Grindr has a reputation for its hookup culture, but the company says a quarter of its users are there to network. The CEO says he even hired people through the app.

• Grindr is an LGBTQ+ dating app notorious for instant hookups.
• But Grindr says that about 25% of its users are also there to network.
• Grindr's CEO says he developed professional relationships on the app, WSJ reports.

One of the first associations with Grindr, an LGBTQ+ dating app, that comes to mind for Omar Alexis is hookups.

"Hookups and dates probably," Alexis, a 26-year-old consultant and content creator who used Grindr a few years ago, told Insider.

But Alexis said he was open-minded and found that it also had the potential to be a networking tool.