Bumble shares jumped more than 56% on Tuesday after the dating app maker agreed to be acquired by Ithaca Holdings for $1.3 billion. Shareholders will receive $6.05 in cash per share, a 138% premium over Friday's closing price. After the deal closes, Bumble will be privately held and overseen by Ithaca co-CEOs Ravi Gupta and John Hegeman, while founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd says she will remain actively involved. The article notes Bumble's growth had stalled as younger users moved away from online dating, and earlier this year it abandoned its model in which women initiate conversations. Second-quarter revenue fell 15.2% year over year to $210.5 million, and paying users dropped 16.4% to 3.2 million.
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