Browser based
Join from a supported phone, tablet, laptop or desktop through the same Verve website.
Why Verve exists
Dating, friendship and community belong together
Verve began in Australia in 2025 after founder Alisha Canaris spent years seeing the same problems repeat across women-loving-women dating: vague safety claims, thin community features, unclear subscriptions and services that made access harder than it needed to be instead of clearly explaining what members can do.
The aim is practical: provide one place for dating, friendship, one-to-one chat, community spaces, events and venue discovery where content and current membership are available. Verve does not promise a match, a reply, a profile in every location or a perfectly safe platform.
Read the longer founder story for the personal history behind the product.
Our story
Built by someone who lived it
Alisha is an Australian lesbian with 29 years of lived community experience and more than two decades navigating online dating. Repeated problems—unclear value, thin community features, fake and misleading profiles, and vague safety language—led her to build the service she wanted to use herself.
Her software engineering and IT-security background informs Verve’s access controls, server-side checks, data handling and release reviews. Experience is not a certification and does not make any system invulnerable; safeguards still have limits and must keep improving.
Verve is the result: a browser-based place where dating, friendship, chat, groups, events and queer resources can sit together. Product, safety and pricing decisions are made independently in Australia, with the community—not advertising—at the centre.
Read the longer founder story for more personal context.
Product principles
What Verve is trying to make easier
Specific safety language
Application review can reduce some misuse. It cannot guarantee identity, age, gender, intentions, safety or future conduct.
Community as a core path
Dating is important, but friendship, events, groups, chat and useful queer resources should not be afterthoughts.
Published pricing
Web Premium is 5.50 monthly or 55 yearly in a supported checkout currency, tax included, with current free limits and renewal terms stated before purchase.
No ads inside Verve
Verve does not and will not show ads inside the member experience. Sensitive member details are not sent to advertising analytics.
Room to improve
A small independent platform should be candid about current availability, feature limits and what still needs work.
Account review
What happens before member access
Applicants provide a current selfie before member access. Automated checks assess whether one face is present and whether it appears consistent with the moderated profile photo; every submission remains pending for human review. Approved members may receive a badge reflecting that decision.
The badge is not a guarantee. A selfie review cannot prove identity or age and cannot predict someone’s behaviour. It does not certify gender, relationship status, intentions, location or safety.
Verification and review material is processed for defined operational, safety, fraud, security and legal purposes. Access and retention are explained in the Privacy Policy and Data Deletion page.
Learn and participate
Start with the path that fits
Explore lesbian datingWho Verve serves, what members can do and how browser access works.
Read the Safety centreReview, reporting, chat protection, privacy and safer meeting choices.
Partner with VerveCommunity, venue, event, education and research collaboration principles.
Get supportAccount, access, review, billing, cancellation, safety and deletion help.
Try the DM generatorCreate six respectful message ideas without sending your text to a server.
Browse the glossarySearch evolving LGBTQ+ terms with context and respectful usage notes.
Clear answers
About Verve FAQ
Is Verve Australian owned?
Verve is independently operated in Australia by Alisha Canaris trading as Verve, ABN 61 010 069 435.
Can I use Verve on different devices?
Yes. Verve is browser-based and can be opened in supported browsers on phones, tablets, laptops and desktops, including iPhone and iPad.
Does Verve claim to remove every fake or scam account?
No. Required application review, reporting, blocking and server controls can reduce risk, but no online dating service can guarantee that every account is genuine or that no scammer will evade controls.
Ready to meet people your way?
Create a free Verve account in your browser. Complete application review, then explore dating, friendship, chat, community spaces and events where available.