by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Dating Markets
Two big fundraising events in the past week have occurred. First, online videochat service WooMe has raised $12.5 Million. That’s an enormous amount of money for a videochat site, but after having a conversation with CEO Stephen Stokols I’m pretty...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
After getting teasers from the company last week, I’m refreshing TechCrunch every few minutes because OkCupid is scheduled to make an announcement there today. I’m sworn to secrecy about the few details I have, looks like I’ll have more to share...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Boston Garden is right down the street from me. Last night, with 5 minutes left to go in the game, I walked across the river to celebrate with tens of thousands of Celtics fans. The entire city is floating on air this morning. I’m looking forward to the parade...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Online Dating Innovation
Match Testimonials Spotted: I spotted my first testimonial on Match.com last night. they’ve been available for months now and I’ve seen exactly one. This does not bode well for the adoption rate of the feature. Match has a good marketing and PR department...
by David Evans | Audio & Video
Several executives at top dating sites have contacted me to discuss the effect the mass exodus of top management from Jangl would affect MatchTalk, which is powered by Jangl. Today I heard back from Michael Cerda, founder of Jangl, about the current situation. Jangl...