Banterr shows you the people around you and what you have in common with them — so the conversation starts before you do.
The most important conversations of your life are with people you haven't met yet. Friends you don't have. Mentors you've never crossed paths with. The love of your life sitting two tables away.
And right now, the apps you use every day are pulling you away from those rooms, not into them.
You scroll past a thousand strangers' lives on Instagram. You swipe through a thousand profiles on Hinge. You join a thousand group chats. And yet, walking into a room of real people, you still feel like a stranger.
Banterr is a fix for that one specific feeling. It's not a feed. It's not a dating app. It's not another way to keep your head down.
It's a way to look up — and discover that the room is full of people you already share something with.
Most "social" memories are performance. Forever Journal is the opposite.
Real connection happens face to face. Any app whose goal is to keep you on the app is fighting against you. We're trying to send you back into the room.
See their profile and the specific things you have in common — same hometown, same shows, same drink order.
No DMs. No background tracking. No data sold to advertisers. You decide what's shared. The only people who can see you are the people in the room with you.
Your camera roll is curated for likes. Your journal should be curated for you. The moments that actually mattered get saved for the only person who needs to remember them.
Banterr is small today and live in one city. The plan is simple: prove the magic in a single room, then a single neighborhood, then a single city. Then everywhere humans gather.
Founder & CEO
President, Strategy & Growth
Head of Product and AI
Head of Product and AI
Brand Activation Lead
Campus Consumer Growth Manager
Campus Consumer Growth Manager
Campus Consumer Growth Manager
Campus Consumer Growth Manager
Banterr was built by a small team between the West Loop and Evanston, by people who got tired of feeling alone in rooms full of people. We're hiring, partnering, and shipping out of Chicago. Come find us.
