Paktor

Paktor
Developer(s)Paktor Pte Ltd
Initial releaseJune 2013 (2013-06)
Operating systemiOS, Android
Websitegopaktor.com

Paktor is a location-based dating and networking mobile application that connects mutually interested users and allows them to chat individually or as a group. Founded in Singapore, the app was launched in June 2013,[1] and has over 5 billion swipes to date (October 2015).[2] In late 2013, Paktor launched a subsidiary called GaiGai, an offline dating service that focuses on match-making and dating events. The word 'Paktor' originates from the Cantonese word for 'dating' (Chinese character 拍拖).[3]

  1. ^ "Singapore's Paktor gets $7.3M to become more than a dating app". TechInAsia.
  2. ^ "Local Tinder-like app Paktor draws another SG$10 mil in funding". Marketing Interactive.
  3. ^ The jocular Singlish word paktorlogy refers to the "science of going on a date with someone", see p. 106 in Ghil'ad Zuckermann (2003), Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew, Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, (Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change, Series editor: Charles Jones). ISBN 1-4039-1723-X.