Comments on: Algorithm-driven dating site Be2 raises €15m from Index

By: Michaela

Michaela — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:55:37 +0000

Dear Mr. Vandyck,

I´m Michaela from be2. I´m sorry to hear you weren’t completely satisfied with be2. Responsive customer service is very important to us, so if you feel that there is anything be2 could do to improve your experience, please let us know. At opinion@be2.com you can explain the issues you mentioned in greater detail. We will do our best to investigate what happened, give you more guidance on how to get most out of your membership, and resolve the issue.

Best wishes,
Michaela

By: Björn Vandyck

Björn Vandyck — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:51:09 +0000

I have had a very bad experience with this site. 15000000 profiles they state. Only when i searched availeble profiles i only mannaged to come up with 50 or so, including 3 different countries in my search. They sent me profiles that dont exist, weird messages by people that dont exist and they make you end your membership by fax. Hardly any good info is availeble on their site, they just keep redirecting you ending up where you started. Its a scam if i ever saw one.

By: Online dating

Online dating — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:56:22 +0000

I guess the number of users online is not a factor. What’s important is that they are happy!

By: suibian8

suibian8 — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:36:52 +0000

i receive lots of messages which i have never experienced at other sites. i spent lots of time trying to know more about them. finally i find out they are all scammars. i guess B2 has special offer to africa scammars.

By: spammachine

spammachine — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:16:19 +0000

this site sucks. i signed up for be2.com and got 20 emails from individuals supposedly interested in my profile and thought “wow! i was never this lucky on match.com”. well guess what? 19 of them were spam. it seems the only “algorithm” here is a sawed-off shotgun marketing strategy (i.e. NO strategy).

and they seem to randomly assign physical attributes to you for which i have still been unable to find out how to change (there’s apparently no way to do so — the UI is crap and customer service never got back to me).

so now i too will be setting up my own “algorithmic” (oooo…) dating site as a front to con greedy gullible venture capitalists in to making me an overnight millionaire and then run off the next day to become an international playboy instead while my spamtastic site rots to the ground leaving them VCs clutching their balls.

By: The Rush To Monetize The Internet…AKA Watching Turtles Screw : TechGrits

The Rush To Monetize The Internet…AKA Watching Turtles Screw : TechGrits — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:07:34 +0000

[...] real or go home.” But they are still handing out money. Just look here, here, here, here and here (I could go on, but you get the point). The total they are handing out is [...]

By: Steve Patrick

Steve Patrick — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:35:24 +0000

Please note that there are MANY complaints about not being able to cancel subscriptions in a timely fashion and getting the run-around from “Customer Service”. My personal experience supports that view and, although I’m hoping for the best, my gut tells me this is another Bre-X.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 13:59:08 +0000

I have had similar comments about the geographical sarch. However, don’t forget that they are coming from Europe and ZIP codes do not exist in Europe. Things will be eventually added. I wish them all the best

By: dc_publius

dc_publius — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:33:57 +0000

I really wonder whether some of these TC articles are Paid Reviews and the person writing them just paraphrases the press release without spending more than 5 minutes checking out the site. I mean come on, the site’s ‘advanced search’ doesn’t even let users search by geographical location, and there is no traffic and plenty of fake spam profiles.

By: chase

chase — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:33:12 +0000

I think a dating site can work if it stands out and has additional value and add-ons that it can charge to increase revnue.

By: john

john — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:26:41 +0000

Yet another stupid matching algorithm.

Can I not just talk to who I want and decide for myself? Questionnaires are dumb.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:52:15 +0000

Nick M, that’s funny. You guys are a bit harsh, don’t you think. They haven’t done anything wrong, have they?!

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:53:50 +0000

Mike,

You still need to change be.net to be.com in the description field.

By: Be2 fills up treasure box, raises €15 million | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:04:27 +0000

[...] in a variety of personality traits and uses them to find matches that best fit their liking has raised €15 million from Index Ventures. The service is pretty interesting as it grabs in data from the [...]

By: November 13, 2008 | next media update

November 13, 2008 | next media update — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:32:39 +0000

[...] Algorithm-Driven Dating Site Be2 Raises €15 Million from Index TECHCRUNCH As the downturn bites, VCs are putting more into the companies they feel most confident about rather than the spray-and-pray approach of the last three years. That, combined with companies that have proven models, and developing revenues. The latest example of this is the €15 million investment from the European VC Index Ventures into Be2, the Munich-based global dating site. But this is not your average dating site. This bases its business on an algorithm which identifies specific personality traits and characteristics and uses them to match potentially compatible partners. Source> [...]

By: Nick M.

Nick M. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:14:19 +0000

I tried it, and I should say I like it. I already got a message from someone. I’ve even wired her money to fly to my city.

By: Markus

Markus — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:23:49 +0000

Most dating sites both free and paid have a average age of between 37 and 43 with yahoo the oldest at 41.

Robert Wuttke has come a long way i met him when it first got off the ground, they seem to own the non english speaking world which most of the bigger sites can’t seem to do.

By: EH

EH — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:17:04 +0000

Well, the author’s name is “Butcher.”

By: EH

EH — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:16:00 +0000

That is certainly a weird disparity, especially since I can’t figure out a way to be a “user” (look at stuff) without registering (”profile”).

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:32:35 +0000

I guess the number of users online is not a factor. What’s important is that they are happy

By: Flo

Flo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:28:08 +0000

Well yeah, wrong company in the box… fail

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:20:52 +0000

Techcrunch, you made a mistake. be2.net is the crapiest site arround.

By: Sayula

Sayula — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:15:06 +0000

Techcrunch have linked this post to the wrong website. Index Ventures has invested in be2.com – not be2.net. Hopefully they’ll change this asap!

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:04:50 +0000

12M users, but only 22K profiles. 71 users online when I looked. This is where the safe money is going? Sounds more a like bubble era deal to me.

By: Jim Neath

Jim Neath — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:18:20 +0000

€15m for a site that has 54 users currently online? Jesus.