The company has reportedly attempted to acquire Tinder-competitor Bumble on more than one occasion, though the nasty legal battle playing out between the dating powerhouses makes that combination unlikely.
If in a given week Tinder acquires 1,000 female participants in Chicago and 1,000 male participants in New York, Tinder's number of total users increases, but its liquidity remains the same.
In June, Monster acquired Jobr, a "Tinder for jobs" app.
Just in June, Monster itself acquired Jobr, a "Tinder for jobs". And last month, Indeed.com acquired Simply Hired.
Just in June, Monster itself acquired Jobr, a "Tinder for jobs".
And there's a graveyard and a lot of examples of the huge challenges players in this space face, like Tinder acquiring Humin in 2016 (and clearly nothing huge panning out since then).
Now, if Tinder acquires 1,000 female participants and 1,000 male participants all located in the borough of Brooklyn, this higher density of users (from both sides of the marketplace) will lead to higher liquidity.
Tinder has also tried to acquire that company in the past.
Dating app Tinder is acquiring Humin the San Francisco startup which took a high-wire approach to contact management, trying to merge lots of disparate information into one contact app.
Tinder says it is acquiring Humin's technology and IP, while the founders and "many members" (says the company) of the team will switch over to effectively create Tinder's office in SF.
Palihapitiya had accumulated Tinder shares via his investment in Xtreme Labs (acquired by Pivotal), because the mobile development group had done work for Tinder in exchange for equity.
