The founders of Ask.fm -- the popular social Q&A app that became embroiled in a cyberbullying media storm before being acquired by IAC -- have backed new dating app Mint.

Ask.fm is ostensibly a question and answer site. You sign up, and the system allows you to pose questions that anyone else can answer, or answer questions coming from other users.

Today, Ask.fm has ballooned into a parent-free digital space where kids go to goof off and escape the built-in accountability of Facebook. According to brother co-founders Mark and Ilja Terebin ...