# Meet Kinksters > Source: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/meet-kinksters | Publisher: Dating Industry Insights (High Intent Media Inc) | Last checked: 2026-10-25 **In short:** Meet Kinksters was a sex-positive dating app and website, launched in 2022 by founder and CTO Brad Jones, that matched people on both romantic and sexual compatibility. It was based in the United States. BeeDee, a kink-focused dating app, acquired it in May 2025, and the web version closed on 27 June 2025. It is an example of consolidation among niche dating apps. ## Key facts - Type: Dating app - Headquarters: United States - Founded: 2022 - Status: Acquired by BeeDee in May 2025; web version closed 27 June 2025 - Website: meet.kinksters.dating - Launch: Launched in 2022 as a sex-positive dating app (2022) [source](https://beedee.com/press/) - Founder: Brad Jones, founder and CTO (2025-05-06) [source](https://beedee.com/press/) - Acquisition: Acquired by BeeDee; announced 6 May 2025; both companies privately held; terms not disclosed (2025-05-06) [source](https://beedee.com/press/) - Closure: Web version shut down on 27 June 2025 after the mobile app assets passed to BeeDee (2025-06-27) [source](https://datedasher.com/meet-kinksters-shuts-down-following-beedee-acquisition/) - Website: meet.kinksters.dating [source](https://www.linkedin.com/company/meet-kinksters?trk=public_post-text) - Country: United States (Crunchbase lists Beaverton, Oregon; Pitchbook lists a Sheridan, Wyoming address) [source](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/meet-kinksters) - Platforms: Listed on Android and Apple app stores plus a web version, reported shortly after the December 2022 launch (2023) [source](https://www.westword.com/news/from-colorado-gop-star-to-kinkster-entrepreneur-17164678) ## About Meet Kinksters was a sex-positive dating app for kinky and curious adults. Its pitch was that people should be able to state romantic and sexual preferences together from the start, rather than choosing between a mainstream app and a hookup app. It launched in 2022 on Android, iOS and the web, and its founder and CTO was Brad Jones. Crunchbase lists it as a privately held pre-seed company in the United States, and Pitchbook records a small amount of crowdfunding raised in 2023. On 6 May 2025, BeeDee announced that it had acquired Meet Kinksters. The press release was issued from Ghent, Belgium, and said both companies were privately held and that terms were not disclosed. BeeDee's announcement said the deal brought its own app to the Apple App Store, where it had previously been available only on Google Play and the web. The Meet Kinksters mobile app moved under BeeDee's ownership. The web version closed on 27 June 2025, according to Date Dasher, after an email to users. The company matters to the dating industry as a small case of niche consolidation. Kink and sex-positive apps are a crowded and mostly small category, and this was a sale by one small operator to another. Editorial note on sources: two earlier Dating Industry Insights stories describe the company as UK-based and say it never launched on iOS. Those points are not supported by the company's own materials or other sources, so they are not repeated here. ## Stories about Meet Kinksters - [Meet Kinksters' Closure: A Case Study in Niche Dating's iOS Dilemma](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/meet-kinksters-shuts-down-beedee) (2025-06-27) - [BeeDee's iOS Breakthrough: A Game Changer for Sex-Positive Apps?](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/beedee-acquires-meet-kinksters-dating) (2025-05-07) ## Questions **Who acquired Meet Kinksters?** BeeDee announced the acquisition on 6 May 2025. Both companies were privately held and the terms were not disclosed. **Who founded Meet Kinksters?** Brad Jones, who was its founder and CTO, according to the BeeDee press release. **Is Meet Kinksters still running?** Its web version closed on 27 June 2025 after the mobile app assets passed to BeeDee. **What is Meet Kinksters?** Meet Kinksters was a sex-positive dating app and website, launched in 2022 by founder and CTO Brad Jones, that matched people on both romantic and sexual compatibility. It was based in the United States. BeeDee, a kink-focused dating app, acquired it in May 2025, and the web version closed on 27 June 2025. **Where is Meet Kinksters based?** Meet Kinksters is based in United States. **When was Meet Kinksters founded?** Meet Kinksters was founded in 2022. --- Canonical: https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/products/meet-kinksters