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Tessell

2603 Camino Ramon Ste 340, San Ramon, California, 94583-9137, United States

Overview

Tessell offers a multi-cloud database-as-a-service platform designed to deliver high IOPS, low latency, and price predictability using NVMe infrastructure, claiming 10x the performance and 64–73% savings in three-year total cost of ownership. The platform supports major cloud providers (AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud) and leading database engines including MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB, plus vector extensions and standalone vector databases. Tessell provides zero-downtime migrations and resilience to cloud outages, and enables dynamic database scaling for AI applications. The company has about 143 employees and serves roughly 40 customers, two-thirds of which are in India, including Moody’s, Aditya Birla Capital, Tata Capital, Jubilant Ingrevia, and Forbes. With the new funding, Tessell plans to expand into Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, scale go-to-market in the U.S. and India, and invest further in R&D and product capabilities including potential analytics features.

Total raised
$60M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Series B
Latest activity
Apr 2025

Industries

  • Data Management
  • Database
  • SaaS
  • Software
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Recent funding

  1. Series B

    Apr 2025

    $60M

Team

  • Bakul Banthia

    Co-Founder and Head of GTM

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  • Kamal Khanuja

    Co-Founder, Vice President, and Head of Engineering

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  • Rehana Unnisa

    Head of Product & Communication Design

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  • Diganta Paladhi

    Director of Releases | Program Manager

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