Most dating businesses are inherently conflicted because a successful outcome (relationship) is a lost customer. Tinder, in the "short term" relationship space,

Most dating businesses are inherently conflicted because a successful outcome (relationship) is a lost customer. Tinder, in the "short term" relationship space, has a unique ability to have happy, repeat customers. 5B still seems like a lot. I wonder if there is a control premium baked into the price; IAC was rumored to have a majority stake already, but it's possible that those rumors were incorrect. Edit: Sam Yagan says the valuation was not 5B http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/04/11/no-tinder-is-not-worth-5-billion/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2014/04/11/no-tind...