Why was Bumble founded?

Wolfe Herd didnt want the company to be just a women-centric version of Tinder; she wanted Bumble to be a platform for meeting every type of person you might want in your life. In 2016, the company launched Bumble BFF, which allowed people to use the app to make platonic friendships.

What is the point of Bumble?

Bumble is a dating app similar to Tinder, where daters create a small profile of themselves with pictures and they can swipe through potential suitors. Users can swipe right to “like” a profile and left to reject, and when two people have both “liked” each others profile it is a match.

Where was Bumble developed?

Austin Early on, Bumble gained traction at Auburn University and the University of Texas at Austin, the city where Bumble is based. By January 2015, about a month after launch, Bumble had about 100,000 downloads, and Wolfe Herd said at the time that 60% of the matches on the app turned into conversations.