Rama
Entrepreneur First '25London, GB · Founded 2025 · 5 known investors
Rama provides software for parts distributors that automates the quoting process—reading, pricing, and responding to sourcing requirements that would otherwise be handled manually by a quoting desk. It connects distributors who stock parts with buyers sourcing components.
Also known as Rama · tryrama.com
Founders & leadership
Rama was founded in 2025 by Matt Francis and Aidan Holmes.


Investors · 5
Also in the syndicate · 4
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Rama is a software company applying AI to the electronics and industrial components supply chain. Its stated aim is to connect the many distributors that already hold stock into a single system, exposing parts with live availability, lead time and pricing. The company's site groups coverage into seven component families — semiconductors, electrical, automation, fluid power, motion and bearings, fasteners, and connectors — spanning parts such as passives, connectors, contactors, breakers, terminal blocks, servo drives, sensors, PLC I/O, cylinders, solenoid valves, fittings, bearings, linear rails, gearboxes, shaft seals, fasteners, castings, machined parts and wire harnesses.
Rama frames its product roadmap as progressive autonomy for distribution, using levels L0 through L4. It characterises most of the industry as sitting at L0 (manual), where every requirement is read, retyped and priced by hand; the company cites directional figures from live accounts of roughly 8 quotes per rep per day, 45 minutes of human time per quote and about 40% of RFQs answered. Each successive level is described as removing another stage of the quoting workflow from a person's plate rather than replacing a quoting desk in one step.
External coverage of the company's funding describes Rama as developing an operating system for the electronic components supply chain, providing tools and infrastructure for sourcing, procurement, inventory management and logistics of electronic parts, with the goal of improving visibility and reducing bottlenecks.
Business model
Rama sells software to parts distributors and to companies that source and build with components; its site addresses both distributors that hold stock and buyers, inviting each to describe how they source today. Public sources do not disclose pricing or contract structure.
Not disclosed in the available sources.
Traction
The company references live accounts and existing customers on its website, and publishes a testimonial attributed to Daniel, COO of Classic Components. A funding report lists roughly six employees and $3.0 million in total funding as of March 2026. No revenue or customer-count figures are disclosed.
Latest developments
In March 2026, Rama was reported to have raised $3.0 million, described as a seed round, with investors listed as Wischoff Ventures, Stage2, Liquid 2 Ventures, Rebellion and Entrepreneurs First. The funding was said to be directed at product development, platform enhancement and engineering hiring.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Rama positions itself against the manual status quo of distributor quoting desks rather than against named competitors, arguing that the industrial base and its stock already exist but are not digitally connected. Reported funding of $3.0 million and a headcount of about six place it at seed stage.
Rama's stated differentiation is aggregating stock held across many independent distributors into one system with live availability and pricing, combined with staged automation of the quoting desk workflow rather than a single-step replacement.
Technology
The product is described as an AI system that ingests sourcing requirements and returns parts with live availability, lead time and price, and that automates stages of RFQ processing and quoting. Rama describes an autonomy ladder (L0 manual through L4) in which successive stages of the quoting workflow are automated.
Go-to-market
Direct outreach and inbound contact through the company website, which invites both distributors and component buyers to "talk to us"; the site references existing customers and live accounts.
Electronic and industrial component distributors that hold stock and operate quoting desks, plus buyers and manufacturers sourcing components.
Geography
Rama's marketing focuses on the United States industrial base, and one funding profile lists its headquarters as the United States; it is listed in the Entrepreneurs First portfolio.
History
Public sources report a 2025 founding and a $3.0 million funding announcement dated March 2026. Rama appears in the Entrepreneurs First portfolio listing.
Risks & controversies
Available sourcing is thin: the funding report is from an aggregator profile, and the operational figures on Rama's website are self-described as directional rather than audited. Several other organisations share the Rama name, creating identification risk in secondary databases.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsRama announced $3.0 million in new funding, reported as a seed round, to be used for product development, platform enhancement and expanding its engineering team.
$3M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Ramatryrama.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Rama do?
- Rama builds AI software that connects electronic component distributors and automates RFQ handling and quoting.
- Who founded Rama?
- Rama was founded by Matt Francis, Aidan Holmes in 2025.
- Who are Rama's investors?
- Rama's investors include Entrepreneur First.
- Where is Rama headquartered?
- Rama is headquartered in London, GB.
