Tenderly
Tenderly provides blockchain simulation tools that let developers test transactions and deployments before executing them on live networks. The company has raised $59M and works with major protocols like Uniswap, Aave, and Chainlink. Its 86-person team is primarily engineering-focused.
The growth story
Tenderly grew from 16 to 86 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $59M along the way, most recently a Series B in March 2022.
About
Tenderly builds software that creates a digital replica of blockchain networks, allowing users to simulate and analyze transactions before they occur. Its tools are used by institutional investors, developers, and risk managers to test deployments and avoid costly errors in live environments.
The company, founded in 2018, raised $59M in a Series B round in March 2022. Its client base includes some of the largest names in crypto, such as Uniswap, Aave, and Chainlink. While headcount growth data is unavailable, engineering makes up the largest function, accounting for 33 of its 86 employees.
Founders and leadership
Engineering dominates Tenderly's organizational structure, with 33 of its 86 employees in technical roles. The company is led by founders with backgrounds in blockchain and software development, supported by investors like Accel and Coinbase Ventures.
The Tenderly org chart
Andrej Bencic (Co-Founder and CEO) leads 27 mapped leaders with 2 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 34 (-6% YoY), Operations 8 (-11% YoY), Information Technology 7 (+17% YoY), Customer Success and Support 6 (+100% YoY), Business Development 5 (-37% YoY), Finance 4 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Tenderly recruits heavily from Serbian tech companies, with Seven Bridges, symphony.is, and GoDaddy being top talent sources. Its workforce is highly educated, with 17 employees from the University of Belgrade and 7 from Računarski fakultet. Alumni often move to tech giants like Microsoft or stay in the crypto space.
Most common previous employers of Tenderly staff: Seven Bridges (6), symphony.is (5), GoDaddy (5), Devana Technologies (5), HTEC (4), MVP Workshop (4). Former Tenderly employees most often moved to Microsoft (4), Datadog (2), Neon Labs (1), NOVOMATIC (1), Salesatstartups.com (1), Stillwater Ventures (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Tenderly mafia
Tenderly alumni have founded seven companies, including Neon Labs, which employs 45 people, and Wonder, which has 10 staff. Other ventures include XSimulationLab, Salesatstartups.com, and Moonshot.
7Ivan Bjelajac, was Vice President of Strategy until 2025Boris Janković, was Founding Engineer until 2023Lazar Pejic, was Senior Software Engineer until 2024Seth DeHart, was Advisor until 2022Luka Čereković, was Content Marketing Associate until 2022Danilo Danicic, was Demand Generation until 2024
Miljan Tekic, was Co-Founder & Advisor until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 78% direct, 14% search, 1% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Tenderly: Java (28), JavaScript (27), Git (21), Python (Programming Language) (21), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (20), Linux (19), Teamwork (19), Project Management (18).
Where the team actually sits
Tenderly people are concentrated in Serbia (28), Belgrade, Serbia (19), San Francisco Bay Area (2), Vojvodina, Serbia (2).
Search footprint
Tenderly attracts about 638 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $0K a month if bought through ads. It gained 24 ranking keywords and lost 20 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 5.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.80 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Tenderly has 86 employees as of September 2026.
Tenderly has raised $59M in total, most recently a Series B round in March 2022.
Tenderly was founded in 2018 by Andrej Bencic, Bogdan Habic, Nebojsa Urosevic.
Andrej Bencic (Co-Founder and CEO) sits at the top of Tenderly's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Tenderly staff are Seven Bridges (6 people), symphony.is (5 people), GoDaddy (5 people).
Former Tenderly employees most often move to Microsoft (4), Datadog (2), Neon Labs (1).
At least 7 companies have a founder who previously worked at Tenderly, including Neon Labs, Wonder, XSimulationLab.
Tenderly attracts about 638 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $0K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Tenderly staff are Java, JavaScript, Git, Python (Programming Language), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
Tenderly staff are concentrated in Serbia (28), Belgrade, Serbia (19), San Francisco Bay Area (2).
Tenderly has about 34 people in Engineering, down 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Tenderly has about 8 people in Operations, down 11% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 67 current and 72 former Tenderly profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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