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Coffee Meets Bagel

Coffee Meets Bagel

Meaningful connections with one quality match per day [Dating, Tech]

Entertainment·Launched May 2014·0 upvotes·coffeemeetsbagel.com
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ALIVEverified Aug 27, 2026 · HTTP 200
CohortClass of 2014

What it is

Meaningful connections with one quality match per day [Dating, Tech]

HTTP liveness

34 probes since Jun 16
Jun 16Aug 27
AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub
  1. Jun 16, 2026
    First probe — live
    Alive · 200 OK

Funding history

2 rounds
Total raised
$14.8M
Latest valuation
Stage
early
Series A
May 2018
investors undisclosed
$7.0M
SEC
Seed
Feb 2015
investors undisclosed
$7.8M
SEC
Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

Coffee Meets Bagel is a freemium mobile dating app that promises a single curated match each day. The dossier provides no indication of a durable competitive advantage: there is no evidence of a network‑effect that grows with each additional user, no proprietary data accumulation beyond a showcase tier, no brand reputation claim, and no switching‑cost mechanisms such as entrenched workflows or integrations. Consequently, the product appears to lack a defensible moat.

The assessment rests on the product description (“Meaningful connections with one quality match per day”), the tags (audience: consumers; pricing_model: freemium; deployment: mobile‑app), and the fact that its listed comparables are unrelated gaming titles, suggesting no unique ecosystem. The observed liveness confirms the service is still running, and a Tranco rank of 323,824 indicates modest web traffic, but none of these signals imply a structural barrier to entry.

Because the app operates in a crowded dating market with many similar freemium offerings, any advantage it might have could be quickly eroded by competitors that replicate the single‑match model, improve matchmaking algorithms, or leverage stronger network effects. Without proprietary data, brand equity, or integration lock‑in, the product remains vulnerable to substitution.

  • descriptionProduct is a freemium mobile dating app offering one curated match per day
  • tagsTags list audience as consumers, pricing model as freemium, deployment as mobile-app
  • comparablesComparable products are gaming apps, not dating services
  • trafficWeb traffic rank is 323,824, indicating modest traffic
  • livenessService is alive as of 2026‑07‑05
0.45 confidence · grounded in 5 sources
Grounded analysis from catalog data, tags, comparables, liveness, and traffic · Jul 2026

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VitalsFading
Upvotes
Press
Tags
Pulse Indexobserved activity
462/4 signal families
Liveness40%
1.00
Press30%
no data
GitHub20%
no data
Tranco10%
0.55

Weighted observed activity · updated Aug 26

Founders
Dawoon Kang
Soo Kang
Cohort survival · Class of 2014weekly

10,235 products launched in 2014 · 99% still active

10,131 active104 sunset
Still active
99%
Median lifespan
4.9y