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Asian Matchmaker in Seattle

Matchmaking for Seattle & Eastside Tech Professionals

Cassindy Chao Featured In


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Begin Your Journey

Bespoke Intention & Lasting Love

Not ready to speak directly?

Begin Your Journey

Bespoke Intention & Lasting Love

Not ready to speak directly?

What a Goldman Sachs Banker Learned About Love | Matchmaker Cassindy at GMF

AWM Love offers personal, thoughtful Asian matchmaking for high-achieving singles across Seattle and the Eastside — from Capitol Hill and Queen Anne to Bellevue, Redmond, and Kirkland. Curated introductions for the people building the future who haven't yet built the personal life to match. My reach extends across the wider Pacific Northwest, too — including Vancouver, BC, where the same tight-knit, work-centered dynamics quietly narrow people's options.

Why Seattle is personal for me

Seattle is family for me. I have more than a dozen cousins here, and I'm up visiting often enough to go crabbing with my aunties that it's become a second home. I know its neighborhoods, its enormous and thriving Asian-American community, and the particular texture of a city that's brilliant, a little introverted, and organized around a handful of very large employers. I love it here — and I love matching people here.

Credentials Line

I'm a third-generation Chinese matchmaker (紅娘) and a former Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan investment banker. I've been featured in Business Insider, NBC News Daily, and ABC News. I bring both the ancient wisdom of the 紅娘 tradition and a modern understanding of the lives my clients actually lead.

Let’s Find You Your Partner

Who I work with in Seattle

It All Starts With Learning About You and….Who You'd Love to Meet.

My Seattle clients are engineers, product leaders, founders, doctors, and researchers — many at Amazon, Microsoft, and the region's health and biotech institutions. They're often first- or second-generation, deeply capable, and sometimes more comfortable solving a hard technical problem than a first date. They've optimized everything except this. That's where I come in.

Why dating is here is harder than it should be

  • The “Seattle Freeze” is real. This is a warm city that can be genuinely hard to break into socially — people are polite, private, and slow to open up. Organic introductions are rarer here than almost anywhere.

  • It's a company town, in the best and hardest way. When your whole world is one campus, your dating pool is your org chart. The structural trap again — the people you know are the people you work with.

  • Everyone's heads-down and a little introverted. Add long, dark winters and demanding build cycles, and it's easy for years to pass without your circle ever widening.

  • The skills that made you successful don't translate. You're decisive, you optimize, you have high standards and the data to back them. That built your career. A partnership runs on patience, emotional availability, and a willingness to be influenced — and there's no framework for that.

SAN FRANCISCO MATCHMAKING

What a Goldman Sachs Banker Learned About Love | Matchmaker Cassindy at GMF

Client Success Story

I had a wonderful client who was from Hong Kong but after a successful career in finance, moved back to the US - and he enrolled his children in school in Bellevue and also kept a terrific mountain home in Whistler.   As he had not been an active dater and now was divorced - he was curious about how to start.  So we created a series of dates for him so that he could really think about what would be the ideal fit for him.  He met an ivy league valedictorian, he dated a tv personality, and also a data scientist.  He ended up matching with another finance professional and they blended their families together.  We were so happy to see the joy and understanding  in their relationship. 

Seattle’s waterfront skyline and Space Needle

FAQs

Do you serve Bellevue and the Eastside?

Do you only work with Asian clients?

How much does an Asian matchmaker in Seattle cost?

How is this different from a dating app?

I'm honestly better at solving technical problems than first dates — can you still help?

How do you find matches here when the “Seattle Freeze” makes meeting people so hard?

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

Still deciding?

My background is unusual — third-generation 紅娘, Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan, Wellesley, and 35 years of doing this. It's also what makes me good at the specific thing I do, which is connecting exceptional people. But being effective isn't enough on its own. There has to be fit, and there has to be care. If you don't feel that when we talk, I'd rather you know it early — and so would I. The first call is free, and it goes both ways.

Years of setting up Great Dates

Matchmaking Testimonials

"Cassindy has been a matchmaker since her college days at Wellesley. She helped me identify my now husband. He is my one true love. He understands, accepts, and celebrates me. Without her sage advice, I would not be married today."

S.C. & M.D

Matched Couple

Married

"Getting married during a pandemic was an adjustment and we made it work. Now you can add another success story to your list!"

P.L. & R.S.

Matched Couple

Married

”The matchmaker is wise and caring. She really is watching the dragon come to life and fly away when they find love…”

J.W.

Matched Couple

Married

  • "Cassindy has been a matchmaker since her college days at Wellesley. She helped me identify my now husband. He is my one true love. He understands, accepts, and celebrates me. Without her sage advice, I would not be married today."

    S.C. & M.D

    Matched Couple

    Married

  • "Getting married during a pandemic was an adjustment and we made it work. Now you can add another success story to your list!"

    P.L. & R.S.

    Matched Couple

    Married

  • ”The matchmaker is wise and caring. She really is watching the dragon come to life and fly away when they find love…”

    J.W.

    Matched Couple

    Married

Featured In

NBC News Daily — Oct 2025
Everybody needs to have a dating portfolio

NBC News Daily — Oct 2025 Everybody needs to have a dating portfolio

Business Insider — How a Goldman Sachs Banker Became One of America’s Top Asian Matchmakers

NEWSNATION — Feb 2026 — We need to be open to meeting someone special

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Years of setting up Great Dates

Years of setting up Great Dates

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Events & Gatherings

Events & Gatherings

Events & Gatherings

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Happily Ever Afters

Happily Ever Afters

Happily Ever Afters

Our Services

Luxury Matchmaking Services

Luxury Matchmaking Services

Signature Service

Date Concierge

Get dating strategies and solutions to help improve your success. Ideal for post-divorce or difficult break-up situations, and unsuccessful dating patterns.

Personalised Strategy Sessions

Dating Profile Refinement

Ongoing Coaching & Support

Premier Service

VIP Matchmaking

Our premier service offers quality bespoke introductions. In-depth and personalized process requires our dedication and resources on behalf of our clients.

Curated Bespoke Introductions

Curated Bespoke Introductions

Dedicated Matchmaker Relationship

Dedicated Matchmaker Relationship

Comprehensive Compatibility Review

Comprehensive Compatibility Review

Begin your journey to a meaningful and lasting connection

Begin your journey to a meaningful and lasting connection

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

A PRIVATE NEXT STEP

Ready to make room for someone remarkable?

Ready to make room for someone remarkable?

We help our clients find extraordinary matches and often move beyond old expectations, stereotypes, habits and blockers and make sure they are ready for their last (and best) relationship.

We help our clients find extraordinary matches and often move beyond old expectations, stereotypes, habits and blockers and make sure they are ready for their last (and best) relationship.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love ("Service"). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love ("Service"). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love (“Service”). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to access or use AWM Love (“Service”). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement.