Tenkara
Founded 2024 · 13 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors
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333 people in our graph share verified history with the Tenkara team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
Adam Sharkawyunlockedknows Ben Stern · together at Nohbo (overlapped)
knows the team · via Tenkara
×10knows the team · via Thiel Fellowship 2020
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 SternCEOBen Stern founded Nohbo, a personal care company focused on water-soluble product pods, while in high school, and subsequently built manufacturing operations including contract manufacturing for other brands. He is now CEO of Tenkara, which provides operations management software for manufacturers.
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.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Tenkara went on to found or lead other companies.
Competitors · 4
by search overlap
Katara5 shared keywordsKatara operates an agentic platform that connects students, agents, and universities through a shared, governed funnel to improve international student recruitment while maintaining compliance and human oversight. The platform serves UK universities facing financial pressure from dependence on international tuition fees and tightening visa regulations.
Kore3 shared keywordsKore.ai builds an AI-native agent platform designed to help enterprises deploy AI agents for customer service and employee productivity. The platform enables enterprises in regulated and unregulated industries to achieve outcomes at scale through multi-agent AI systems.
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 keywordsBotium is an AI bot validation platform that tests AI agents, chatbots, and NLU systems across voice and chat channels before deployment. It enables organizations to accelerate testing lifecycles and catch issues early through automated testing, prompt validation, and real-world scenario simulation.
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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.