Updated at 4:20 p.m. Pacific to acknowledge Tinder’s official statement on the deal.
Tinder, the dating app that lets users swipe their fingers on profiles to show interest — or lack thereof — in others, has picked up a new board member in Benchmark Capital general partner Matt Cohler.
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Tinder declined to respond to VentureBeat’s request for further comment.
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