About us /
Social Discovery Ventures (SDVentures) is a global technology company focused on connecting people through social discovery and designing Social Life 3.0. SDVentures unites more than 40 brands, an investment fund and a venture studio.
Our products include dating apps operated by our subsidiary Dating Group and new social and entertainment apps built by SDV Lab.
More than 140 million people across 100 different countries enjoy our technologies. We strive to have 10 times as many.
Our international team of 700 professionals and digital nomads works all over the world.
Together we are shaping a new digital reality where people will be able to satisfy their needs for communication and attention from other people and artificial life forms.
We unite an international team of like-minded people and IT professionals specializing in creation and development of global social discovery products.
CIO Dating Group, Investment Director of Dating Group
Bill Alena has more than 20 years of successful experience in the scene of digital communications and online dating. for 11 years, Bill was responsible for the profits and revenue of Meet Groups, where he helped grow the business to more than $200 million a year. Bill has also held senior positions at such companies as Kiip Media and Scholastic. He started his digital media career at DoubleClick in 1994, where he helped create one of the industry's first Ad Tech platforms and networks.
Director of Strategy of Dating Group, Founder of Dil Mil
KJ's career developed on Wall Street. He led the development of Union Metrics, one of the world's leading social data analysis companies, provided risk consulting services at McGladrey, managed private equity at SEI Investments, and was a partner of the Finantric Capital investment fund. Having such a significant professional background, KJ decided to try himself as an entrepreneur. He launched a successful startup application for online dating Dil Mil, which soon became part of Dating Group.
Head of Growth at Dating Group & Founder of Once
Clementine began her career as a strategic consultant at Boston Consulting Group, after which she worked on social investments for Yunus Social Business in Haiti, Uganda, Brazil and Colombia for several years. She returned to Paris in 2016 as director of Idinvest Partners and realized that she wanted to have a go at starting her own business. at that time, she received an offer to join the business management from a former classmate, who by that time had launched an online dating application. Clementine managed to create one of the most successful apps for conscious online dating in Europe- Once, which later became part of Dating Group.