Great news for the Internets, texters, and ratios all around! Lauren Leto, co-founder of the wildly popular Texts From Last Night (how wildly popular? This wildly popular), has founded a soon-to-be-launched startup called BNTER, which just announced a sweet round of funding. Per TechCrunch:
One of the site’s founders, Lauren Leto, has just raised funding from an all-star group of angel investors for her stealth startup, Bnter (pronounced ‘Banter’). Investors includeFounder Collective (Chris Dixon), SV Angel (David Lee), High Line Venture Partners (Shana Fisher).
Details are sparse but Leto tells us that she is taking the way people interact on TFLN and implementing this knowledge in Bnter. The site, which Leto co-founded with Patrick Moberg, will center around how people communicate, will include user profiles, and social components. Leto says the startup will launch sometime next month.
While there’s still much more to be revealed about Bnter, Leto has a track record of being able to take a simple idea to a viral level. TFLN, which never raised money, has spawned merchandise, a book deal and even a tv show.
I’m sure Bnter is going to be tons of fun, if TFLN is any indication (many of the most recent entries aren’t appropriate for a family website, but I like this one: “can we meet up so i can piece together the end of my night? for instance, did i jump or fall into a plant?” Ah, youth.
Fun fact: Leto’s co-founder is this guy. Ah, youth! Other fun fact: Her TFLN co-founder is named Ben Bator. That’s Mister Bator to you, bucko. Har har, I am so mature.
Congratulations, Lauren!
