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The dating-app decade's valuations catch up with the loneliness economy it actually built

The Wall Street Journal via Google News, Oct 12 · read the original

Bumble is in advanced talks to go private at roughly $1 billion, a fraction of the valuation that greeted its 2021 IPO, as the company's stock continues a slide that leaves little room for a turnaround story.

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