Bumble Is Open to a Right Swipe on IPO

Whitney Wolfe Herd founded Bumble in 2014 as a site where women make the first move—and now it is profitable with nearly 45 million users

Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd discussed the dating app’s strategy for getting women in India to buy in and the company’s move to producing primetime video content. Photo: Nikki Ritcher for the Wall Street Journal

Georgia Wells

Nov. 14, 2018 4:35 p.m. ET

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.—Dating app Bumble is weighing a public debut.

Speaking at The Wall Street Journal’s WSJ Tech D.Live conference on Wednesday, Bumble Chief Executive Whitney Wolfe Herd said an initial public offering could give her company more momentum to expand further internationally.

Ms. Wolfe Herd founded the dating app in 2014 as...