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Blume To Kill Catfishing With Ephemeral Selfies

TECHCRUNCH - Jan 16 - A real-time selfie will only be shown for 7 seconds, before disappearing – during which period the user must decide whether they really do want to match with the person in the photo or not. If both Blume users confirm the match they unlock each other's full profiles plus messaging function. Blume soft-launched in the U.S. in late November with 25K users and raised a small, pre-seed round ($250k) from three Danish Business Angels and early stage Danish VC firm SEED Capital.

by Natasha Lomas
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Blume Dating App Makes Users Take Selfies Before Connecting

ADWEEK - Nov 24 - New dating app, Blume, works like Tinder. But the app forces users to take a selfie of themselves within the app. Once both selfies are shown to the matched users, they'll appear for seven seconds, during which time each user must choose to accept the selfie and chat, or not.

by Brandy Shaul
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