Joel Simkhai (Hebrew: יואל שמחאי; born c. 1976[1][2]) is an Israeli-American tech entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of geosocial networking and dating apps Grindr[3] and Blendr.[4] His original goal in starting Grindr was for people with similar interests to find new friends nearby.[5]
In 2022, he launched a new dating app called Motto.[6]
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JoelSimkhai (Hebrew: יואל שמחאי; born c. 1976) is an Israeli-American tech entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of geosocial networking and...
launched as an iOS mobile app on March 25, 2009, by tech entrepreneur JoelSimkhai in Los Angeles, California. The free version displayed 100 profiles of...
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to connect like-minded people near to each other. It was created by JoelSimkhai and patterned after his previous app Grindr which is instead aimed at...
The emerging trend met with mixed responses: while Grindr's then CEO JoelSimkhai, himself Jewish and gay, asserted that he was "deeply moved" that his...
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of SkyBridge Capital Thomas Schmidheiny, billionaire and entrepreneur JoelSimkhai (B.A. 1998), CEO and founder of Grindr and Blendr Jeff Stibel (B.A. 1995)...
with Keller Rinaudo Cliffton of Zipline July 13, 2023 NA/534 Grindr: JoelSimkhai July 17, 2023 NA/535 When trucks drive themselves with Chris Urmson of...
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