INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Want to spice up the bedroom without paying for pills or awkward visits to a sex therapist? A new app called Lover lets you take a sexual
personality quiz, explore carnal knowledge tutorials and discretely figure out which turn-ons you share with your partner
Built by board-certified sexual medicine clinical psychologist Dr
results of your sexual questionnaire
Lover sees a market for education-based alternative approaches to sexual wellness.Lover co-founders (from left): Jas Bagniewski, Dr
Britney Blair and Nick PendleDr
Blair got interested in the space a decade ago after a Stanford grad school lecture illuminated how prevalent sexual problems are but how
quickly they can be resolved with learning and communication
founder of City Deal that sold to Groupon
Bagniewski and fellow Lover co-founder Nick Pendle started European Casper mattress competitor Eve Sleep and brought it to IPO.The plan is
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Fabrice Grinda and Jose Marin
The cash will go toward building out an Android app and adding games that partners can play together in bed.There are plenty of random sex
Lover tries to differentiate itself by personalizing content based on the results of a Myers-Briggs-esque quiz
This asks you how adventurous, communicative and assertive you are
while being the center of attention.From there, Lover can suggest guides for mastering your own sexual personality or branching out into new
a lot higher quality and more compassionate than where most people learn about sex: pornography
Having a real sexual medicine doctor overseeing the app lends credibility to Lover
And the design and tone throughout make you feel empowered rather than sleazy.Still, Dr
