Forbes teams up with Tinder to launch a professional social networking app

Business publication Forbes announced on August 3 that it has teamed up with Tinder to launch a professional networking app, which will include a directory, a messaging provision and a social media platform that will facilitate sharing links and clarifying queries. However, this app is exclusive to the young professionals who could make it to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list, according to reports.

Forbes said, it will launch the app officially during the second annual Forbes Under 30 Summit that is scheduled to be held in Philadelphia from October 4 to 7, this year. “Forbes’ 30 Under 30 lists bring together the most influential and accomplished young entrepreneurs and game changers,” said Salah Zalatimo, Head of Mobile Products at Forbes. Zalatimo also explained that the “Under 30 app” has been created to connect, empower and mobilize the community in a better way.

The 2015 Forbes 30 under 30 list recognizes 600 millennials across 20 fields. The current year’s list include actress Emma Watson, Snapchat cofounder Evan Spiegel, comedian Jessica Williams, venture capital king Alex Banayan, and White House senior advisor R. David Edelman, reports Mashable.

Forbes aims at making this community on similar lines of an alumni network that would lure many powerful youngsters to join the network, reports Tech Crunch. Salah Zalatimo told Tech Crunch that the partnership happened as Tinder was willing to get into the “business networking space”. However, Tinder is in no plans to compete with professional networking site, LinkedIn and Tinder’s co-founder Sean Rad has explained it to Tech Crunch that non-romantic networking is not core to Tinder’s strategy for the time being.

Tinder has recently hiked its subscription rate for TinderPlus, reports Tech Times. Users over 30 years of age will have to pay $19.99 a month, whereas, users under 30 years will have to pay $9.99 per month.

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