Even if you assume that investment is completely off the table so there is no conflict of interest, creating a situation in which a founder might feel pressured

Even if you assume that investment is completely off the table so there is no conflict of interest, creating a situation in which a founder might feel pressured to go on a date with someone they are not attracted to in order to get in the room with people who can fund them is fundamentally not ideal. The investor should have been more thoughtful and asked her out to another venue at the very least.