# The Meet Group

> The Meet Group operates social entertainment and dating apps including MeetMe, Skout, Tagged and GROWLr, and supplies livestreaming, virtual gifting, creator support and moderation to third-party apps through Livebox. Based in New Hope, Pennsylvania, it is part of ParshipMeet Group.

- **Founded:** 2005
- **Headquarters:** New Hope, United States
- **Founders:** Geoffrey Cook (Co-founder of myYearbook; former CEO of The Meet Group), Catherine Cook Connelly (Co-founder of myYearbook; marketing and brand leader), David Cook (Co-founder of myYearbook)
- **Products:** MeetMe, Skout, Tagged and hi5, GROWLr, Livebox
- **Notable:** Built a social discovery business from the myYearbook launch in 2005., Launched livestreaming in 2017 and reported US$84.1 million video revenue in 2019., Completed a roughly US$500 million enterprise-value acquisition in September 2020.

## Products & services

- **MeetMe** — Social discovery app for chatting, meeting people and watching or broadcasting live video; launched as myYearbook in 2005 and renamed in 2012.
- **Skout** — Global friendship and social discovery app, launched in 2007 and acquired in 2016.
- **Tagged and hi5** — Social discovery communities acquired through if(we) in 2017; Tagged launched in 2004.
- **GROWLr** — Gay social community app acquired in 2019, with livestreaming among its features.
- **Livebox** — White-label livestreaming, virtual gifting, creator recruitment and moderation for third-party social apps; successor brand to its vPaaS business.

## Achievements

- Built a social discovery business from the myYearbook launch in 2005.
- Launched livestreaming in 2017 and reported US$84.1 million video revenue in 2019.
- Completed a roughly US$500 million enterprise-value acquisition in September 2020.
- At the December 2022 Livebox brand launch, reported supporting 16 social apps.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Published its 2026 Australian-market safety transparency report, covering July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 for MeetMe, Skout, Tagged and GROWLr.
- **2026-01** — ProSiebenSat.1 describes dating and video assets within its Commerce & Dating segment from fiscal 2026; The Meet Group website continues to identify ParshipMeet Group as its parent.
- **2025-08** — Published its first Australian-market transparency report, covering April through June 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://www.themeetgroup.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/meetme
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/theMEETteam
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themeetgroup/

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Last updated: 2026-10-23