<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true">Cerca is a new dating app founded by college students, limiting users to seeing four profiles daily with mutual contacts.The app raised $1.6 million from Corazon Capital using a pitch deck.CEO Myles Slayton focuses on connecting Gen Z users through established social circles rather than strangers.Cerca utilizes mutual friends for matchmaking and emphasizes common contacts over just appearances.Users can involve mutual friends in matchmaking and need to bring five friends to join the app.Cerca targets college students with over 20,000 users mostly aged between 18-30.The app's feature allows users to search for specific people, a unique approach in dating apps.Cerca's growth plan includes IRL events for user engagement and connection building.The article details Cerca's pitch deck, core problems it aims to solve, early growth stats, IRL events, team, and product demo.