India, Feb. 11 -- In one of the most recent episodes of Season 5 of Shark Tank India, the pitch was for an offline dating and social meet-up platform called Offline by Happy Hour. Their aim was to keep youngsters away from swipe-based dating apps and move them towards curated, in-person experiences. However, sharks Aman Gupta, CEO of boAt, and Shaily Mehrotra, founder and CEO of Fixderma, brought up safety concerns.

Offline by Happy Hour founders Tanay Baweja and Aastha Sethi opened their pitch by highlighting the challenges in today's dating landscape. They emphasised how dating apps continue to dominate the global market, but how they aim to create an alternative that enables offline dating events, curated to individual personalities a...