Coffee Meets Bagel
The dating app for serious daters

Coffee Meets Bagel is a dating app designed for people seeking meaningful relationships rather than casual connections. Founded by three sisters, the platform focuses on quality over quantity by curating matches for its users. It differentiates itself from swipe-based apps by emphasizing intentional dating.
The app curates a limited number of quality matches ("bagels") for users each day, encouraging more intentional interactions rather than endless swiping.
singles looking for serious, long-term relationships
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- Coffee Meets Bagel
Founders
- Arum Kang
- Dawoon Kang
- Soo Kang
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