Relationship wellness is on the rise – and high-net-worth individuals are spending thousands to achieve it Dating app fatigue, a growing wellness market and time-poor lives. We all feel it. But the wealthy are now investing large sums in dating coaches to source the right relationship, writes Megan Lloyd Davies First came the career coach. […]
Can £15,000 buy you love? Leonora Field-Foster speaks to the matchmaking services that bring the high earners of the world together Catching someone’s eye across a crowded bar, falling in love and skipping off into the sunset seems to be the exclusive preserve of Netflix rom-coms. For most people, looking for love is a time-consuming […]
The best matchmakers in 2025 Welcome to the Spear’s ranking of the best matchmakers who help HNW individuals find a romantic connection. ‘We all have this idea that it should be the most natural thing in the world, but actually, having a relationship in today’s world is only going to get more difficult,’ says Olivia […]
‘Sometimes private jets are involved’: Meet the woman who matchmakes for the ultra-rich From helipads in Monaco to looking for ‘rock chick’ love interests, here’s what the wealthy want in a partner How do you go about finding your happily ever after? Maybe you download a dating app, or go to a speed dating event. […]
Finding love in the modern world isn’t easy. Many of us have lost the gumption to ask a stranger out in public, meaning the opportunity for romance relies on a plethora of apps that lead us to disappointing dates, unsuitable matches, or worse – profound boredom. Of the 4.4 million adults in the UK using […]
For two years, Carmen Strofer has been playing cupid to hundreds of extremely successful people from across the world while working with Ivy International, a UK-based matchmaking company that has offices across Europe, the US, and in Dubai. What has been her takeaway? Opposites most often don’t attract and you know a relationship will work […]
Will you be spending Valentine’s day alone this year? Inga Verbeeck, Founder and CEO of Ivy Relations could have the solution for that one essential part of your life that’s missing… Love and relationships are one of the most challenging parts of life to fulfill. You can have everything, a brilliant career, fabulous friends, a […]
The Short Version: When Matchmaker Inga Verbeeck founded Ivy International, she was clear about her driving philosophy: to stay true to her belief in what she calls “trickle-down-lov-o-nomics” as a means of contributing to a happier world. Inga told us when successful, influential people find fulfilment in their relationships it trickles into every aspect of their lives and […]
REASSURINGLY ATTRACTIVE. That, if you will permit me to co-opt the celebrated advertising line from a certain Belgian lager, is pertinent in the case of another Belgian export: Inga Verbeeck, who arrives at Mere, the swish Fitzrovia restaurant opened by Monica Galetti (of Masterchef fame) and her husband David earlier this year, fresh from the […]
Kapellen – Ivy International lanceert in Europa de publieke campagne ‘Search for Venus’ waarmee het matchmakingbureau op zoek gaat naar de perfecte match voor één van haar uitzonderlijke klanten uit het Midden-Oosten. Op 25 en 26 november kunnen geïnteresseerden in het Hard Rock Café in Antwerpen kennismaken met het team van Ivy International. Inga Verbeeck, […]