Who owns happn?
happn is owned by Hello Group (China, NASDAQ: MOMO).[1]
Evidence: Hello Group Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28, SEC EDGAR, 28 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hello Group Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France
- Founded
- 2014
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Dating apps
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MOMO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About happn
Dating app launched in 2014 in France that uses geolocation to help users connect with people they have physically crossed paths with. It appears on Hello Group's own brands page, which describes it as a hyper-localised mobile dating app. The page gives its registered user count, but no acquisition date or stake is stated there.
Ownership timeline of happn
- Current owner Hello Group [1] verified
Where happn sits in Hello Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hello Group
Hello Group controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in dating apps, and who owns them
The 20 brands in dating apps on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is ParshipMeet, with 8; Hello Group has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| eharmony | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hinge | Match Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Badoo | Bumble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Grindr | Grindr Inc. | 🇺🇸 United States |
| VK Dating | VK | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| ElitePartner | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| GROWLr | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| LOVOO | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Hello Group
Hello Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beijing, China, founded in 2011. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MOMO.
Cayman Islands holding company, formerly Momo Inc., that runs social and dating apps, with its mainland China operations held through variable interest entities. Its own brands page lists Momo and Tantan alongside happn and Coffee Meets Bagel. Coffee Meets Bagel is not recorded here because the page gives no country of origin for it.
🇫🇷 happn and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 318 brands that began in France. 99 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, happn among them.
- AMIVAC — HomeToGo 🇱🇺
- Dailymotion — Canal+ 🇫🇷
- Deezer — Deezer 🇫🇷
- GO Voyages — eDreams ODIGEO 🇪🇸
- Jetcost — lastminute.com Group 🇳🇱
- Just Dance — Ubisoft 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of happn?
The parent company of happn is Hello Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is happn French or Chinese?
happn originated in France in 2014, but it is owned today by Hello Group, which is headquartered in China. So happn is a French-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Is happn still owned by Hello Group?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, happn is still owned by Hello Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Hello Group Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 28 April 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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