Find your person
wherever you are
This isn't a dating site or another app. You meet only people who genuinely fit you — no swiping, no endless chats, no dates that go nowhere.
Who would you like to meet?
Svaha is for you if
You want to meet your person and build a lasting relationship with someone who shares your values, your outlook on life, and your plans for the future.
You're tired of apps and dates with the wrong people. Swiping and texting drain your time and energy. You'd rather be introduced to the right person than keep searching yourself.
You live abroad — in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Amsterdam, New York, or another city where meeting someone close to you in culture and values is especially hard.
How it works
- You join via the questionnaire or an interview with a matchmaker.
- Your profile goes into the private network.
- Each week we check your profile against requests from our agency's clients.
- And against requests from the partner matchmakers we work with.
- We also post about you anonymously on social media and vet everyone who shows interest in your profile.
- As soon as there's a match, we tell you about the man and show you his profile.
- If the interest is mutual, we help arrange the meeting.
- We check in on how the date went. If he's your person — wonderful! If not, you stay in the network and we keep you posted when a suitable candidate comes along.
Who our clients are
- Men aged 25 to 55.
- Ready for a serious relationship and starting a family.
- Educated, accomplished, and thoughtful about life and relationships.
- From all over the world — Europe, the UK, the US, and beyond.
- Each one has an individual interview with a matchmaker and a detailed profile.
What it costs
There are two ways. Pick whichever suits you:
- We show you the man's profile — you decide whether you'd like to meet him.
- If you're interested, we show the man your profile — if he says yes too, the interest is mutual, and we help arrange the introduction.
- You pay £50 only on a mutual yes.
What clients say
It felt like, in an age of endless dating-app options, matchmakers only lived in novels and old films. But working with Olya, I realized the matchmaker's role has long since evolved into a real professional service: one that pulls real people out of the depths of tangled algorithms and connects them by shared values, goals, and outlook on life. No bottomless swiping, no conversations that lead nowhere, no dates without a spark, no sifting through an endless stream of profiles hoping to find your person.
Olya takes data protection and confidentiality very seriously. I especially appreciated how thoughtfully the process is designed for both sides: until both people are ready to move forward, their identities and contact details stay protected, and that gives you a real sense of safety. From the very first contact everything was easy and straightforward. Olya collected what she needed for my profile, walked me through how it works, and explained the next steps, and after a while I was introduced to a candidate who was a good fit for me.
The idea of finding a partner through a matchmaker now feels like such an obvious advantage over dating apps that I happily tell my friends about it.
I was worried the person I'd be introduced to might not match me in values or life context, and that a video date would feel awkward.
In reality it went really well. The candidate was agreed in advance, Olya sent a detailed profile with photos, and in conversation we found a lot in common — it was warm and easy.
I'd especially recommend reaching out to Olya if you've relocated — to anyone who wants their path, cultural context, and values understood and taken into account, and the introduction itself to be thoughtful.
Meet your matchmaker
Olya Shvets
I personally handle everything myself: I run the interviews, introduce you to each match personally, and stay with you all the way to the meeting.
Understanding people — and what truly matters to them — is something I know how to do and genuinely love. Behind that is a background in psychology and a lot of hands-on experience. So when it comes to compatibility, maturity, and what a person really needs in a relationship, I work from real expertise, not just intuition.
For many years I built a career in science communication: I interviewed hundreds of scientists and experts, worked as a producer and editor, led marketing, and launched projects from scratch. Over those years I ran hundreds of interviews and honed the thing that matters most in this work — communication: getting a person to open up, gathering what matters with care, digging deeper, and getting to the essence. That's what lets me understand each client's request precisely and find someone who truly matches it.
Later I ran my own consultancy, helping projects find and reach the right people online, and then trained as a data analyst and worked with data. That's where my approach comes from: system, method, and targeted search — not random guesswork in the hope of getting lucky.
Why I chose to be a matchmaker: I went through emigration myself — from Moscow to Israel, and then to London — so I know first-hand what it's like to land in a new country where your familiar circle has fallen apart and meeting someone close to you in language, culture, and values is genuinely hard. I found my own husband through shared values, and when someone appeared beside me who I could be myself with and grow alongside, it changed my life. That's when I understood I wanted to help others find their person too, especially people building a new life far from home.
This is where my whole path comes together: my education, hundreds of interviews, dozens of projects, and my own experience of emigration now all work toward one mission — helping one person find their person.
FAQ
Joining through the questionnaire is free. If you'd like to join through an interview, that's £180. An introduction to someone who fits costs £50, whichever way you joined.
When you've both seen each other's profiles and photos and you both want to meet. Until then, you pay nothing.
You fill in the questionnaire yourself, and that's enough to join the network. An interview is a personal conversation: I understand your request more deeply and write your profile myself, so I know exactly who would suit you.
Every man in the network is personally interviewed, and I write their detailed profile myself. Sometimes a request comes from another matchmaker, and I check whether you're a match for their client.
Before I suggest an introduction, I tell you about them and show you their profile and photos. The decision to meet is always yours.
No. I work only with people living in the UK, Europe and the US.
Just message me and I'll delete your details. You can do this at any time.