Make a Match

Connect through what truly matters.
Investor & Partner Deck Web · Android 2026
makeamatch.app
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The problem we see

Dating today reduces people to a two-second decision.

A photo. An age. A short bio. Swipe. The interface optimizes for speed — and gets less and less of who someone actually is in return.

"People connect more meaningfully when they can see the structure of each other's inner world."

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Alex, 28
"Coffee, hiking, looking for something real ✨"
↶ pass·↷ like
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Sam, 31
"Dog dad. Travel. Bad puns guaranteed."
↶ pass·↷ like
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Jordan, 26
"Live, laugh, love. Ask me anything."
↶ pass·↷ like
The problem
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A different idea

People connect more meaningfully when they can see the structure of each other's inner world.

So we built a map. Every person on Make a Match has a personal Planet — a visual identity space built from the interests, values, tastes, and relationship priorities that actually matter to them. The Planet is the profile, the discovery layer, and the compatibility source, all at once.

The idea
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Core metaphor

My Planetis the profile.

A visual world built from the user's interests, values, tastes, hobbies, personality, and relationship priorities. The filled Planet carries the profile photo in the center and suggested photo signals around it.

  • The real visual state uses a central profile photo, not an empty avatar.
  • Suggested photos orbit the person as the user's taste and life signals.
  • The same Planet object appears across My Planet and Match by Planet.
  • Progression badges such as Quartz and Flame sit beside the profile context.
Real populated Make a Match planet with profile and suggested photos
Real filled Planet state
My Planet
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Five Worlds

Every Planet has five root categories.

In the app these are not separate planets. They are five orbiting nodes around the user's Planet, each with a photo cover, label, and colour system.

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Love & Relationship
Ruby Love & Relationship What you want from a partner, how you love, what you need to feel safe.
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Lifestyle
Topaz Lifestyle How you live day-to-day — routines, environments, ambitions, pace.
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Cultural Taste
Sapphire Cultural Taste Films, music, books, art, ideas — the things that shape how you see.
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Hobbies & Activities
Jade Hobbies & Activities What you do for joy, energy, and flow when nothing is required of you.
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My Personality
Coral My Personality Traits, values, quirks — the texture of how it feels to be near you.
Five Worlds
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The atomic unit

A Planet is built from concepts.

A concept is a hobby, a value, a taste, a relationship priority, a personal trait. Each one is small enough to be honest, structured enough to be useful for matching.

Users add text concepts, choose photos, customize category covers, and make the Planet feel like theirs. The more they add, the more the rest of the product wakes up.

Ruby · Love Slow mornings together Direct communication Long-term partner
Topaz · Lifestyle City + country mix Early riser Cooks every night
Sapphire · Culture Wong Kar-wai Studio Ghibli Brutalist architecture Carl Sagan
Jade · Hobbies Rock climbing Bouldering trips Film photography
Coral · Personality Curious Soft-hearted Stubbornly optimistic
Concepts
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Why the structure matters

A bio is a sentence.
A Planet is a map.

Conventional profile

Flat, hard to compare, easy to skim past.

  • One photo + one paragraph carry the whole identity.
  • Compatibility relies on age, distance, and gut reaction.
  • Conversations open from nothing — "hey 👋" and silence.
  • Profiles age into clichés; no reason to revisit them.
Make a Match — Planet profile

Structured, explorable, generative.

  • Five categories, dozens of concepts — a profile you walk into.
  • Matching uses overlap of concepts, categories, and priorities.
  • Every concept is a conversation handle — never start cold.
  • Planets grow over time, deepening as the person changes.
Structured profiles
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Discovery

Four ways to find people.

Discovery uses the same cosmic visual language as My Planet: large planet cards, blurred context behind the active profile, and direct movement into exploration.

Real Make a Match Discovery desktop screen
Real Discovery screen
Mode 01Daily AlignmentA focused daily set of people aligned with the user's Planet.
Mode 02Match by PlanetThe active card is the person's visual Planet, not a flat profile tile.
Mode 03SwipeA fast path remains, but with concept overlap behind the decision.
Mode 04PulsesShort contextual signals live around Discovery and open conversations.
Discovery
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Matching

Compatibility you can point at.

We don't claim a scientific formula. We claim a richer starting point — built from signals a user actually chose to share. Every match has a reason a person can read.

"The purpose is to give users a richer, more meaningful starting point for deciding who's worth exploring."
Signal · 01Shared concepts
Signal · 02Category overlap
Signal · 03Relationship priorities
Signal · 04Cultural taste
Signal · 05Hobbies & activities
Signal · 06Personality traits
Signal · 07Profile depth
Signal · 08Mutual interest
Matching
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Inner Compass

A dating app that helps you understand yourself.

As a Planet grows, Inner Compass surfaces reflective views: connections between concepts, weekly reflections, recurring themes. The app stays useful even when you're not actively looking.

