Tendrel
AI-driven workforce and workflow optimization platform.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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| - | investor investor | €0.0 | round |
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* | $3.5m | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
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Tendrel provides a data infrastructure platform for optimizing physical labor in frontline industries such as agriculture, manufacturing, and warehousing. Founded in 2022 by CEO Akash Nandi, CTO Mark Keller, and Advisor Karsten Kell, the company aims to address labor shortages and rising operational costs by transforming manual work into AI-driven, optimized processes. The founders gained firsthand experience with these industry challenges while working together at AppHarvest, a food production company. Nandi had previously sold his robotics startup, Root AI, to AppHarvest.
The company's core technology captures ground-truth data, including real-time product quality, optimal process paths, and quantified worker skill sets. This data powers a suite of tools for advanced workforce and workflow planning. The platform consists of several applications, including 'Runtime' for logging manufacturing processes to highlight downtime, 'Checklist' to replace manual paper-based checks, and 'Pinpoint' for mapping team movements. These tools are designed to be lightweight and accessible on most iOS and Android devices, with offline capabilities and support for 75 languages. By making data actionable, Tendrel helps businesses identify process bottlenecks, improve productivity, and augment their human capital.
In February 2024, Tendrel announced it had raised an oversubscribed $3.5 million seed round led by Zenda VC and Moment Ventures, with participation from several other firms. The platform is deployed across North America and the UK in facilities like greenhouses, packhouses, and warehouses, with plans to expand into construction and hospitality.
Keywords: workforce optimization, labor management, frontline industries, operational efficiency, AI-driven optimization, data infrastructure, physical labor, workflow planning, manufacturing technology, warehouse management, agriculture technology, human capital augmentation, process optimization, real-time data capture, downtime analysis, productivity software, supply chain technology, industrial automation, mobile workforce solutions, SaaS