Thursday secures £2.5m in seed funding to expand its team and scale internationally.
The financing round was backed by investors including Ascension and Connect Ventures.
Thursday is a dating application that operates for only twenty four hours each week on Thursdays to encourage offline meetings. The platform is live in London and New York.
London based dating platform Thursday has secured £2.5m in a seed financing round led by Ascension. The capital injection follows an initial target of £1.3m which was surpassed shortly after launch. Additional participants in the round include Best Nights and Connect Ventures alongside several prominent angel investors.
The newly acquired funds will be directed towards expanding the company team with multiple new hires across technical and leadership roles. Furthermore, the business plans to deploy a substantial marketing strategy and prepare for international expansion into major global cities.
From the founder
"Just four weeks into launching and we’re delighted to have a number of notable investors on board who really believe in our vision and back this app. We’ve got big plans with a clear mission, to change a culture of how people date. This is just the start and we will deliver. Dating apps just got exciting again."
George Rawlings
Co-founder at Thursday
Use of funds
- 01Grow the team
- 02Invest in sales and marketing
- 03Expand into international markets
Investors
Ascension
Best Nights
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Connect Ventures
Tom Blomfield
Matt Robinson
Ian Hogarth
Eldar Tuvey
Henry de Zoute