Tenna
6 known investors
Tenna provides equipment management software that unifies construction fleets — including heavy equipment, vehicles, tools, attachments, and materials — into a single system using GPS telematics and BLE technology. It serves contractors and construction businesses, offering asset tracking, preventive maintenance, job costing, safety and compliance tools, and integrations with ERP and project management systems.
Also known as Tenna Systems · Tenna Systems Inc. · Tip & Cue Inc.
Founders & leadership
Investors · 6
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026Tenna Systems (formerly Tip & Cue Inc.) is a defense technology company developing software-driven spectrum intelligence for wireless-dependent systems in defense, aerospace and mobility. Rather than deploying dedicated sensors, its platform aggregates telemetry from emitters and receivers already fielded on aircraft, drones, satellites, ships, ground vehicles and mobile devices, analyzing millions of data points per minute to build what the company describes as a dynamic, unified real-time map of the electromagnetic spectrum. The system is intended to detect radio-frequency interference (RFI) such as jamming and spoofing and to geolocate interference sources within 50 to 200 meters without additional hardware.
The company sells three products: Arena, for real-time monitoring of RF coverage gaps and interference; Tracer, for locating interference sources to support mitigation and targeting; and Halo, embedded software "armor" intended to maintain operational continuity and RF resilience on contested platforms. The company states it does not develop offensive capabilities and positions its work as restoring operational freedom for wireless systems.
Tenna reports engagements with the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and other federal defense agencies, prime contractors, the IDF, and electronic warfare and SIGINT units in allied militaries, plus dual-use programs including advanced mobility work with the U.S. Department of Transportation and Israel's National Drone Initiative (INDI); it also describes itself as a prime contractor for the U.S. Golden Dome program.
Founding story
Tenna was founded in 2023 as Tip & Cue Inc. by twin brothers Avner and Gabriel Bendheim, born in New York and later serving in Israeli military intelligence. Avner served in an elite SIGINT unit and helped establish the Israeli Air Force's space program, serving as space program director in its Operational Requirements Department; Gabriel specialized in ground-based SIGINT operations. After years leading signals intelligence and electronic warfare programs, they concluded that hardware-heavy systems, sometimes costing millions of dollars and slow to modify, could not keep pace with rapidly shifting wireless battlefield conditions, and designed a software layer running on existing emitters and receivers instead. The company was founded months before the October 7, 2023 attacks in southern Israel, which the founders describe as a turning point that made the technology urgently relevant.
Business model
Software-first platform sold to defense and government customers and prime contractors, delivered without requiring the purchase or installation of dedicated sensor hardware; products span monitoring (Arena), geolocation (Tracer) and embedded protection (Halo).
Traction
Reports operational deployments with allied forces in recent conflict zones, active engagement with the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and other federal defense agencies, work with the IDF, participation in U.S. Department of Transportation advanced mobility programs and Israel's National Drone Initiative, and a stated role as prime contractor for the U.S. Golden Dome program. Contract values were not disclosed. The seed round was described as oversubscribed, and the company plans to more than double headcount over 12 months.
Latest developments
On February 11, 2026, Tenna Systems announced a $13.5 million seed round led by Costanoa with participation from Viola Ventures, Fresh Fund, Jumpspeed, 202 Ventures and existing investors, earmarked for U.S. defense market expansion and headcount growth.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Early-stage entrant in spectrum intelligence and electronic warfare software, positioned against hardware-centric incumbent EW and spectrum monitoring systems, with seed-stage backing from Costanoa, Viola Ventures, Fresh Fund, Jumpspeed and 202 Ventures.
Hardware-free, software-only approach that reuses fielded sensors instead of requiring bespoke sensors and lengthy infrastructure rollouts, which the company frames as lower cost and more scalable than traditional electronic warfare and spectrum monitoring systems; the CEO likens the product to "AccuWeather for electronic warfare." The company also emphasizes battlefield-proven deployments in contested environments.
Technology
The platform ingests telemetry from existing signal emitters and receivers — aircraft, UAVs, satellites, ships, ground vehicles and commercial/mobile devices — many of which were not designed as SIGINT sensors, and fuses terabytes of that data into a real-time, high-resolution map of the RF environment. It claims geolocation of GPS jammers to 50-200 meter accuracy using standard telemetry, capabilities the company says previously required specialized platforms costing upwards of $200 million.
Go-to-market
Direct engagement with government agencies and defense prime contractors, including U.S. federal defense customers, allied military EW/SIGINT units, and dual-use government programs; demos requested via the company website.
Defense ministries and armed forces (U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, other U.S. federal defense agencies, the IDF and allied electronic warfare and SIGINT units), defense prime contractors, and aerospace and mobility operators of wireless-dependent systems such as drones, satellites, ships and autonomous platforms.
Geography
New York-based announcement with Israeli roots and founders; expansion focused on the U.S. defense market, with deployments alongside U.S.-allied forces and Israeli defense customers.
History
Founded in 2023 under the name Tip & Cue Inc., the company was later renamed Tenna Systems. Its software was deployed with U.S. allied forces in recent conflict zones before the company announced an oversubscribed $13.5 million seed round in February 2026, led by Costanoa (Costanoa Ventures), to expand in the U.S. defense market and more than double headcount within 12 months.
Risks & controversies
The company operates in contested defense markets where contract values and deployment details are undisclosed, limiting external verification of traction claims.
Compiled by commissioned research from 7 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 · 4
launches, deals, and filingsAlongside its seed round, Tenna said it plans to more than double its headcount over the next 12 months as it scales U.S. defense operations.
Tenna Systems announced an oversubscribed $13.5 million seed round led by Costanoa, with participation from Viola Ventures, Fresh Fund, 202 Ventures, Jumpspeed and existing investors, to expand in the U.S. defense market.
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The company reported active engagement with the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and other federal defense agencies, plus operational deployments with electronic warfare and SIGINT units in allied defense forces.
Founded in 2023 by twin brothers Avner and Gabriel Bendheim as Tip & Cue Inc., later renamed Tenna Systems.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- Tenna Systems Raises $13.5M to Deliver Hardware-Free Spectrum Intelligence for Modern Electronic Warfareprnewswire.com · web
7 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Tenna do?
- Defense-tech company whose software turns existing sensors into a real-time map of radio-frequency interference.
- Who founded Tenna?
- Tenna was founded by Avner Bendheim.
- Who are Tenna's investors?
- Tenna's investors include Viola Ventures.