Big news for Europe’s largest up-and-coming dating company, just in time for iDate LA. Edinburgh-based internet-dating company Easydate PLC Wednesday said it plans to list on London’s Alternative Investment Market at the end of June. Easydate operates a number of mainstream and niche dating websites such as DatetheUK.com, Canoodle.com and DatingforParents.com, and four of the U.K’s top 15 dating sites belong to Easydate’s portfolio. The company began its international expansion in 2009 and said it continues to grow in all other English-speaking territories outside the U.K. including India. It plans to launch in mainland Europe and Brazil in 2010.
Easydate said shares of 2.5 pence each would be admitted, but didn’t give details of how much it plans to raise on admission or its expected market capitalization.
Currently Chief Executive William Dobbie has a 49% stake in the company while Opalta Ltd.–a company controlled by Chief Operating Officer Maxym Polyakov–has a 41% holding.
