Launching soon
Meet someone who matches your ambition
Forj is the matchmaking platform built for career-driven professionals — not casual swiping. Verified profiles. Compatibility scores. Intentional connections.
Joined by 5,000+ professionals in beta
Verified Profiles
Smart Compatibility
Career-First Matching
Serious Relationships
LinkedIn Verified
No Fake Profiles
Intentional Dating
Verified Profiles
Smart Compatibility
Career-First Matching
Serious Relationships
LinkedIn Verified
No Fake Profiles
Intentional Dating
The problem
Dating apps weren't built for your life
You've built a career you're proud of. You have a clear direction. You value your time. But every dating app treats you like everyone else — reducing you to photos and small talk.
Forj was built specifically because mainstream apps consistently fail ambitious professionals.
Your time is being wasted
60%+ of chats go nowhere because goals don't align. You end up in conversations that go nowhere with people who aren't looking for what you are.
Half the profiles aren't real
Fake accounts, scammers, and misrepresented identities are everywhere. There's no way to know who you're actually talking to.
Career context is invisible
Dating apps know nothing about your professional world. They can't filter for someone who understands what your career demands, or shares your level of ambition.
Casual culture by default
Most platforms optimize for volume and casual swiping. If you want a serious, long-term relationship — you're swimming upstream.
How it works
From signup to your first real connection
01
Verify with LinkedIn
Sign up using LinkedIn (or Google) and complete a quick onboarding. Your professional profile is verified automatically — no waiting, no manual review.
🔒 Your profile is never shown to your LinkedIn connections.
02
Build your compatibility profile
Select interests, define your relationship intent, and specify career preferences. Our algorithm uses 40% interest weighting and deep professional criteria to rank matches.
03
Match and connect intentionally
Discover verified professionals with compatibility scores. Super Like to stand out. Message instantly after a mutual match — no guessing, no cold outreach.
Features
Built for professionals,
not casual swipes
Every feature in Forj was designed around one core truth: serious professionals need a different kind of dating experience.
Compatibility Scoring
Every match gets a 0–100% compatibility score based on career alignment, lifestyle, interests, and relationship intent. You don't guess — you know.
94%
Example compatibility between two Lagos tech professionals who both value work-life balance
Professional Verification
Sign up with LinkedIn for instant professional verification, or connect it later to add your career credentials. Google and Apple ID users can also verify — real people, real jobs, no fakes.
Advanced Professional Filters
Premium users filter by career level, industry, work schedule, experience years, and relocation openness. Precision matching, not noise.
Super Likes
Signal strong interest instantly. Your profile is highlighted and they receive a priority notification — you stand out from the crowd.
Smart Icebreakers
Conversation starters built from your shared interests and industry. 60% of first messages use them — and they get 25% higher response rates.
Profile Boosts
Premium users get weekly boosts that place their profile at the top of discovery feeds. More visibility without compromising match quality.
What professionals told us
In their own words
"I kept wishing LinkedIn had a dating feature. Mainstream apps feel too casual — I need someone who gets what demanding careers actually look like."
CA
Chiamaka, 29
Investment Banker · Lagos · LinkedIn-verified
What Forj gave her
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Matched with verified professionals who understood her hours
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Filtered for career-driven partners using advanced professional criteria
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First meaningful conversation within 24 hours of signup
"Dating apps are too broad. I wanted someone who understands startup culture, doesn't need an explanation of what I do, and actually has ambition."
AB
Adebayo, 28
Software Engineer · Abuja · Google-verified
What Forj gave him
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Matched with tech-adjacent professionals who share his values
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Filtered for innovation mindset and work-life balance preference
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Higher quality conversations that didn't stall after 3 messages
"Most people don't understand design thinking. I needed someone who appreciates creative work and isn't intimidated by ambition."
OA
Oluwaseun, 32
Architect · Lagos · Apple ID-verified
What Forj gave her
✓
Found partners who appreciated her creative and professional world
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Behance verification signaled authenticity immediately
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Icebreaker prompts made first conversations natural, not awkward
Early access open
The people who match your ambition are already here.
Join 5,000+ professionals already on the Forj waitlist. Founding members get first-match priority and a founding discount.
Get early access →
Trust & safety
A platform you can actually trust
LinkedIn, Apple ID & Google
Sign up with LinkedIn for instant professional verification, or use Apple ID or Google. Real identity confirmed before any match is made.
AI Behavior Monitoring
AI behavior monitoring runs continuously to detect suspicious patterns before they affect your experience.
6-Hour Report Response
Every user report is reviewed within 6 hours. Violations result in warnings, suspension, or permanent removal.
End-to-End Encryption
TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest. Your conversations and personal data are secured at every layer.
NDPR & GDPR Compliant
Full compliance with Nigeria's Data Protection Regulation and GDPR. You own your data, and you can delete it anytime.
Photo Verification
Selfie matching with liveness detection ensures the face on the profile is the face behind the screen.
FAQ
Questions we get a lot
Tinder and Bumble are built for volume — they show you as many profiles as possible and hope something sticks. Forj is the opposite: verified professional profiles, compatibility scoring, and career-aware filters. We're built for people who know what they want and don't want to waste time getting there.
No. We use LinkedIn's OAuth to verify your professional identity (job title, company, education). We never post on your profile, access your connections, or share your information with LinkedIn users. Your Forj account is completely separate.
Forj launches in Nigeria first (Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt) but is designed to scale globally. If you're a professional anywhere who values intentional matching, Forj will serve you — we're just starting where the need is strongest.
Free users get full profile creation, LinkedIn verification, 20 swipes per month, basic filters (profession, age, location, education), and unlimited messaging with mutual matches. You can genuinely use Forj for free — Premium unlocks unlimited swipes, Super Likes, and advanced features.
Yes, cancel anytime via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. You retain Premium access until the end of your billing period. No questions asked, no penalty.
The 0–100% compatibility score factors in career alignment, education, lifestyle interests (weighted at 40%), relationship intent, and values. Higher scores mean stronger long-term compatibility — though mutual interest and communication still matter. A high score opens the door; you have to walk through it.
Yes. Forj supports LinkedIn, Google, and Apple ID for sign-in and verification. LinkedIn gives the richest professional context — job title, company, education — but all three paths confirm your real identity. You can also connect LinkedIn later from your profile settings to add your career credentials.
Yes. Data in transit is encrypted with TLS 1.3; data at rest uses AES-256. We're NDPR and GDPR compliant. You can request your data or delete your account and all associated data at any time through the app settings.
Join the waitlist
Your career has direction.
Your love life should too.
Forj is launching in Lagos. Join 5,000+ professionals already on the waitlist — and get early access with a founding member discount.
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Free to join. No credit card required. Early bird pricing for the first 5,000 members.