Online dating service Twinby, created from research by the National Research University’s Higher School of Economics, has attracted 150 million, Forbes has learned. Investors include former InDrive CTO Alexander Burtsev and venture fund Impact Capital.
The investments amounted to a company valuation of 5 billion rubles. The funds received will be used for new research, testing and promotion of the service in the regions.
Impact Capital confirmed investments in the amount of 200 thousand dollars, according to the company’s CEO, Valeri Zolotukhin, a second round of investments is already being planned.
Alexander Burtsev, for his part, did not reveal the volume of investments, but explained that he made the decision to invest after conversations with the founders and the team.
“I immediately liked the boys, their eyes shone, I saw great potential in them. As a techie, I talked about architecture. From a technical point of view, the team is very strong, the right stack was chosen and that was the deciding factor,” he told the publication.
Twinby entered the market in summer 2023. The app selects a partner based on psychological compatibility. The service was launched by HSE graduates Veronika Yakovleva and Valery Klimov. According to the service’s own data, more than 1 million Russians installed it in the first months of operation.
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Natalia Gormaleva
Source: RB
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