
Building rapport with strangers is hard - it's even tougher for singles trying to make romantic connections. Developing meaningful relationships through online dating apps adds additional frustrations. Most first contact situations fail because of poor self-presentation. Icebrkr offers real time coaching to assist them in creating accurate profiles, meaningful conversations and expedited routes to first dates. This is done through an AI chatbot/wingman named “Hootie.”

Building rapport with strangers is hard - it's even tougher for singles trying to make romantic connections. Developing meaningful relationships through online dating apps adds additional frustrations. Most first contact situations fail because of poor self-presentation. Icebrkr offers real time coaching to assist them in creating accurate profiles, meaningful conversations and expedited routes to first dates. This is done through an AI chatbot/wingman named “Hootie.”
What they do: Real-time AI coaching for online dating via a chatbot called "Hootie"
Founded: August 27, 2015
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts (Greater Boston Area)
Founders: Kevin Murray Jr; Mark Brehaut
Known funding: Multiple small rounds including convertible notes; latest listed Nov 3, 2019
Online dating, relationship formation, conversational coaching
2015
Consumer; Dating; Artificial Intelligence
$3,000
Listed as a convertible note round on Nov 3, 2019
$10,000
Listed as a convertible note round on Feb 23, 2019
Listed as an equity crowdfunding event in 2018