Coverage
Business Insider included Cerca in its roundup of venture-backed startups trying to rethink dating apps and social platforms, highlighting the company's fundraising and category position.
Read articleMashable frames Cerca as a dating app built around friends-of-friends, pitching it as a more grounded alternative to stranger-first swiping and AI-heavy matchmaking.
Read articleThe company announced a $1.6 million seed round this summer and already has people buzzing: The app has around 60,000 users, mainly in New York and scattered across universities.
Read articleCerca is reinventing the dating app landscape by matching users with mutuals, not strangers.
Read articleCreative Boom focuses on the Saint-Urbain rebrand, showing how Cerca's visual identity shifts the app away from anonymous swiping and toward mutuals, warmth, and social context.
Read articleRead the pitch deck it raised $1.6M with.
Read articleThis investment led by dating industry veterans Sam Yagan, Phil Schwarz, and Christian Rudder—marks their first investment in a dating platform since their involvement with industry giants like OkCupid, Match Group, Tinder, and Grindr.
Read articleYou’re no longer hiding under the table swiping through Hinge, lying to your friends, but you’re on Cerca with them, you’re going and texting your mutual
Read articleThis marks the firm's first dating bet since its Partners left their prior roles founding and scaling category-defining dating platforms.
Read articleNew dating platform Cerca hosted its splashy launch party with founders Myles Slayton, William Conzelman, Thatcher Shultz, and Carter Munk
Read articleThis dating app lets you match with your crush, as long as you know people.
Read articleThe Georgetown Voice covers Cerca's student-founder origins and emphasizes the core promise of the app: better dating through safety, accountability, and mutual connections.
Read articleThe app aims to minimize the dangers and discomfort of going on dates with strangers.
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