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title: How Coffee Meets Bagel Disrupted the $3B Dating App Industry | Trends
description: Dawoon Kang and her sisters turned down a $30m offer for their dating app, Coffee Meets Bagel. Did they make the right call?
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# [How Coffee Meets Bagel Disrupted the $3B Dating App Industry | Trends](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/articles/i-know-how-transformative-a-great-relationship-can-be)

 Written by [Aja Frost @ajavuu](https://www.nlopchantamang.com/trends/author/aja-frost-ajavuu) | Jul 16, 2019 7:54:23 PM

Just the thought of online dating elicits a collective groan among anyone who’s done it. And that’s precisely why Dawoon Kang and her two sisters founded Coffee Meets Bagel: They wanted to improve one of the most anxiety-filled stages of people’s lives with technology that makes them forget the pain points.

Thanks to an intelligent algorithm that makes cupid jealous, the social networking site serves as a shortcut to meaningful conversations for all the ready-to-settle-downers.

Kang’s story is an inspiration to female and minority entrepreneurs. Among her career highlights:

- She and her sisters, Arum and Soo, started the app in 2012, using in-depth profiles and funky icebreakers to transform online dating.
- The sisters famously turned down a $30m buyout on Shark Tank in 2015. Their annual revenue now exceeds that amount.

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