<s>
Muzz	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
Muslim	O
dating	B-Application
app	I-Application
founded	O
by	O
Shahzad	O
Younas	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
14	O
languages.Muzz	O
LTD	O
is	O
based	O
in	O
Ilford	O
,	O
London	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muzmatch	B-Application
was	O
first	O
launched	O
as	O
a	O
matrimonial	O
website	O
platform	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Shahzad	O
Younas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2017	O
,	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
was	O
accepted	O
into	O
Silicon	O
Valley-based	O
accelerator	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
,	O
becoming	O
the	O
first	O
Muslim-centric	O
startup	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
raised	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
$1.75	O
M	O
in	O
their	O
initial	O
seed	O
round	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Fabrice	O
Grinda	O
's	O
FJ	O
Labs	O
,	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
,	O
and	O
London-based	O
venture	O
firm	O
,	O
Hambro	O
Perks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muzmatch	B-Application
reported	O
having	O
200,000	O
members	O
spread	O
across	O
160	O
countries	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
6000	O
couples	O
who	O
met	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
was	O
shortlisted	O
for	O
"	O
App	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
Evening	O
Standard	O
Business	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2019	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
raised	O
$7M	O
in	O
their	O
Series	O
A	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
,	O
and	O
reported	O
having	O
over	O
1.5	O
million	O
users	O
of	O
its	O
app	O
and	O
over	O
30,000	O
successes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
welcomed	O
its	O
three	O
millionth	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Match	O
Group	O
took	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
to	O
court	O
in	O
February	O
of	O
2021	O
alleging	O
that	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
word	O
"	O
match	O
"	O
allowed	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
unfairly	O
benefit	O
from	O
the	O
reputation	O
of	O
popular	O
dating	O
site	O
Match.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
reportedly	O
after	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
attempts	O
by	O
the	O
Match	O
Group	O
to	O
purchase	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
for	O
as	O
much	O
as	O
$35	O
million	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
ruling	O
in	O
the	O
Match	O
Group	O
's	O
favour	O
at	O
the	O
UK	O
IPEC	O
Court	O
,	O
Muzmatch	B-Application
rebranded	O
to	O
Muzz	B-Application
and	O
launched	O
a	O
revamped	O
app	O
in	O
May	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Muzz	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Muslim	O
app	O
to	O
allow	O
members	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
chaperone	O
or	O
Wali	O
who	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
monitor	O
messages	O
sent	O
to	O
and	O
from	O
their	O
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
COVID-19	O
pandemic	O
,	O
Muzz	B-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
leading	O
religious	O
dating	O
platform	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
free	O
in-app	O
video	O
calling	O
feature	O
following	O
a	O
survey	O
which	O
found	O
that	O
83%	O
of	O
users	O
said	O
they	O
were	O
struggling	O
to	O
find	O
serious	O
relationships	O
because	O
of	O
lockdowns	O
in	O
their	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
rebrand	O
and	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Muzz	B-Application
app	O
,	O
the	O
app	O
introduced	O
Video	O
and	O
Voice	O
profiles	O
-	O
a	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
Muslim	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Jan	O
2022	O
,	O
Muzz	B-Application
,	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
a	O
British	O
single	O
Muslim	O
,	O
launched	O
a	O
billboard	O
campaign	O
to	O
"	O
Find	O
Malik	O
a	O
wife	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
ran	O
across	O
London	O
,	O
Birmingham	O
and	O
Manchester	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reveal	O
stage	O
showed	O
the	O
link	O
between	O
Malik	O
and	O
Muzz	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
humorous	O
tagline	O
"	O
We	O
'll	O
say	O
we	O
met	O
at	O
the	O
mosque	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
