Rivet in the news

New dating app by former Tinder exec lets complete strangers play Cupid with your love life

By Allison Lax

The New York Post walks through Rivet's Matcher flow, from voting on a pair to the Social Matching score that nudges them to chat, with daters keeping the final say. Founder and CEO Taru Kapoor explains why bringing other people back into dating beats searching alone.

Ex-Tinder Exec Debuts Rivet, a Dating App That Lets Strangers Play Matchmaker

By Samantha Kelly

Bloomberg covers Rivet's US launch and its pool of volunteer matchers, who rate whether two people could be compatible. Founder and CEO Taru Kapoor explains why a few vetted introductions beat swiping through hundreds of profiles.

A Former Tinder Executive Raised $10 Million for a New Dating App. Some of the People Making Matches Are Already Taken

By Victoria Salves

Inc. looks at how Rivet brings people and human judgment back into online dating. Users are matchmakers first and daters second, so even people who are married or not looking can join as Matchers.

New app Rivet turns anyone into a matchmaker

By Anna Iovine

Mashable explains Social Matching on Rivet: Daters and Matchers weigh in on potential pairs, and pairs with strong Social Matching scores are introduced. It also covers Karma, the Matcher Quotient and Rivet's live dating shows.

Former Tinder Executive Launches Dating App Rivet With $10.5M in Funding

The dating industry's trade outlet profiles Taru Kapoor's eight years at Tinder and Match Group, Rivet's $10.5M seed round, and how the community, invited friends and Elite Matchers decide which pairs look compatible.

Rivet Bags $10.5 Mn From Peak XV, Others To Scale Dating Platform In US

By Shrishti Bisht

Inc42 reports Rivet's $10.5 million seed round from Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital and Blume Ventures, which funds product, distribution and growth across the US, and notes Rivet's engineering and machine learning team in Delhi NCR.

Rivet Raises $10.5 Mn In Seed Funding

BW Disrupt covers the seed round and Rivet's give-to-get model, where people help others find connections while getting recommendations of their own, with early backing from former Tinder and OkCupid CEO Elie Seidman.

Dating startup Rivet raises $10.5 million in seed funding

In an Instagram post, marketingmind.in shares the news of Rivet's seed round from Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital and Blume Ventures, and how Rivet compares with Tinder, Hinge and Bumble.