Mingout, a dating app building a uniquely Indian solution to romance, took two of its loyal users to a date in outer space, on the back of a metaverse wedding.

"We thought about the most romantic date possible - and in an instant, the answer was clear," Navdeep Kamboj, Co-Founder and Chief Wingperson, Mingout, said. "The moon represents the two tenets of Mingout - romance and revolution. What's more romantic than moonlight, and what's more revolutionary than humanity's first step on the moon?"

"With Valentine's week approaching during a time where the physical world is less accessible, we decided to host a virtual festival on the app," Devanshu, Co-founder and head of product, said. "Our team worked day and night and we hosted 9 shows - with musicians like Osho Jain and Avanti Nagral, to comics like Munawar, Rahul Dua and Swati, India's top mixologist, Ami Shroff and wholesome dates with Leeza Mangaldas and Divija Bhasin. Harshveer, our co-founder, hosted the final date on Valentine's, launching his new song with Sagar Verma."

"You don't have to be single to date," Harshveer says. "Romance hits you with puberty and stays with you till your last breath." "It's funny - that in a country that loves love so much, we still find it difficult to express and experience romance freely. And that's why we built Mingout. Copy-pasted American solutions of casual swiping don't work in India."

Mingout has, over the last year, conducted 1000+ dates on the app, standing out as the only app in the world where you can date, not just match.