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Your friends might not appreciate your themed dinner party or your carefully crafted cheese board, but a stranger who pays to hang out with you might.

Sound a little odd? Well, apparently not.

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聽 (and reports by and ) Delhi-based raised $1.7 million in seed funding so we can all meet 鈥渧erified鈥� new friends through theme-based house parties in Delhi, Gurgaon, and Bangalore.

The seed round included investors like , and .1 , chief strategy officer at also participated in the round, . The startup also previously was in .

From classic dinners to salsa parties to rooftop bonfires, the website offers an array of social gatherings with open doors. At least, for those that will pay.

A neon glow house party, for example, is about聽 鈧�750, or $11 dollars per person to attend. In the advertisement for the party, a recommended age range is also set. The aforementioned party, for example, is . Think of it as a party, but with profit. The average host profit is 鈧�3,700, or about $54 dollars.

The concept is catching on. In a blog post on the site, company founders wrote that they have helped more than 2,500 strangers meet someone new. 鈥淧eople have made friends in the new city they moved to, found their next coffee dates, got jobs, business partners and met new people with same interests,鈥� the website reads.

I don鈥檛 know who the main competitors would be, other than, say a bar during happy hour. The startup wants to offer a place that makes meeting new people fun and safe, 鈥渨ithout burning a hole in the pocket,鈥� .

Some say it鈥檚 the . I would go more with the for friends. Maybe, the for Friday night plans? On its website, MyScoot promises it with a 鈥�5 step verification process to make sure you attend fun, creep free parties.鈥� It claims its 150 parties so far have all gone on without 鈥渁 single mishap.鈥�

All of a sudden, paying for a party that promises to be creep-free doesn鈥檛 seem so odd after all.

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