Monday, March 11, 2019

Bumble Backs Four More Women-Led Startups

Austin-based dating app developer Bumble has backed four more women-led startups, expanding on its effort to help women founders. According to Bumble, its Bumble Fund invested in Alice, an AI-powered platform for founders (also based in Austin); Gixo, an on-demand fitness platform; Promise, a tech company working to reform criminal justice and reduce recidivism; and Translator, a diversity and inclusion training system. Bumble did not say how much it invested in the four startups, which join an earlier five startups it made investments in.