Coffee Meets Bagel was created by three sisters: Arum, Dawoon, and Soo Kang. The app was launched in New York City on April 17, 2012. In September 2012, the company announced that it had raised seed funding of $600,000 led by Lightbank, with Match.com co-founder Peng T. Ong also investing.

Who invented Coffee Meets Bagel?

Dawoon Kang For Dawoon Kang, co-founder of dating app Coffee Meets Bagel, entrepreneurship is in her blood. Both her parents started their own businesses in Korea, even though that wasnt typical there, Kang tells CNBC Make It.