[2] Stark is also a board member at Bumble and an advisor to Badoo.

[4] Prior to founding Huggle, Stark blogged about gardening[5] and worked in a managerial position for one of the largest restaurant business in Moscow where she was known for her role in the company's European and UK expansion.

[6] After moving to London from Moscow,[7] she found it hard to make friends and began using her familiarity with Instagram's geolocation feature to find people with common interests.

[8] She met Stina Sanders using this technique and the two women eventually founded Huggle based around Stark's idea of connecting people who visit the same locations.

[10] In 2018, she was named one of the Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in the UK to Watch in 2018 by About Time magazine.