Blendid
Founded 2015 · 38 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors
Blendid builds a fully autonomous robotic kiosk that prepares customizable smoothies from whole fruits, vegetables, and other real ingredients, operating without on-site staff. Its unmanned kiosks are aimed at retail locations, colleges and universities, health clubs, and hospitals.
Founders & leadership
Blendid was founded in 2015 by Vipin Jain, Vijay Dodd, and Venki Ayalur.
VJ
Vipin JainCEO & Co-founder
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Vijay DoddVP Engineering & Co-founder
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Venki AyalurCTO & Co-founder
RN
Ram NagarajanVP of Business Operations
Investors · 4
Competitors · 3
by search overlapSmoodi19 shared keywordsSmoodi makes an autonomous self-serve, self-cleaning smoothie machine that blends whole frozen fruit into fresh smoothies without syrups or concentrates. It sells to commercial operators across multiple market verticals in the US, offering a zero-capex model with frozen supply chain products distributed through Dot Foods and other partners.</parameter>
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Alibaba (Link9 shared keywordsAlibaba.com operates a global B2B e-commerce marketplace that connects buyers with suppliers and manufacturers for wholesale products across multiple industries. The platform provides trade services, logistics support, payment protection, and AI-powered sourcing tools for businesses.
Zenblen8 shared keywordsZenblen is developing an automated smoothie service positioned as a "personal smoothie barista" to make healthy eating more accessible in people's daily routines. It targets busy individuals who struggle to fit healthy food choices into demanding work schedules.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Blendid do?
- Blendid builds a fully autonomous robotic kiosk that prepares customizable smoothies from whole fruits, vegetables, and other real ingredients, operating without on-site staff. Its unmanned kiosks are aimed at retail locations, colleges and universities, health clubs, and hospitals.
- Who founded Blendid?
- Blendid was founded by Vipin Jain, Vijay Dodd, Venki Ayalur in 2015.
- Who are Blendid's investors?
- Blendid's investors include Benhamou Global Ventures, Array Ventures Management Llc, Green Cow Venture Capital, Partech Ventures.