Sean Rad

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel
Investor Stage
Early stage Venture,Late Stage Venture,Private Equity,Seed

Sean Rad is the Founder of Tinder, the world's largest dating platform. Founded in 2012, Tinder is the highest grossing app on Apple's app store since 2017 and was valued at over $40 Billion dollars in 2021. Rad served as Tinder's CEO and Chairman at various times from the company's inception until 2017.

Rad also founded Cardify in 2012, Adly in 2009, and Orgoo in 2004.

In 2020, Forbes included Rad on their list of the decade's top 10 tech entrepreneurs. In May 2016, he was awarded an honoree diploma from the University of Southern California while delivering their undergraduate commencement.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
3
Sean Rad has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 18, 2017, when Little Spoon raised 0.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Jan 1, 2020 Little Spoon Series A $22M Baby Detail
Feb 5, 2019 Little Spoon Series Unknown $7M Baby Detail
Sep 18, 2017 Little Spoon Pre-seed Baby Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Sean Rad has 1 current jobs including Advisor at Authentic Digital Collectibles , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Authentic Digital Collectibles Advisor Detail