Blendid
Founded 2015 · 38 employees on LinkedIn · 5 known investors
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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.
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Vipin JaininCEO & Co-founderHe previously co-founded Retrevo, a consumer product discovery platform acquired by Barnes & Noble, and Telseon, a broadband service provider acquired by OnFiber/Qwest Communications, and led wireless network initiatives at Extreme Networks.
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Vijay DoddinVP Engineering & Co-founderVijay Dodd has over 25 years of experience in hardware and software engineering across IoT, robotics, and automation products, including expertise in industrial design, embedded systems, cloud platforms, and manufacturing compliance for markets across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific. As VP Engineering and co-founder of Blendid, he leads development of the company's autonomous robotic kiosks for food preparation.
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Venki AyalurinCTO & Co-founderHe previously led product development at Nook and Motorola Mobile, where he worked on e-readers, mobile phones, and wireless internet technologies across hardware and software.
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Ram NagarajaninVP of Business OperationsRam Nagarajan has held business and product leadership roles at major consumer electronics and media companies, including managing a ~$100M revenue business unit and launching products for brands such as NOOK, Samsung, Netflix, and DirecTV. He holds patents in video and image compression technology and has worked on strategic partnerships across consumer technology, retail, and digital media.
Investors · 5
Benhamou Global Ventures✓ verifiedMenlo Park · $200K – $5M
Array Ventures Management LlcSan Francisco · $1.5M
Green Cow Venture CapitalSan Francisco
Partech VenturesBerlin · $200K – $50M
Also in the syndicate · 1
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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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Alibaba9 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.