“We did a quick test on the Marine Drive in Mumbai where we approached about 10 - 15 random people to gather their thoughts on this concept but also to figure out for ourselves how easy it was to connect with strangers,” the founders said. “To our surprise, most people, though cautious were open to at least an initial conversation and loosened up later on.  When we asked all of them if they would go out and meet strangers themselves, they all had apprehensions. Some said they were shy, some thought it was creepy and a few, feared being judged. In the whole process we realized that we ourselves were being judgmental in deciding whom to approach realizing that while it is a human tendency to form an opinion based on appearance/situation we should not forget that all it takes is a Hi and a polite smile to get a conversation started,” they added.

The part of inspiration also comes from the way all the founders came together, from being strangers to friends and now the co-founders of the startup. “Somewhere we had all started off as strangers but are now living in a closed environment not realising that meeting someone new could lead to immense possibilites. A life partner, a business partner, a group of hardcore batman movie fans , a new music band formed or a group of like minded people working for a cause,” the founders said.