HAEVN brings its matchmaking network home to Tampa on October 1

What Austin proved

Austin is HAEVN's only live network so far. The company's own city page reports more than 500 matches and recommendations delivered, and network growth of 22 percent over 30 days as of mid-August. Portland, which is next, grew 41 percent in the same window and is still building toward its first Match Monday.

The model does not change from one city to the next. Each network is deliberately local, on the reasoning that an introduction is only worth making if the two people can actually meet. A national pool would produce more names and fewer dinners.

A survey, a score, and one text a week

Members start with an adaptive survey that runs about 15 minutes. There is no profile to write, no photos to rank, and nothing to browse afterward. HAEVN scores compatibility across five areas: goals and expectations, relationship structure, emotional and communication fit, sexual compatibility, and practical fit. Two members are introduced only when that score clears 80 percent.

Below the line, HAEVN sends what it calls a Recommendation, an introduction it considers worth the time even though it fell short of a Match. Everything arrives the same way, by text, on Monday: a Match, a Recommendation, or a plain note that there is nothing new this week. The last of those is the unusual part. Most platforms are built to give you a reason to check them daily.

Joining is free and includes the survey and a weekly Match Monday status. HAEVN+ costs $199 for six months or $299 for twelve, and it is what opens a Match: the name, the photos, the full compatibility breakdown, and messaging once both people have chosen to connect. Identity verification through Veriff is required before HAEVN+ activates, so anyone who reaches a conversation has passed an ID check.

The case for a matchmaker at membership prices

Professional matchmaking has always worked. The constraint was who could pay for it. Engagements with a private matchmaker run into the thousands, often the tens of thousands, which kept the service to a narrow slice of the people who wanted help. HAEVN's argument is that the professional part, someone doing the searching and applying judgment to it, is the part worth keeping, and that the price was never essential to the idea.

The company also declines to sort its members into one shape of relationship. Monogamous and non-monogamous members, people looking for something long-term and people looking for something casual, and people whose idea of a meaningful connection fits no established category all answer the same questions and are matched against others who answered as honestly. What HAEVN scores is whether two people want the same thing, not whether they want the right thing.

Home market

HAEVN is an independent company, founded in Tampa in 2025 by Rik Foote. "Swiping is fast and fun, but for many people, it's turned dating into shopping," Foote said when the Austin launch was announced. "HAEVN is for people who want to connect with intention, whether that means one partner or something less traditional."

Tampa and St. Pete members can join now, while the local network is still being built. On October 1, the network its founder built in Tampa finally runs in Tampa.