There's plenty of people willing to invest in things that are legally in grey areas. If the company takes off then the hope is that they will have an opportunit

There's plenty of people willing to invest in things that are legally in grey areas. If the company takes off then the hope is that they will have an opportunity to influence policy. Basically if a company has a lot of money to throw around then there are plenty of politicians ready to re-write the rules. Uber for example. The bigger surprise to me is that investors would want to fund a dating site - period. The dating site business is somewhat known for being hard to attract investors because of their churn problem due to losing two customers whenever there is a successful match.