The company was founded in Singapore in 2004 by husband and wife team Violet Lim and Jamie Lee, and has since expanded to Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Indonesia. With over 1.4 million users in its database, Lunch Actually has made over 30 million matches and facilitated an estimated 4,500 marriages. Its dating and matchmaking platform offers lunch and dinner dates, as well as coffee and after-work drinks, to help busy professionals meet like-minded people and find their perfect match. The company's BHAG is to create 1 million happy marriages.