Fola Oluwafemi

@jonaswillett1 @Tinder @Creatortobie

The IRL connection economy is a $400B+ market. And companies are racing to own it. In the last 6 months, $800M+ in capital was deployed on "IRL" bets. @Tinder invested $60M into a new Events feature for connecting matches in-person. They're pivoting to IRL and offering experiences such as speakeasies, raves, and pottery classes. @222place: raised a $10.1M Series A to curate blind social experiences for Gen Z. Personality-matched groups sent to hyperlocal nightlife events. @JagermeisterUSA launched BestNightsVC - the only venture fund in the world dedicated solely to nightlife and IRL connection. 16 portfolio companies across 4 continents. @timeleft: dinner with 5 strangers, every Wednesday. €18M ARR. 6,500 dinners/week across 200+ cities. Dion: members-only social app where the first move is buying someone a real drink, redeemed IRL. 10K members, 30K+ on the waitlist founded by @revekkapal. Pie: Bonobos founder @dunn built an IRL friendship app. $24M raised. 130K+ MAU. @weroad_official: group trips for 20-30 year olds who don't know each other beforehand. $150M valuation. Matchbox: is an algorithm-powered matching platform for IRL events and has powered over 100,000 connections. founded by @liamjmcgregor (prev @MarriagePact) New dating apps like Known @Celesteamadon, Cerca @MylesCerca, and Ditto @AllenWangzian are aiming to improve connection amongst young people. Billion-dollar companies are paying $$$ for community and events leads: - @AnthropicAI: Marketing Events Manager ($255k) - @tryramp: Community Manager ($223k) - @tryramp: Events & Culture Manager ($181k) - @duolingo: Senior Community Manager ($193k) - @NotionHQ: Community Programs Lead Everyone knows the more time we spend online, the more valuable real-life connection becomes. The question isn't whether IRL wins. It's who facilitates it best.

@MylesCerca I didn't get that Mutuals meant contact list of my contact list. Would be nice to indicate that one way or the other IMO. Only then did it click. Nice work y'all, pretty innovative thing. the "mutuals" thing feels like built in virality.

@MylesCerca So aparently, I checked out your website... saw a lot of the word "mutuals" and I couldn't understand what y'all were doing differently from tinder, bumble and the likes until I read the first article in your newsroom.

Let's see how many posts it takes to get a like on this thing

@Celesteamadon @ymir_ke @vercel_dev @expo @vercel When are you planning on shipping android? and why don't you use OTA updates instead of waiting for Appstore all the time?

@ymir_ke @vercel_dev @expo @vercel The edit doesn't make it clear what I'm saying - we test all features on web-app before mobile

AI-powered dating app Known's founder @celesteamadon shares how Vercel unlocks iteration velocity. Known deploys to preview environments continuously, enabling 2-3 App Store submissions a week.

@tomkrcha @pencildev Looks like it only output stuffs for the web... what about idk, rust, flutter, native android/swift not every product is a ancy SaaS

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@_dcai @slamco_ Amazing stuff... Any chance of partnering on building something like this in Nigeria?

I dropped out of college to open a cafe for unemployed people. Would you pull up?

@hthieblot Harpenin (as in Happening) harpenin.com/manifesto

pitch me your company in 1 word.

There’s a factory in Zhengzhou, China so large they don’t call it a factory. They call it iPhone City. At peak season, 200,000 people work inside it… day after shift after day assembling the device that made Apple the most valuable company in human history. They understood that product better than any analyst on Wall Street ever could. But not one of them could legally buy a share of it. @_lumeapp 🧵

@benln @nofazechris @creatortobi

@nofazechris luma.com/ngp1drm0

We're taking over a cafe on April 25th in Lagos Grab coffee, Cursor credits, and build together

@alexolim_ HOOKS

After taking dozens of apps to #1 in the App Store, our team went back and analyzed over 100,000 social media posts to trace back what worked We found 34 hooks that brought in 100's of millions of views and more than 300 others proven to go viral.. and turned all of that into templates you can steal for free If you run a consumer app and want: - more installs - higher App Store rankings - content that lands with Gen Z Comment “HOOKS” and I’ll DM you the file.

@wordisbonz @fdotinc "Altho some of the products are cool...the stories within the products & people are bigger" As a founder I 100% agree, which is why I and @Creatortobie are looking to do something similar, not just for our startup, but for things similar... Would love to connect

i’ve had this idea for a while now. so, i’m going to give it a shot

I love the transparency and communication...even if I get rejected, it's waaayyyyy more than most do. Appreciate the hard work. Cheers🥂

It's always exicting to see Jason Carman build something, I'm definitely following this closely... Really rooting for you guys 🥂

@Taryl_Ogle My apologies, could you try again? I just open my dm

@folabuilds Can't dm you

goal: get as many african startups funded before november 2026. currently: reviewing pitch decks and submitted the first batch for april's funding cohort. african founder? comment "FUND ME" and i'll send you the link 👇 Happy Friday everyone 🤸‍♀️

@kanjun @Creatortobie

Twitter’s algorithm is optimized for addiction, not for us. We deserve better. We’re releasing Bouncer today so you can take back control of your feed. Describe what you don't want, and Bouncer removes it. It’s free, doesn’t collect your data, and will be open source soon.

Incredible... Also the jokes are quite funny :D

@GatheringNG what's the date of the event?

Loads of activities lined up; cinema screen, DJ Booth, beauty hub? E Plenty oh Register now via the link in bio 🔥 💯 #TheGathering #TheGatheringon100

From the streets... to the table. CantaBall is back. The first players are already competing for the crown. Are you next?