Tenkara
Founded 2024 · 13 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
Tenkara provides operations management software for manufacturers, offering visibility and automation for supplier coordination, freight management, pricing, ERP data, and compliance documentation.
Founders & leadership
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Ben SternCEO
Investors · 8
True Ventures✓ verifiedSan Francisco · $500K – $3M
Night CapitalCapitolavia Kevin Carter · inferred
Scribble VenturesPortola Valley · $750K – $1.5M
HF0reported · 2 sourcesNew York
SF1reported · 2 sourcesSan Francisco
WndrCoreported · 2 sourcesRedwood City · $100K – $10M
Also in the syndicate · 2
Articulate CapitalTranspose
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$7M disclosed across 1 round · 2026
- $7MraisedMar 2026 · 5 sources
True Ventures (lead), Articulate Capital, HF0, Night Capital, SF1, Transpose, WndrCo
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Competitors · 4
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Kore3 shared keywordsKore.ai provides an enterprise agent platform and marketplace of pre-built AI agents, templates, and integrations for building and orchestrating agentic AI applications. It serves large enterprises across industries including banking, healthcare, retail, HR, IT, and recruiting, with compliance-focused applications for customer and employee support.
Akara Robotics3 shared keywordsAkara provides an AI platform for operating rooms that captures surgical event data in real time, automates scheduling and reporting, and coordinates hospital staff and service robots. The system includes sensors for passive event monitoring and integrates autonomous UV disinfection robots for facility decontamination.
Cyara3 shared keywordsCyara provides a customer experience (CX) assurance platform designed for AI-driven interactions, testing conversational and agentic AI to detect hallucinations, validate decisions, and maintain compliance. It targets large enterprises deploying AI agents at scale.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Tenkara do?
- Tenkara provides operations management software for manufacturers, offering visibility and automation for supplier coordination, freight management, pricing, ERP data, and compliance documentation.
- Who are Tenkara's investors?
- Tenkara's investors include True Ventures, Night Capital, Scribble Ventures, HF0, SF1, WndrCo.
- How much funding has Tenkara raised?
- Tenkara has disclosed $7M raised across 1 round.