Professional networking app offers the convenience of online dating

Impresso Labs, a startup based at EPFL's Innovation Park, has developed a professional networking app that contains only verified profiles. It is one of five Swiss startups selected to be showcased at the Web Summit 2019 - and the only one from French-speaking Switzerland. Impresso is a new professional networking app designed to help people establish business contacts. Now available on Google Play and the App Store, it is modeled after both LinkedIn and Tinder, although with a few key differences. "Our app has no messaging service, no 'swiping' and no spam," says Ben Beh, the founder of Impresso Labs. "We wanted to build a platform where users - all of whom have been verified - can set up face-to-face professional meetings." Once users register on the app, they can search other user profiles and send contact requests to specific individuals. A geolocation feature limits searches to people in the same area.