San Francisco · Founder-led matchmaking

Matchmaking in San Francisco.

Luvo offers founder-led matchmaking in San Francisco for people who would rather be introduced by a person than a feed. Every introduction is someone met at a Constellation evening in San Francisco, singled out by hosts and fellow guests, and invited into a circle.

Human judgmentNo algorithmsPublished pricing
Two people meeting in San Francisco
San Francisco

The city that built the apps is ready for something else.

San Francisco is known for technology, venture capital and an entrepreneurial streak that runs through the whole city. From founders and engineers in SoMa and the Financial District, to creatives in the Mission and Hayes Valley, to Pacific Heights, the Marina and Noe Valley, it's a city of ambitious, curious people.

It's also a city that knows exactly how dating apps work, because so many of the people who build them live here. Swipes, filters, match rates: San Francisco understands the machinery, and plenty of people have quietly concluded it isn't working for them. Long weeks, and social circles that can start to feel like the same few industries, don't help.

An introduction from a room offers what an algorithm can't: someone seen in person at a Constellation evening in San Francisco, and chosen by the people who actually met them.

San Francisco knows what an algorithm can do. A room notices what one can't.

Luvo in San Francisco
How Luvo matchmaking works

Human judgment, start to finish.

It starts here

A real conversation with Anoush

Luvo's founder starts every client herself, getting to know your character, your pace of life and what you're truly looking for. No questionnaire stands in for it.

Then

A matchmaker, not a model

Your dedicated matchmaker chooses from the circles: guests met at Constellation evenings in San Francisco and picked out by the hosts and guests who spent the evening with them.

And finally

Your date, handled

The time, the place and the logistics are arranged for you. Afterward, your matchmaker asks how it went and shapes the next introduction around what you learned.

Each person introduced was noticed in a real room, not ranked by a score, so you meet someone with a sense of who they are already in hand.

Known, not recruited

Not sourced. Not scraped.

Much of matchmaking fills its pipeline by recruiting: scouts approaching people in public, cold messages through social media, profiles on dating apps searching for candidates on a client's behalf.

Luvo doesn't have a pipeline. We don't mine LinkedIn for founders in SoMa, approach strangers jogging along the Marina Green or sit in a Hayes Valley wine bar waiting for someone who fits the brief.

What Luvo never does

  • Recruit on the street
  • Walk up to strangers at the gym or in bars
  • Scour LinkedIn for candidates
  • Go on dating apps pretending to be you, or searching for people on your behalf

Every introduction Luvo makes in San Francisco is someone a room already chose.

Where San Francisco introductions come from

One city, every circle.

In San Francisco, the evenings are hosted by the Constellation's brands, and each brand attracts a different kind of person. Hosts and fellow guests single out the ones worth knowing, who are invited into that brand's circle. Luvo introduces from all of them.

Dating

MyCheekyDate

Dating for people who value humor and personality.

The Cheeky Circle
Dating

Relish

Elevated, structured dating for graduates and career-minded professionals.

The Relish Circle
Dating

TheCitySet

Dating for locals who love their city.

The CitySet Circle
Dating

Fancy-A-Go

Dating set inside an experience: a museum night, an immersive exhibition or a tasting.

The Fancy-A-Go Circle
Friends · not a dating event

MyCheekySocial

Structured social evenings for making new friends.

The MyCheekySocial Circle
Speed networking · not a dating event

NetworkNite

Structured, host-led business networking where you meet everyone in the room.

The NetworkNite Circle
Private dating club

The Gild Society

A private dating club entered by application, and the luxury tier of the Constellation's evenings.

Membership by application

Single guests who stand out at MyCheekySocial and NetworkNite may also be invited across the Constellation, widening the circle of people Luvo knows.

Circles are freeInvite-onlyCan't be boughtEarned in person

So a Luvo client in San Francisco isn't matched within one industry or one crowd. Introductions come from every room's standouts.

Across the Constellation

Many rooms. One standard.

1M+Guests met in person
250+Evenings a month
50+Cities
2007Hosting evenings since

Figures are Constellation-wide, across every city. Luvo introductions are available in 40 of them.

What it costs

Published pricing, from $3,250.

The people you're introduced to pay nothing. Circle and Gild Society members are considered at no cost.

Quick answers

San Francisco, your questions answered.

Does Luvo run singles events in San Francisco?

No. Evenings in San Francisco are hosted by the Constellation's brands. Luvo makes private introductions from the guests those evenings bring together: the ones hosts and fellow guests single out and invite into a circle.

Is Luvo only for people who work in tech?

No. The circles are drawn from seven very different brands, for dating, friendship and networking, so the people Luvo introduces in San Francisco come from every field, not one industry.

Does Luvo use an algorithm to match people?

No. Every client starts with a conversation with Anoush, and a dedicated matchmaker chooses each introduction personally, from people the room has already vouched for.

What does matchmaking cost in San Francisco?

Luvo’s pricing is published, starting at $3,250 for two introductions. Every package includes a personal consultation with Anoush, a dedicated matchmaker and concierge date coordination. The people you’re introduced to pay nothing.

Begin in San Francisco

Meet someone no algorithm could find.

Luvo introductions in San Francisco are for people ready to step off the apps: only people met in person at Constellation evenings across the city, and chosen by the room.