl-20240630.htm) - Funding raised: Around $36 million from backers including Coatue, Mike Krieger, Kevin Systrom, Michael Moritz and Jack Conte (2024-05-20) [source](https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/20/bumble-buys-community-building-app-geneva-to-expand-further-into-friendships/) - Current status: Bumble relaunched its BFF app on Geneva's platform in September 2025; the Geneva app was to shut down, and Bumble told investors Geneva had generated no revenue as of 30 June 2025 (2025-09-18) [source](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/18/bumble-bffs-revamped-app-is-here-focusing-on-friend-groups-and-community-building/) ## About Geneva was a group chat and community app that described itself as the online place to find your offline people. It was founded in 2018 and let users join groups built around interests, hobbies, creators and local activities, with some groups arranging in-person meet-ups. TechCrunch reported that the company had raised around $36 million from backers including Coatue, Instagram founders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, Michael Moritz and Jack Conte. Bumble Inc. announced its intention to acquire Geneva on 20 May 2024, saying the deal would extend Bumble For Friends from one-to-one connections to groups and communities. Bumble's quarterly filing states that the acquisition by merger of Geneva Technologies, Inc. completed on 1 July 2024 for an aggregate purchase price of about $17.0 million in cash. The filing describes Geneva as a pre-revenue company whose main assets were a social networking and communications platform and related intellectual property. Bumble also signed employment and retention agreements with key Geneva staff. In September 2025 Bumble relaunched its BFF app, built on Geneva's platform, and TechCrunch reported that the Geneva app would shut down, with existing members upgraded to BFF and keeping their groups and messages. Bumble had told investors in Q2 2025 that Geneva had generated no revenue as of 30 June 2025. For the dating industry, Geneva is an example of a dating company buying group and friendship technology as one-to-one swiping slows. Geneva was not a dating app itself. ## Questions **Who owns Geneva?** Bumble Inc. acquired Geneva Technologies, Inc. in July 2024. **How much did Bumble pay for Geneva?** Bumble's filing gives an aggregate purchase price of about $17.0 million in cash, subject to adjustments. **Is the Geneva app still running?** TechCrunch reported in September 2025 that the Geneva app would shut down as Bumble relaunched BFF on Geneva's platform. Members were to be upgraded to BFF. **Was Geneva acquired in 2022?** No. Bumble announced the deal in May 2024 and completed it on 1 July 2024. One DII story that says 2022 is not supported by company sources. **What is Geneva?** Geneva was a group chat and community app, founded in 2018, that helped people find groups based on shared interests and meet offline. Bumble Inc. bought it in July 2024 for about $17 million to build group friendship features. **When was Geneva founded?** Geneva was founded in 2018. --- Canonical: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/geneva