Tender - About the company
Tender is a series A company based in Boston (United States), founded in 2020 by Luke Macqueen, Grant Gonzalez and Christophe Chantre. It operates as a Developer of plant-based meat substitute products. Tender has raised $29.8M in funding from Rhapsody Venture Partners and Lowercarbon Capital. The company has 99 active competitors, including 43 funded and 12 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Impossible Foods, The Better Meat Co and Meati.
Company Details
- Website
- www.tenderfood.com/
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@tenderfood.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2020
Location
Boston, United States
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$29.8M in 5 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
7th among 99 active competitors
Employee Count
20 as on Jul 01, 2024
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Tender's funding and investors
Tender has raised a total funding of $29.8M over 5 rounds. Its first funding round was on Dec 03, 2020. Tender has 10 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Tender:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Oct 15, 2025 | 5302148 | Series A | 4949869 | 6301651 | 7737708 | 8316284 |
Mar 20, 2024 | 4974145 | Series A | 8756073 | 4593202 | 7904839 | |
Feb 15, 2022 | 3502106 | Seed | 9785776 | 2385716 |
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Tender's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Tender are Luke Macqueen, Grant Gonzalez and Christophe Chantre. Christophe Chantre is the CEO of Tender.
Here are the details of Tender's key team members:
- Luke Macqueen: Co-Founder & CSO of Tender. Contact Info: 1 email address
- Grant Gonzalez: Co-Founder & CTO of Tender and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 2 email addresses
- Christophe Chantre: Co-Founder & CEO of Tender and founder of 1 other company. Contact Info: 1 email address
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Tender's employee count trend
Tender has 20 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Tender's employee count trend over the years:
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Tender's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Tender include Impossible Foods, The Better Meat Co and Meati. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Tender, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st |  Impossible Foods 2011, Redwood City (United States), Series H | Provider of plant-based alternatives to traditional meat products | $2.01B | 72/100 | |
2nd | The Better Meat Co 2018, Sacramento (United States), Series A | Provider of plant-based protein and meat products | $41.1M | 63/100 | |
3rd | Meati 2005, Boulder (United States), Series C | Developer of fungi-based protein meats foods | $489M | 63/100 | |
4th |  Prime Roots 2017, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Producer and supplier of protein products | $50M | 61/100 | |
5th |  Orbillion Bio 2019, Berkeley (United States), Acquired | Develops animal-free lab-grown meat | $15M | 61/100 | |
6th |  SCiFi Foods 2019, San Leandro (United States), Series A | Developer of lab-grown meat substitutes for food businesses | $29M | 59/100 | |
7th |  Tender 2020, Boston (United States), Series A | Developer of plant-based meat substitute products | $29.8M | 59/100 | |
8th |  Upside Foods 2015, Berkeley (United States), Series C | Provider of cell-based meat alternatives | $612M | 59/100 | |
9th | Fork & Good 2018, New York City (United States), Series B | Developer of lab-grown meat substitute | $22M | 58/100 | |
10th |  GOOD Meat 2020, San Francisco (United States), Series D | Provider of cultured meat | $267M | 58/100 |
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Tender's Investments and acquisitions
Tender has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
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News related to Tender
Media has covered Tender for 1 event in last 1 year.
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Tender Food Evolves Into Lasso After $6.5M Raise to Tackle UPFs with Fibre-Spun ProteinsGreen Queen•Oct 14, 2025•Tender
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Plant-Based Meat Company Tender Closes $11 Million Series A, Launches Partnership with CloverPerishableNews.com•Jun 19, 2024•Tender, Rhapsody Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital, Safar Partners and 3 others
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Plant-based ‘Meat’ Startup Tender Has Already Nabbed A Fast-food Chain Contract, And Another $11mTechCrunch+•Jun 17, 2024•Tender, Clover Food Lab, Rhapsody Venture Partners, Lowercarbon Capital and 4 others
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Natalie Portman invests in alternative meatBiofuels Digest•Mar 28, 2022•Tender, Lowercarbon Capital, Rhapsody Venture Partners, Safar Partners and 3 others
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