Bumble in advanced talks to go private in one billion dollar deal

Online dating app Bumble is negotiating a deal to go private with a venture founded by former Sequoia partner Ravi Gupta at a valuation of roughly one billion dollars.

FTMQ Startups, written by our newsroom13 October 2026 at 01:010 views

Dating app operator Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private by a holding company recently founded by former Sequoia partner Ravi Gupta, according to The Information and the Wall Street Journal. [1][2]

The Information and the Wall Street Journal both report that the proposed buyout would value Bumble at roughly one billion dollars. This represents a steep premium compared to its recent market capitalization of around 300 million dollars. [1][2]

Bumble was founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd and launched in December 2014. It is operated by Bumble Inc., which also owns the online dating platform Badoo [5]. [5]

Bumble is in advanced talks to go private with a holding company founded by former Sequoia partner Ravi Gupta.
The proposed deal would value Bumble at approximately one billion dollars.
The deal valuation marks a significant premium over Bumble's prior market cap of about 300 million dollars.

Sources

Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

[1]Bumble in Talks to Go Private With Sequoia Partner Gupta’s New VentureThe Information, 7h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Exclusive | Dating-App Company Bumble in Advanced Talks to Go Private at $1 Billion ValuationWSJ, 6h ago

Background

[3]Pat Grady on Wikipedia
[4]Aman Gupta on Wikipedia
[5]Bumble on Wikipedia

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