Hinge - the app that sells itself as Tinder's 'less-creepy' older brother, has just secured $12m (€9.7m) in new funding and is looking to go international.

The app looks like Tinder, it also links to your Facebook account and has a 'double opt-in' system.

The difference is that instead of showing you everyone within a certain age bracket, and a certain catchment range - it only matches you with friends of your Facebook friends. The idea is that because potential matches are already in some way connected to your current social circle - making matches less random.

It offers users a curated list of potential matches at noon every day. It displays potential matches' full name, their education and other information that the app can pull from their Facebook profile.

Founder Justin McLeod says that he wants the app to be Facebook to Tinder's MySpace.

The app has grown its user base by 500 percent since last January in the US. It is ready to launch its first international outpost in London next February.

Hinge has a lot of ground to make up - Tinder has been downloaded 40 million times in the last two years and makes 14 million matches everyday.