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Categories
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Other
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Offering Date
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January 30, 2018
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Expected Close Date
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May 01, 2018
Company Description
Kevin and Mark are building Icebrkr to vanquish the feelings of hopelessness and frustration commonly associated with online dating today. Using a personal artificial intelligence dating coach (think: ‘Hitch’ in your pocket), Icebrkr will not only connect users with better matches, it will provide them with on-demand expert dating advice to help them build meaningful rapport and create eye-catching profiles.
Key Deal Facts
number of chatbot engagements per session
length of each conversational thread between user and chatbot
satisfaction of the matches the system provides
qualitative user feedback of the chatbots responses to user queries
number of liked matches
length of visits
daily active usage
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Use of Proceeds
Use Value % of Proceeds
Working Capital
$0
0.0%
Intermediary fees
$5,243
4.9%
Management Team / Advisory Board Bios
Kevin Murray
Founder & CEO
Kevin is the Founder & CEO at Icebrkr. Icebrkr is developing a mobile app to help serious daters find meaningful relationships using an A.I. chatbot designed to empower users with communication skills and self-confidence. Previously, he was a dating coach & Director of Operations at eFlirt Expert (dating/relationships consulting company) He’s coached hundreds of online daters across the U.S. with common pain paints like photo selection, profile writing, & messaging. While pursuing his Master’s degree, Kevin studied along side one of the top online academic researchers in the country. He’s performed focus groups & written several scholarly papers on self-presentation in online dating profiles.
Mark Brehaut
Cofounder & CPO
Mark is a former Creative Director (Senior UX/UI Designer & Lead Frontend Developer) for an app development agency. He has several years of experience creating web and mobile apps for small startups and large corporations. While pursuing his masters degree on a PHD track for Marriage & Family Therapy, Mark focused his academic research on courtship & conflict in romantic relationships. His thesis on jealousy was accepted to be presented at the largest communication conference in the country.
