# Timeleft

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**In short:** Timeleft is a group dining app that seats members at weekly dinners with strangers, led by French entrepreneur and co-founder Maxime Barbier. According to the company, it runs dinners in more than 80 cities across 23 countries. DII covers it as a social discovery product that sits close to dating.

## Key facts

- Type: Service
- Founder: Maxime Barbier, a French entrepreneur, is CEO and co-founder [source](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-timeleft-app-dinner-strangers)
- Fact: Operates in more than 80 cities across 23 countries, according to the company [source](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-timeleft-app-dinner-strangers)
- Fact: Members complete a questionnaire and are matched with five others in their city for a weekly Wednesday dinner; the restaurant is revealed that morning [source](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-timeleft-app-dinner-strangers)
- Fact: In Canada, convenes more than 400 people a week across six cities [source](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-timeleft-app-dinner-strangers)
- Fact: DII described Timeleft as a European group dining app questioned on its dating versus social function (2026-03) [source](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/222-recreates-meet-cute-internationally)
- Fact: DII described Timeleft as a group dinner app that has raised venture funding (2026-04) [source](https://www.datingindustryinsights.com/news/student-founded-app-anchors-real-dates)

## About

Timeleft is an app that organises dinners between strangers. Members complete a detailed questionnaire about personality, identity and dining preferences, and are then matched with five other people in their city for a Wednesday dinner. The restaurant is revealed only on the morning of the dinner. There are no profiles and no swiping. The Globe and Mail described Maxime Barbier, a French entrepreneur, as Timeleft's CEO and co-founder. The newspaper reported, citing the company, that Timeleft operates in more than 80 cities across 23 countries. In Canada it was convening more than 400 people a week across six cities: Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Ottawa. Timeleft is not strictly a dating app, but DII has covered it alongside dating products. In 2026 DII described it as a European or international group dinner app, and questioned whether its function is dating or wider socialising. DII has also described it as having raised venture funding and as a paid group dinner app. Its stories give different member totals, over 3 million in one and over 4 million in another, so no figure is given here.



## Questions



**What is Timeleft?** Timeleft is an app that seats members at a weekly dinner with strangers, matched by a questionnaire.

**Who founded Timeleft?** The Globe and Mail names Maxime Barbier, a French entrepreneur, as CEO and co-founder.


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