Qemistry

Summary

Qemistry are bringing personality into online dating through video dating profiles. TikTok meets Tinder. Personality matters, and video is the perfect way to show it. The MVP ran in September and October 2020 with a 4.9* App store rating. Qemistry has launched in London on an invitation only basis.

• Video only profiles allow members to see others’ personality instantly
• Launching in London after MVP with 4.9* rating on the App Store
• Tap into just under 620m TikTokers who love to express themselves with video
• Named the Telegraph’s best dating app ‘for young TikTok obsessives’

Idea

Qemistry aims to be the TikTok of dating, where profiles are made up of a series of short video clips. We've already been named in ‘The Top 20 Dating Apps’ list by The Telegraph, described as the ‘best app for young TikTok obsessives looking for love’.

We believe dating apps are tired. They are all stuck in the same photo era of Facebook and Instagram, but social media has moved on. TikTok was the most downloaded app of 2020 as Gen Z moves away from the photo format and towards video as a form of expression.

When we first came up with the idea we put on some branded t-shirts, and went out during Summer 2020 speaking to Londoners socialising in the parks. Based on that feedback, we built an MVP product which we ran during September and October 2020 with a 4.9* rating on the App Store. Now we’ve launched the full beta version App in London on an invitation-only basis, and we plan to introduce paid features next year. Dating services are worth over £200m a year in the UK alone.

Qemistry has been built in consultation with our community from day 1, and fundraising is no different, which is why we want to crowdfund.

This crowdfunding campaign will enable us to get bigger and better, faster. Specifically it will allow us to speed up development and digital marketing efforts. We think that the future of online dating will be video and it will be Qemistry, and we’d love for you to join us.

Team

The Qemistry team are obsessed with bringing better dates to Londoners and helping our community show who they really are. Qemistry has a mixed female and multicultural founding team and dating industry expertise in-house.

Sachin Karia, CEO & Co-founder

Sach has extensive experience as a tech entrepreneur, app designer and programmer. Sach has taken on core roles at technology-based startups helping them to build, launch and grow their products.

Emma Clark, COO & Co-founder

Emma initially trained to become a lawyer and then moved into finance. She brings management and corporate experience to the team. Emma has a Graduate Diploma in Law, the Legal Practice Course, and the CFA Level I.

Vincent Sider, CMO (Part-time)

Vincent, ex dating industry founder (France) with extensive experience as a digital strategist and marketer. He has worked with some of the world’s leading organisations developing digital marketing as Head of Strategy for British Telecom, Vice President for Social Media at the BBC, Head of TopGear.com and Adviser at the Royal Foundation. He is also a lecturer at The Digital Leadership Programme.

Archie Clarke, Community Manager

Archie is the man on the inside, growing personal relationships with as much of the Qemistry community as possible. He previously worked at startup ThisThat, an analytics platform getting into the mindset of Gen-Z.