With total funding at $94M, Tessell advances conversational, AI-powered data ecosystems for the enterprise
Tessell has raised $60 million in Series B funding, led by WestBridge Capital, bringing its total funding to $94 million. The round saw participation from existing backer Lightspeed Venture Partners and new investors B37 Ventures and Rocketship.vc.
The San Francisco-based company offers an AI-driven, multi-cloud Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform that helps modernize operational and analytical workloads. Tessell is addressing a major gap in enterprise IT — the costly, outdated way cloud databases are managed.
“We’re making data more accessible, more powerful, and more intuitive than ever before.”
– Bala Kuchibhotla, CEO, Tessell
“We are just getting started,” said Bala Kuchibhotla, Co-founder and CEO, Tessell. “With AI at the core of our platform, we’re making data more accessible, more powerful, and more intuitive than ever before.”
Tessell’s platform supports PostgreSQL and MySQL, eliminates the need for provisioned IOPS, and integrates with leading data lakes and warehouses. It also features zero RPO/RTO disaster recovery, enterprise-grade security, and conversational query capabilities via its Conversational Data Management (CoDaM) layer.
The company plans to use the funding to accelerate go-to-market operations and invest further in AI development, positioning itself as a viable challenger to legacy database solutions.
“Tessell is solving one of the most pressing challenges today in enterprise cloud adoption: data fragmentation and inefficiency,” said Rishit Desai, Partner, WestBridge Capital. “Their platform brings performance, flexibility, and automation to database management.”