Paktor was founded by Joseph Phua and Ng Jing Shen. The word 'Paktor' originates from the Cantonese word for 'dating' (Chinese character 拍拖). In late 2013, Paktor launched a subsidiary called GaiGai, an offline dating service that focuses on match-making and dating events.

Founded in Singapore, the app was launched in June 2013, and has over 5 billion swipes to date (October 2015). Paktor is a location-based dating and networking mobile application that connects mutually interested users and allows them to chat individually or as a group. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) JSTOR ( March 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines for companies and organizations.

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