June 7th, 2011

Flirtomatic hooks up with new CEO as Mark Curtis steps down

Mobile social network Flirtomatic (“the world’s number one flirting company”) has appointed Neil Goldberg as its new CEO. He’ll replace outgoing CEO Mark Curtis.

Goldberg is described as having “16 years of leadership experience building global companies in the entertainment and technology industries” and was previously with Silicon Valley’s SayNow, the social, voice-based entertainment platform… → Read More

December 9th, 2010

Flirtomatic keeps growing – 3.5m users and several key hires

Mobile social network Flirtomatic (“the world’s number one flirting company”) continues to notch up users: It’s now passed the 3.5 million registered user mark, a trajectory the company has been on for a while, operating its free service across the UK, US, Germany, Australia, with Spain launching next.

Flirtomatic has also announced a bunch of new hires. → Read More

September 9th, 2010

Flirtomatic reaches 3m users, out flirts Match and eHarmony in U.S. mobile

Mobile social network Flirtomatic (“the world’s number one flirting company”) today announced somewhat of a milestone: It’s passed the 3 million global user mark and, perhaps more noteworthy, recently surpassed 1 million users in the U.S.

Furthermore, citing a study by the mobile media measurement firm Ground Truth, the London-based company says that over the summer, Flirtomatic accounted… → Read More

September 9th, 2010

Flirtomatic Reaches 3m Users, Outflirts Match And eHarmony In U.S. Mobile

Mobile social network Flirtomatic (“the world’s number one flirting company”) today announced somewhat of a milestone: It’s passed the 3 million global user mark and, perhaps more noteworthy, recently surpassed 1 million users in the U.S.

Furthermore, citing a study by the mobile media measurement firm Ground Truth, the London-based company says that over the summer, Flirtomatic accounted… → Read More

July 14th, 2010

Flirtomatic raises $9m in Series C round from Nauta Capital and existing investors

Mobile social network Flirtomatic (“the world’s number one flirting company”) today announced that it has raised $9 million in Series C funding from Nauta Capital and existing investors Doughty Hanson, Seraphim Capital and Chairman Avi Azulai. This brings the total capital raised to $17 million.

The London-based company says it will use the new investment to “further its growth across Europe and… → Read More

July 14th, 2010

Flirtomatic Raises Further $9m From Nauta Capital And Existing Investors

Mobile social network Flirtomatic (“the world’s number one flirting company”) today announced that it has raised $9 million in Series C funding from Nauta Capital and existing investors Doughty Hanson, Seraphim Capital and Chairman Avi Azulai. This brings the total capital raised to $17 million.

The London-based company says it will use the new investment to “further its growth across Europe and… → Read More

June 8th, 2010

Flirtomatic lands on Android, lets users "Like" each other via Facebook

Flirtomatic, the mobile social network aimed at young adults, has launched an Android app available as a free download from the Android Marketplace.

This follows the success of its iPhone app, rolled out in January, which has since become the “largest single source of inflow of new users”, says the UK company. BlackBerry and Nokia Ovi apps are promised this summer.

Flirtomatic has also furthered… → Read More

May 5th, 2010

Voters kissing politicians, Flirtomatic users choose Lib Dem's Nick Clegg

[UK] I can’t decide if this is a piece of crass PR – like when a politician kisses a baby – or an interesting data point. Actually I’m pretty sure it’s the former but as this is all about democracy, I’ll let you make up your own mind.

Flirtomatic, the mobile social network aimed at young adults, asked its 1 million UK users which of the main three British prime minister wannabes they’d most like… → Read More

January 20th, 2010

Flirtomatic sees Christmas virtual gift spending spree – roll on Valentine's Day

[UK] Flirtomatic, the mobile social network that lets users “flirt, meet new people and have fun”, says it sold 28,000 virtual gifts in five days over the Christmas break, between Boxing Day and New Year’s Eve. In total the company says it shifted over 1 million virtual gifts in 2009, selling around 82,000 virtual gifts in December alone.

This would tally with a wider trend that saw Brits → Read More

December 16th, 2009

Apps mean the mobile web is turning unmeasurable

An interesting “claim” landed in my in-box this morning. Quoting stats from Comscore, mobile social network Flirtomatic is seeing twice as many page views per user than any other mobile internet site accessed on smartphones in the US. The British company then goes on to boast that this puts Flirtomatic ahead of both Twitter and Facebook. The ‘dating’ site scored 721 pages per user per month… → Read More

January 19th, 2009

Juniper Research: There's Money In Mobile Dating Services

Juniper Research has just released a new report that claims the value of the mobile dating and chatroom market will grow to nearly $1.4 billion by 2013, and also pegs the total UGC market to reach $7.3 billion by the same time. The estimate is up almost half from a report by the research agency that was presented in May 2008, which said revenues from mobile dating and chat services were expected… → Read More