Venn ("friend" in Norwegian) is an easy way to connect with new people and engage in shared activities based on common interests and preferences, where you are, when you are there — facilitating increased social interaction by way of simplicity in design

Hi everyone, I am Jesper founder of Venn, a tech startup out of Bergen, Norway with the humble mission of connecting new friendships, mitigating loneliness and bringing people together all over the world. We discovered that people spend more and more time alone compared to previous generations, more people live alone, work from home, do not have social contacts with their neighbours, and an increasing number of people experience loneliness and isolation. With these problems in mind, we developed Venn, both for friendship meetings and connected to group activities. Matching people based on their interests and preferences, and suggesting suitable activities in the immediate nearby vicinity. The solution staring us in the face is that we all need to hang out more. And apply tools for connecting and engaging socially where we are, when we are there, combined with something to do. And designing them in such a way that the threshold for engaging is so low that it feels easy and effortless. Simply find ways to get people together in activities, and let nature take care of the rest. We soft launched in late 2021 and have reached over 20.000 new friendships connected prior to any marketing or advertising efforts. We already see an impact of the tools being adopted and put to use, it seems that a lot of people have been wanting and missing for non dating activities. So today is a big day for all people who dream about building healthy social networks and finding new friends 🤝 We hope you find Venn fascinating and valuable, and look forward to you trying it out! If you have any feedback, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thanks @chrismessina for give us a spin ⭐️ 🙌

@chrismessina @jesper_algaard Congratulations on the launch

@chrismessina @fares_aktouf Thank you, Fares! It's our first time on the platform so we're excited 🤩😝

@chrismessina @jesper_algaard Welcome and cheers!

Super digging the design of this app. Hot!

awesome product. hurry to try this!

@ael_chervonaya Thank you for the idea! Actually we do believe that Venn might be a great platform to find mentors or experts. But of course the main goal is to build meaningful connections with new friends :)