Concept connections Weekly reflection Pattern insights Themes over time
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Self-Knowledge Level
Flame
18 concepts explored · 8 to next level
Spirit Mosaic
Portrait from concepts
A visual summary that becomes richer as the Planet fills in.
Concept Connections
Patterns between interests
The product connects the user's own taste, routines, and priorities.
Weekly Reflection
A reason to return
The app can stay meaningful between active matching sessions.
Match Insights
Compatibility context
Reflection and matching share the same structured Planet data.
1Spark0-10 concepts
2Flame11-25 concepts
3Star26-50 concepts
4Nebula51-80 concepts
5Cosmos81+ concepts
Inner Compass
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Interest Atlas

Every interest is also a doorway.

The Atlas in the real app is a category-filtered workspace: users add concepts, review completion quality, and move back to My Planet when they want the visual world view.

Real Make a Match Interest Atlas desktop screen
Real Interest Atlas screen
Interest Atlas
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Crystal Vault

Where access meets progression.

The Vault is the one place where account tier, self-knowledge level, and feature access are visible together. It earns trust by being transparent — users always see what they have, and what comes next.

Gem tierPremium-style account access — Quartz → Diamond.
Self-knowledgeFree progression earned by deepening your Planet.
Feature stateWhat's unlocked, what's near, what's still ahead.
Unlock contextReasons, not paywalls. Every gate explained.
Current tier
Quartz
Default access with clear upgrade paths inside the Vault.
Quartz gemstone asset from Make a Match
FeaturePerfect MatchCooldown varies by tier and self-knowledge level.
FeatureProfile BoostUnlocks as the account or Planet matures.
FeatureSee Profile ViewersStatus is explicit, never hidden behind mystery.
FeaturePremium ThemesVisual identity upgrades stay tied to the Planet metaphor.
Crystal Vault
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Self-knowledge progression

Free, earned, and a reason to come back.

As your Planet grows in depth, your self-knowledge level rises. These are the same five levels used in the app: numeric ring badges, exact ranges, and the real colour family.

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Level 01 Spark 0-10 concepts First concepts placed. The Planet is lit but still just beginning.
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Level 02 Flame 11-25 concepts Enough signal for the app to reflect real taste, routines, and priorities.
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Level 03 Star 26-50 concepts Depth across multiple worlds. Compatibility and reflection get sharper.
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Level 04 Nebula 51-80 concepts The Planet becomes a richer identity map with deeper pattern views.
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Level 05 Cosmos 81+ concepts A fully realized identity world. The deepest discovery and reflection tier.
Self-knowledge
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Gem tiers

Premium that feels like a gift.

Five gem tiers expand or accelerate access. The visuals now use the same gemstone assets as the real Crystal Vault implementation.

Quartz tier gemstone
Tier 01 Quartz The default. Full Planet, full Discovery, full Matching — never feels stingy.
Amber tier gemstone
Tier 02 Amber More visibility and a richer view of who has visited your Planet.
Sapphire tier gemstone
Tier 03 Sapphire Expanded matching and deeper signals. Most users land here.
Emerald tier gemstone
Tier 04 Emerald Discovery accelerators and richer Pulses reach.
Diamond tier gemstone
Tier 05 Diamond The full surface. Every feature, every signal, every reflection.
Gem tiers
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One product, two surfaces

Web and Android, in lockstep.

Same model, same metaphor, same Planet. Native where it counts, parity everywhere else — so a user can switch surfaces mid-thought without losing the thread.

WebReact + Vite + Node, server-bootstrapped for fast heavy screens.
AndroidKotlin + Jetpack Compose, native auth, push, deep links.
Shared modelPlanet, concepts, categories, matching, Compass, Vault.
Parity by designVisual differences allowed — product logic always aligned.
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Real Make a Match web landing screen
Real Make a Match Android-style filled planet screen
Platform parity
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Why this wins

A wedge against swipe-first.

The category is exhausted. People are tired of empty bios, ghosted chats, and discovery that treats them as faces. Make a Match opens a lane the incumbents can't pivot into without rebuilding their core.

Identity, not bios
5 worlds

Profile architecture beats paragraphs.

Five categories × dozens of concepts give a partner real material to react to — and the matching engine real signals to learn from.

Conversation starters built in
0 cold opens

Every concept is a thread to pull.

"You also love Wong Kar-wai?" is a better first message than "hey :)" — and the product hands you the opener.

Retention loop
growth

The Planet is a reason to come back.

Inner Compass, progression, and Pulses turn the app into a place users tend even between dates — not a faucet they only open when lonely.

Why this wins
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Privacy & user control

Premium because it earns it.

A dating product asks for an unusual amount of trust. We treat that trust as a feature — with public policy pages as the source of truth, granular controls inside Settings, and account self-service that doesn't hide behind support tickets.

PolicyPrivacy PolicyPublic, plain-language, the canonical source for our data practices.
PolicyTerms of ServiceNo buried clauses — accessible from every landing surface.
ConsentAnalytics consentGranular control before any optional measurement is captured.
Auth15-character passwordsStrong defaults from day one. Email verification on sign-up.
AccountPassword & deletionReset, change, and delete from inside Settings without friction.
FeedbackSupport & bug reportsSurfaced in Settings and auth flows — issues stay visible, not lost.
Privacy
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Show your world.
Find your people.

Make a Match — visual, interest-based dating on web and Android.
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