[FiatLuxDave]

Match is known for buying out their competition.

So does anyone know if there is a startup accelerator specializing in making dating apps for selling to Match?

Something like: "Here's a list of features that users love, and here's a bunch of marketing techniques for making your userbase grow fast. Don't worry about monetization, Match is going to buy you out anyways. We're just going to keep on repeating doing this until Match runs out of money or everyone we know is rich."

[dnissley]

Usually there is some innovation with each new app they purchase. Of the big ones:

OkCupid: Matching using questions/answers + statistical modeling

Tinder: Simple swipe left/right model + hook up emphasis

Hinge: Emphasizes long term connections + "designed to be deleted"

So best way to get acquired would be to find a new niche and an innovative way to appeal to that niche.

[minikomi]

Here's mine:

Potential dates are matched with a set number of people at random.

The potential date interrogates the matches within a specific subject area, using a specified format and context.

After a preset length of time or number of questions, the quesioner is then asked to decide which respondent was human and which was a computer.

If the quesioner guesses human and is correct, they can choose to go on a date.