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This Week in Dating Business
The Romance Scam Prevention Act Is Now Law. Dating Apps Have Until October 2027.
Match and Grindr Report Next Week. Here Is What to Watch.
States Challenge Character.AI's Sale Process Ahead of October 30 Hearing
Match Group Partners With India's Cybercrime Centre on Romance Scam Warnings
Three Plead Guilty in $9 Million Romance Fraud Case Built on Fake Dating Profiles
FundingTolan Raises $30 Million as Character.AI Sells Itself in BankruptcyAI companion Tolan raised $30 million led by Union Square Ventures, while Character.AI, in Chapter 11, lined up Disney as a $20 million stalking-horse bidder and saw most of its staff offered Disney jobs.
FundingClockout Raises $3.5 Million to Get Professionals Meeting in PersonNetworking app Clockout has raised $3.5 million led by 114 Ventures and reports $1.1 million in annual recurring revenue.
FundingEx-Tinder Executive's Rivet Raises $10.5 Million to Put People Back in MatchmakingFormer Tinder executive Taru Kapoor launched Rivet across the U.S. with a $10.5 million seed round and a crowd-sourced matching model.
FundingGame of War's Co-Founder Backs an Anti-Screen-Time Dating AppMike Sherrill, co-founder of Machine Zone and architect of Game of War ($2.8B in revenue before AppLovin acquired the company), has invested an undisclosed sum in SPARK, a Singapore dating startup bui…
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