Amid dating app fatigue, Gen Z embraces 'Date My Mate' events in pubs, where friends pitch singles using PowerPoint ...

"Date My Mate" events have been popping up and involve people making PowerPoint pitches for others to date their friends.

MINNEAPOLIS — Tired of swiping left and right, Twin Cities singles are packing local breweries for a bold new matchmaking event: Pitch-A-Friend. Instead of dating apps, presenters grab the microphone ...

More than a hundred Coloradans have signed up to give Shark Tank-style PowerPoint sales pitches about their single friends in hopes of landing them a date since Pitch-a-Friend hit the Mile High City ...

VANCOUVER - Harjot Rai had three minutes to make his PowerPoint pitch. The subject? His cringing friend, Matt White. And the audience was a far cry from executives in a corporate boardroom. Instead, ...

Matt White reacts to his friend's pitch presentation during a meet cute dating event in Vancouver, on Sunday, March 29, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns VANCOUVER — Harjot Rai had three minutes ...