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Playdate Seeks Next Round: £1.5m Investment

OPW - Playdate, for UK single parents, is raising a £1.5m Round to scale the business in UK and launch in US. PlayDate's previously raised £440k Pre-Seed funding from a social impact VC and 3 angel investors in Feb 2023. This year Playdate has built their team out including the former Bumble and Facebook Dating Product Manager, grown userbase 5x, won numerous awards, and made it onto the UK's Startups 100 2024 Index. Their mission is to make dating accessible and hassle-free for the 320m single parents across the globe. Contact the Founder, Nevine Coutry at [email protected].

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Playdate App Receives 'Best Emerging Dating App 2023' Award in Greater London Enterprise Awards

OPW - SME News Magazine has announced the winners of the 2023 Greater London Enterprise Awards, recognizing outstanding SMEs in the region. One of the award recipients is Playdate App Limited, which received the "Best Emerging Dating App 2023" award. The award highlights Playdate's success as a dating app in Greater London.

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Playdate Boosts Growth Strategy With Key Executive Appointments

JUST ENTREPRENEURS - Playdate, the UK dating app dedicated to single parents, has expanded its team with three significant appointments, including Sherif Coutry as co-founder, Stuart Margetts as Business Advisor, and William Ho as CTO. This move follows the app's recent £250K funding round and is aligned with the founder's aim to scale the business. Launched by single mother and entrepreneur, Nevine Coutry, Playdate aims to help single parents find meaningful relationships that fit their lifestyle. The new team members bring their expertise in marketing, business advisory, and tech to boost Playdate's growth, with a focus on tech strategy, brand recognition, and efficient financial management.

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Single Parent Dating App Playdate Raises £250k

UKTN - Playdate, a UK-based dating app for single parents, has raised £250K in its first external funding round after bootstrapping the business since its launch in 2021. Research from the company found that there are as many as 2.9M single parents in the UK, suggesting a potentially significant market for the app. The investment round came from the VC firm Ankh Impact Ventures, along with a series of angel investors.

by Oscar Hornstein
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Playdate - UK's First Dating App for Single Parents

CITYAM - Nevine Coutry, a London based entrepreneur, launched the UK's first dating app aimed exclusively at single parents. Playdate launched in April 2021. Coutry began her career in her home country of Egypt working as a marketing manager for a large development and tourism company. After moving to the UK in 2012 she established a successful marketing agency, Vcom Marketing. The company specialised mainly in tourism and events, so when the pandemic hit, Nevine lost all of her clients and business overnight and was left with nothing. "I then decided to start Playdate. I always had this idea of a dating app just for single parents but when business was good, I just didn't have the time to truly pursue the idea," she said. One year on, the app has ~20K users. "Next we plan to launch in Europe, the US, and the Middle East and make it to the top of the world’s best dating apps."

by Michiel Willems
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Playdate - a New UK App for Single Parents

BDAILY NEWS - June 2 - Playdate is a new dating platform, aimed at helping single parents date while juggling the responsibilities of childcare. The app, founded by entrepreneur Nevine Coutry, was inspired by the fact that 1 in 5 relationships in the UK begin online, with few options catered to single parents. It has partnered with Bubble, a sitter and nanny app which offers on demand childcare, to provide its users with childcare solutions so they can go on dates.

by Chloe Shakesby
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