Our Mission
For everyone to become and project the best version of themself, and find lasting love with a truly compatible partner.
What Do We Stand For?
Efficiency
Singles don't waste time browsing, messaging or dealing with fake profiles. Matchmakers quickly hone in on the right matches.
Compatibility
We are fanatics about pairing people so they truly last, based on relationship data we already know plus our own continuous testing.
Inclusiveness
We welcome all people, as long as they're open to a serious relationship. Anyone can sign up and be eligible to be matched.
Transparency
We have set pricing, share the names of our partner companies, display real couples on our site, and always tell the truth.
Innovation
We continue to develop the latest tech to help pair people best, from advanced filters to a helpful matching algorithm.
Team
Carla Guarnay
Carla combined over a decade in marketing, tech, and client service—primarily at Google—with six years as a professional matchmaker to launch DateSpot in 2019. She recognized the need for singles to connect with matchmakers across companies, and later expanded the business to offer flexible, affordable services directly to members.
Today, she runs the business with joy, leading 1:1 consultations, welcoming new clients, offering recommendations (whether or not someone becomes a member), and serving on the matching team to help review matches. Born and raised in the world's innovation epicenter of Silicon Valley, Carla has also lived in Colorado, Florida, Spain, Brazil, and India, experiences that fuel her global perspective on relationships.
Having navigated a long dating journey herself, she met her amazing husband Greg at 40 and had a beautiful hilarious daughter, Ava, shortly after. Seeing her own path and the diversity of clients she has brought together through the years who have remained together, Carla believes that anyone with the will can find a wonderful compatible partner...but a matchmaker sure makes it easier.
Courtney Blasiol
Courtney leads the client experience as their main point of contact after their consultation, from sending excellent match options to relaying feedback from first dates. She brings six years of matchmaking and coaching experience to DateSpot, blending her natural ability to connect people with a deep understanding of modern dating dynamics.
Known for her thoughtful, heart-centered approach, Courtney is passionate about making the process both encouraging and empowering for each individual. A former military dependent, Courtney grew up living all across the U.S. and in Japan. This background gave her a rich appreciation for and understanding of different cultures and perspectives, which she brings into her work with clients from many walks of life.
Beyond matchmaking, Courtney is raising the two youngest of her five children at home (with the others grown), so she clearly knows how to handle people and multi-task! She also cultivates entrepreneurial ventures in her Virginia community.
She’s well known for her mix of warmth, resilience, and gentle honesty, a combination that helps her clients feel both understood and guided with confidence.
Alicia Davis
A devoted mom and wife, Alicia identifies potential matches with speed and intuition for our members and partners.
Navin Ramachandran
Match.com's former COO who shares invaluable insight while empowering visionaries worldwide through Kanthari.
Greg Guarnay
Carla's husband also helps with the business, armed with an MBA from UCLA and a VP role at an AI-based software startup.
Founder's Letter:
The DateSpot Story
Most people don't grow up wanting to be a matchmaker, and I was one of them. The career wasn't presented as a viable option - at least not to me in the CA Bay Area. Advertising sounded fun, lucrative, and creative, so I pursued it. I worked as a copywriter developing ideas for print and radio ads, worked at Google for seven years creating and optimizing digital ads, and then ran my own online ad agency.
In 2013, my friend mentioned that someone was looking for help building her matchmaking startup. Thinking it could be an interesting side gig, I decided to help out with events and recruiting candidates part-time. After a few months, I realized that I was more excited to work on this other company than my own, so I shifted fields and became their first hired matchmaker.
I enjoyed growing their Bay Area member base from essentially zero to over 10,000 over five years. Even better - I successfully matched up multiple couples who would go on to get married - the youngest was in their twenties, and the oldest was in their fifties.
I loved it, but entrepreneurship is addicting. I started to think about allowing singles a fresh option for singles, that would also help matchmakers in a unique way. So I explored it, without an MBA, a co-founder, or any outside funding. DateSpot was founded in December 2019, focused on free matchmaking. In 2022 we added new services beyond matchmaking and expanded the geography to effectively match people nationwide (and even accept people internationally).
I bring my experience in marketing analytics to the matching process, being more data-driven than most matchmakers. I break up many answers to questions in singles onboarding into more options than most dating services have in order to pair people better. I continue to test many dimensions that could be measures of compatibility to bring fresh insight to the public.
There's no perfect algorithm for matching, but we can strive to get as much important data as possible to get close. We look at physical attraction, common goals, overlapping interests, lifestyle habits, being on the same “wavelength”, and a balance in energy. You don’t want to date yourself! I took this to heart and soon after founding my company, met my own amazing life partner.
My wish for you is that however you find love, you do find it. I also hope that you love yourself deeply as much as anyone else and understand its important role in attraction. While we’re all independent beings fully capable of living and thriving alone, and moments of singledom can be fun and healing, life is even better shared with someone else.
