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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities andExchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdictionwhere the offer or sale is not permitted.SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY 8, 2021PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS45,000,000 SharesBumble Inc.Class A Common Stock per shareThis is the initial public offering of shares of Class A common stock of Bumble Inc. We are selling 45,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock. We currentlyexpect the initial public offering price to be between 37.00 and 39.00 per share of Class A common stock. We have applied to list our shares of Class A commonstock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq”) under the trading symbol “BMBL.”In general, holders of shares of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock held of record on all matters onwhich stockholders are entitled to vote generally. Each holder of Class B common stock shall generally be entitled, without regard to the number of shares of Class Bcommon stock held by such holder, to one vote for each Common Unit (as defined herein) of Buzz Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“BumbleHoldings”) held by such holder on all matters on which stockholders of Bumble Inc. are entitled to vote generally. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless they electotherwise, each of Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder of Bumble (our “Founder”) and affiliates of The Blackstone Group Inc. (“Blackstone” or “our Sponsor”), towhom we refer collectively as our “Principal Stockholders,” will be entitled to outsized voting rights as follows. Until seven years from the closing of this offering(or, if earlier, the date the parties to the stockholders agreement we intend to enter into in connection with this offering cease to own in the aggregate 7.5% of theoutstanding shares of Class A common stock, assuming the exchange of all Common Units), each share of Class A common stock held by a Principal Stockholderwill entitle such Principal Stockholder to ten votes and each Principal Stockholder that holds Class B common stock will be entitled, without regard to the number ofshares of Class B common stock held by such Principal Stockholder, to a number of votes equal to 10 times the aggregate number of Common Units (includingCommon Units issued upon conversion of vested Incentive Units (as defined herein)) of Bumble Holdings held by such Principal Stockholder. See “Description ofCapital Stock.” The purpose of providing our Principal Stockholders with outsized voting rights, subject to a reasonable time-based sunset, is to promote the abilityof our board of directors to execute our mission-first strategy by reducing, during Bumble’s initial years as a public company, the board’s exposure to pressure thatmight be brought by activist shareholders to focus on short-term objectives rather than our long-term strategy.After the completion of this offering, our Principal Stockholders will beneficially own a majority of the combined voting power of our Class A and Class Bcommon stock. More specifically, upon completion of this offering our Founder will beneficially own approximately 11% of the outstanding economic interests inBumble and 15% of the combined voting power in Bumble Inc. and Blackstone will beneficially own approximately 60% of the outstanding economic interests inBumble (or 16% if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock) and 81% of the outstanding voting power inBumble Inc. (or 56% and 80% if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock). Accordingly, the voting rightsheld by our Principal Stockholders are significantly in excess of their level of economic ownership. As a result, we will be a “controlled company” within the meaningof the Nasdaq corporate governance standards. See “Management—Controlled Company Exception” and “Principal Stockholders.”Our organizational structure following this offering is commonly referred to as an umbrella partnership-C-corporation (or UP-C) structure. Prior to thisoffering, Bumble Holdings is the parent company of our business. In connection with this offering, Bumble Inc. will become the general partner of BumbleHoldings. As sole general partner, Bumble Inc. will hold 100% of the voting power in Bumble Holdings. The interests in Bumble Holdings held by the limitedpartners of Bumble Holdings, which we refer to as the Pre-IPO Common Unitholders, will be generally non-voting. Bumble Inc. will directly and indirectly hold59% of the outstanding Common Units in Bumble Holdings (or 61% if the underwriters exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Class Acommon stock) and the Pre-IPO Common Unitholders will hold 41% of the outstanding Common Units in Bumble Holdings (or 39% if the underwriters exercisein full their option to purchase additional shares of Class A common stock). The Pre-IPO Common Unitholders will also hold shares of Class B common stock inBumble Inc. See “Organizational Structure.”We and the holders of our Common Units will also enter into an exchange agreement under which they (or certain permitted transferees) will have the right(subject to the terms of the exchange agreement) to exchange their Common Units (including Common Units issued upon conversion of vested Incentive Units) forshares of our Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary conversion rate adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and reclassifications. See“Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions—Exchange Agreement.”Bumble Inc. intends to use the proceeds (net of underwriting discounts) from the issuance of 9 million shares ( 326.6 million) to acquire an equivalent numberof newly-issued Common Units from Buzz Holdings L.P., as described under “Organizational Structure—Offering Transactions,” which Buzz Holdings L.P. will inturn use to repay outstanding indebtedness under our Term Loan Facility (as defined herein) totaling approximately 200.0 million in aggregate principal amountand approximately 105.3 million for general corporate purposes, and to bear all of the expenses of this offering. We estimate these offering expenses (excludingunderwriting discounts and commissions) will be approximately 21.3 million. See “Use of Proceeds.” Bumble Inc. intends to use the proceeds (net of underwritingdiscounts) from the issuance of 36 million shares ( 1,306.4 million) (or 42.8 million shares and 1,551.4 million if the underwriters exercise in full their option topurchase additional shares of Class A common stock) to purchase or redeem an equivalent aggregate number of shares of Class A common stock and Common Unitsfrom our pre-IPO owners, as described under “Organizational Structure—Offering Transactions.”We are an “emerging growth company” as defined under the federal securities laws and, as such, may elect to comply with certain reduced public companyreporting requirements for future filings. See “Summary—Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”Investing in shares of our Class A common stock involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 30.Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securitiesor passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.PerShareInitial public offering price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Underwriting discounts and commissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Proceeds, before expenses, to Bumble Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total Please see the section entitled “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” for a description of compensation payable to the underwriters.To the extent that the underwriters sell more than 45,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock, the underwriters have the option to purchase up to anadditional 6,750,000 shares of our Class A common stock from us at the initial public offering price less the underwriting discounts and commissions, within 30days from the date of this prospectus.The underwriters expect to deliver the shares of our Class A common stock against payment in New York, New York on or about, 2021.Goldman Sachs & Co. LLCMorgan StanleyJefferiesBlackstone Capital MarketsBTIGAmeriVet SecuritiesR. Seelaus & Co., LLCJ.P. MorganRBC Capital MarketsBMO Capital MarketsNomuraC.L. King & AssociatesRamirez & Co., Inc.CowenEvercore ISIRaymond JamesDrexel HamiltonSiebert Williams ShankThe date of this prospectus isCitigroup, 2021.SMBC NikkoLoop Capital MarketsTelsey Advisory GroupStifel

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