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Congratulations on your IPO, Bumble Team!

First partner to exceptional teams everywhere

"Pick something you’re absolutely passionate about.” —Scott Farquhar, Co-founder & Co-CEO

"Fail fast; evolve faster.” —George Kurtz, Co-founder & CEO

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Work at one of our portfolio companies.

“You can’t focus on what everyone else is doing — it has to be about what’s really broken and what you can do to fix it.” —Drew Houston, Co-founder & CEO

“I’m not an inventor. I just want to make things better.” —Daniel Ek, Co-founder & CEO

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