Bindr?

Thank you BetterHelp for writing this article and bringing awareness that apps like us exist exactly for these communities and people. ?? ?? ??

Meet safely and inclusively with Bindr?, the label-free dating platform where users connect for who they are, not by their sexual orientation, offering representation to those often overlooked in the community.

I’m coming to Pitch Day by TRMNL4 On September 12th, Bindr? page will be joining the final event of Startup Academy 4.0 by TRMNL4 and Meta in Warsaw, Poland ?? ??52 pre-seed and seed-stage startups from the CEE region. After being selected from 2,105 startups, participants from 21 countries have been boosting their metrics, scaling products, and building investment relationships at TRMNL4. ??Last year, this event gathered more than 50 meaningful investors, alongside amazing founders, experts, and big tech players such as Meta, PayPal, AWS. If you want to connect with amazing founders, fill out the form to join in person or online: https://lnkd.in/djzu4jTZ

Another amazing feat! Keep doin the damn thing Mary ??????

We have huge news to share! TechCrunch named us one of the top dating #StartupBattlefield companies ??. We’ll be one of only 200 startups exhibiting at #TechCrunchDisrupt2024! We’ve poured our hearts and souls into building our company, and achieving this milestone is incredibly special to us. We’re so proud and excited to receive this recognition! We look forward to #Technology #Startups and #VentureCapitalists celebrating with us Oct 28-30 in San Francisco!?Join us and get 25% off?with this link ???https://bit.ly/4g43wVk

Meet Bindr?, a 2024 National Cohort participant, co-founded and led by CEO Mary Richardson. ?? Bindr is revolutionizing bisexual, lesbian, and LGBTQ+ dating with a free, inclusive, label-free app that eliminates gender biases and the need to define sexual orientation, creating a safer, more authentic space for the community to connect freely. ?????? Learn more about Bindr ?? https://www.bindr.dating/ #BindrDating #FindYourMatch

Meet safely and inclusively with Bindr?, the label-free dating platform where users connect for who they are, not by their sexual orientation, offering representation to those often overlooked in the community.

Bindr? CEO and founder Mary Richardson speaking about her experience trying to use dating apps as a bisexual person and how difficult it was constantly being shoved into boxes that didn't fit. On Bindr? you do not have to put yourself in a box anymore and everyone is welcome. Judging on its massive growth numbers, they're clearly on to something magical ?? Full Episode: https://lnkd.in/gCYrzjRU #Dating #LGBTQ #podcast

I put my shovel in the ground two years ago. No app, no logo, just a name and a feeling. That feeling was honestly frustration, not because I got banned on Tinder or that dating apps didn’t quite hit the mark, that feeling was frustration at what I was going to do with my life, what was going to happen next, how school was going to go. Was my dog Roxy going to make it through when she got sick? Why is my life so hard? Two years ago we took the last bit of optimism we had and decided to put it into something, that something was Bindr. Sometimes when you do things, it’s from a point of blind optimism. I wish I could say that was it for Bindr, but Bindr was my “what’s the worst that could happen” moment. Three weeks later we launched on iOS. Four weeks later we had hundreds of users. Two months later we had thousands of users. Six months later we incorporated as a company. Eight months later I won my first pitch competition and got accepted into my first accelerator. Twelve months later I won my first Women in Technology Award and we had 20 thousand users. Sixteen months later we had 40 thousand users and took on our first investor with Innovation Works and AlphaLab accelerator. Nineteen months later we attended Miami Pride. Twenty one months later we did every major city on the east coast for Pride. Twenty three months later we had hundreds of thousands of users. Now two years later, I couldn’t be more optimistic for what we’ve accomplished as a team, as a company, and for myself. I’m officially nominated for Forbes 30 under 30, I’m working on creating more charity programs for the community, and doing everything I never thought was possible just 24 months ago. So when I say “do the damn thing” that’s what I mean, because doing something can change everything, even if it’s just a silly little dating app with a clever name. We’ve had many doubters as we’ve hit each of those numbers, and our biggest advantage will continue to be the app that people underestimate. We run lean, we run mean, we have an amazing team. Trust me when I say, we can build it faster than anyone before us. Here’s to millions of users, check back in another year. (Oh and users are signed up, active users, not sessions, not downloads, not impressions, etc. If we were calculating that we would have hit the million mark a long time ago, maybe we’re marketing ourselves wrong as we already do that monthly ??)

LGBTQ+ dating platform Bindr secured a $60k investment prize after they won Startupfest’s first 2SLGBTQIA+ Entrepreneur Pitch Competition. The American startup celebrated the win last week at the 14th edition Startupfest event, held at Montreal’s Old Port, Canada, after they beat 40 other participants to scoop the inaugural investment prize. https://lnkd.in/eBCegN7H