About ParshipMeet Group is an international market leader in online dating. With its uniquely diverse business approach, the company covers the whole spectrum of the online dating market, ranging from social dating with a strong entertainment component based on live video streaming, to serious matchmaking. ParshipMeet Group’s brand portfolio consists of internationally successful and established brands with complementary strengths. Social dating and entertainment apps MeetMe, Skout, Tagged, GROWLr and LOVOO focus on social connections, entertainment, and community. Matchmaking services such as eharmony or European-based Parship and ElitePartner use scientific methods to help people find their partner for a compatible, happy long-term relationship. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, the company currently employs a workforce of more than 1,100 in eight offices worldwide.
www.parshipmeet.com
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History After consolidating the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) market, Parship Group entered the next phase with the integration of eharmony. The formation of the ParshipMeet Group takes the development of the company to a new level, creating a leading global player in online dating. ProSiebenSat.1 owns 53% (plus EUR 350 million preferred equity) and General Atlantic 43% in ParshipMeet Group. The remainder is held by management.
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First Media-for- Sale Parship to Acquisition Sale to Sale to NuCom Acquisition Revenue Deal with Oakley Capital ElitePartner ProSiebenSat.1 Group / Acquisition The Meet Group ProSiebenSat.1 eharmony to become ParshipMeet Group to form 4th pillar of ProSiebenSat.1
Revenues ParshipMeet Group adj. EBITDA ParshipMeet Group [EURm] 246 [EURm] 209 52 44 40 143 36 124 117 28 82 18 60 37 44 9 -5 -2
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Parship Group The Meet Group
* Pro-forma revenues and adjusted EBITDA. The Meet Group’s pro-forma adjusted EBITDA included in the above deducts 80% of the expenses for stock-based compensation from The Meet Group’s management adjusted EBITDA. USD numbers converted with 1.12 for H1 2020.
Contact: Parship Group | Jana Bogatz | [email protected] The Meet Group | Brandyn Bissinger | [email protected] 1 Our Brands Having a portfolio of matchmaking, social dating and social entertainment apps, ParshipMeet Group can rely on diversified revenue streams: subscription, in-app purchases and advertising.
MeetMe is the mobile version of One of the earliest social net- LOVOO is a leading social California-based matchmaking- the bar or coffeehouse where works for meeting new people, community for meeting icon eharmony helps people everyone belongs. MeetMe’s Tagged launched in 2004 and new people. LOVOO is find meaningful relationships mission is to meet the universal has evolved into the world‘s about more than just a nice that enrich their lives. Our need for human connection largest and most engaging profile picture, emphasizing strength is creating highly among all people. Founded in dating network serving the rich dating profiles that compatible couples based on 2005, MeetMe has generated African-American community. allow daters to connect key dimensions of personality untold numbers of meaningful It is also its largest livestreaming on interests and based on that predict the most successful, conversations, new friends- community. Tagged is de- compatibility. LOVOO prizes long-term relationships. With hips, dates – even marriages. dicated to showcasing and authenticity to help ensure 87 percent brand awareness, MeetMe has strong appeal amplifying African-American its members find the match eharmony is one of the best- among the 18-34 demographic voices, providing opportunities they are looking for. known brands in the US, on par and is a leading app for meeting for emerging talent to reach with Twitter and American new people in the US. its growing audience. Airlines.
Social Dating & Entertainment Matchmaking
With a truly global footprint, With millions of members Parship is THE love brand for When it comes to serious Skout appeals strongly worldwide, GROWLr is a serious dating in the German- dating with a slightly more to daters aged 25-44. Of gay dating app that makes speaking world and Benelux. up-market focus, ElitePartner Skout’s top 10 countries it easy to meet men locally We have been creating happy is the largest services in the by audience, 7 are in Asia or across the globe. The relationships for more than German-speaking world. The and the Middle East. The GROWLr brand is specifically 20 years – and since then Hamburg-based brand is the company is a mobile dating positioned to serve the gay „parshippen“ has become perfect match for sophisti- pioneer, launching mobile- bear niche. It‘s active and synonymous with serious cated singles looking for an first in the same year that the engaged community sends dating. The Parship principle, inspiring relationship. Since iPhone launched: 2007. millions of chats per day. our scientifically based match- 2004, ElitePartner has been making method, follows using elaborate matching to the logic: “As many similarities ensure that people with as possible, as many similar lifestyles, interests and differences as necessary.” values will find each other.
Management Board
Tim Schiffers Henning Rönneberg Marc Schachtel Geoff Cook Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Chief Operating Officer (COO) CEO The Meet Group & General Manager Video As Group CEO Tim Henning Rönneberg is Group COO Marc Geoffrey Cook is CEO of Schiffers is responsible responsible for the central Schachtel is responsible The Meet Group, over- for ParshipMeet Group’s functions of the group. for the group’s technology seeing the social dating overall strategic direction. In his role as Group CFO he and platform strategy. and entertainment port- He oversees the brand, oversees finance (treasury, For the matchmaking folio of the group. In media and marketing controlling, accounting, part of the business, he addition, he is respon- activities to ensure growth tax), investor relations oversees the product sible for ParshipMeet across the portfolio of and business intelligence strategy and drives the Group’s overall video brands. as well as human resources, constant optimisation strategy including the compliance and legal of customer success and vPaaS business. affairs. monetization.
Contact: Parship Group | Jana Bogatz | [email protected] The Meet Group | Brandyn Bissinger | [email protected] 2