Forget stumbling across your perfect match on a dating app by chance. Thanks to a new Bumble feature, you can look them up directly—as long as you know their username.
Bumble (BMBL) shares charged explosively to the upside after the dating-app operator agreed to an all-cash acquisition by Ithaca Holdings. The transaction values BMBL at “$1.3 billion” and offers shareholders $6.05 per share.
Bumble Inc (NASDAQ:BMBL), the dating app company founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd, is set to leave public markets after agreeing to a $1.3 billion takeover by technology holding company Ithaca Holdings. The deal will see shareholders receive $6.05 a share in cash, representing a 138% premium to Bumble's closing share price on 9 October, before the announcement.
Bumble is getting a new owner. The dating app announced Tuesday that it has agreed to a $1.3 billion acquisition deal with Ithaca Holdings, marking a major shift for a company that once looked like one of the biggest success stories in online dating.
Bumble tsaid on Tuesday it had agreed to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings in a deal valued at $1.3 billion, as the dating app pushes forward with its months-long turnaround amid shifting Gen Z dating habits and declining paying users.
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