Developer(s) Dattch Ltd. Type Geosocial networking | Size 17.6 MB, 3.4 MB | |
Initial release September 2013 (2013-09) Stable release 2.13, 0.30 / August 27, 2014 (2014-08-27), July 25, 2014 (2014-07-25) Operating system | ||
Dattch is a geosocial networking application geared towards lesbian, queer, bisexual and bicurious women. It is available for iOS devices. An Android version also exists.
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Users can join Dattch with their Facebook account or email address. Men are not allowed to create profiles on the platform. As of August 2014, the application has only been released in the United Kingdom as well as San Francisco, California, Los Angeles, California, New York City, Portland and Florida.
Dattch was founded by Robyn Exton and launched in September 2013.
Investors
In March 2013, Dattch received €40,000 in funding upon joining the start-up incubator Wayra Academy, owned by Telefonica.
In September 2013, Dattch raised £100,000 from three investors including founder of W3 Ltd, Yannick Pons and Investor & Chairman of YPlan Andy Phillipps.
In March 2014, Dattch received a US$25,000 investment prize after being awarded with Best Design at 2014's LAUNCH Festival.
In March 2015, after $1 million in funding from investors such as Alexis Ohanian, and Garry Tan and Michael Birch from Y Combinator, Dattch was renamed to Her.
Reception
Dattch has been well received by LGBTQQ communities. In ReadWrite's article, "Why Queer Women Need Their Own Dating App," Dattch was called "one of its kind" and "the app queer women have been waiting for." Lesbian news portal Autostraddle said, "it is a pleasure seeing technology created with women’s needs being considered so carefully."