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Tendo

Tendo enables anyone in Africa to sell online with zero upfront inventory - our mobile app connects dropshippers to local wholesalers. The sellers on the platform are able to source products through Tendo and resell items using social commerce tools, such as WhatsApp, arrange delivery, and get paid, all through the Tendo mobile app. At the moment, people who want to sell online need to save money, visit hundreds of suppliers to find a trusted one, and risk losing their capital by stocking up inv

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Y Combinator
competitors
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last updated
2026-07-15
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Why this company exists here

Y Combinator

yc-company-directory #4886

Tendo enables anyone in Africa to sell online with zero upfront inventory - our mobile app connects dropshippers to local wholesalers. The sellers on the platform are able to source products through Tendo and resell items using social commerce tools, such as WhatsApp, arrange delivery, and get paid, all through the Tendo mobile app. At the moment, people who want to sell online need to save money, visit hundreds of suppliers to find a trusted one, and risk losing their capital by stocking up inv

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High Signal interpretation

Tendo is classified as Developer tools from source descriptions and fund-directory context. Similar companies below are ranked from offline product facets and meaningful description overlap; category and source affiliation can only strengthen an existing product match. For lookup-created rows, the profile starts as pending enrichment until deeper source collection runs.

offline extraction
Product facets
WhatsAppsocial commerce toolsproductslocal wholesalersdropshippersTendo mobile appsellerspeople who want to sell onlinemobile appsuppliers
mapping method
Similarity graph

Local clusters rerank extracted product concepts and description terms. The generated graph remains the fallback for sparse descriptions: offline reciprocal product-similarity graph: extracted concepts + description terms + bounded category/affiliation boosts. Minimum fallback score: 0; max competitors: 6.

discovery cluster

Companies similar to Tendo

Developer tools · 6 peers

A deterministic local cluster built from offline product facets and meaningful description terms. Category and selected-institution affiliation provide bounded tie-breaks. Open any peer to continue exploring its cluster.

Fobo

match 86

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shared extracted concepts: sellers, mobile app; shared product terms: local, sell, mobile, app; shared product theme: sales and marketing; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Co-Tasker

match 76

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shared extracted concept terms: people, local; shared product terms: connect, people, who, need

FlightCar

match 75

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shared extracted concept terms: local; shared product terms: enable, local, anyone, connect; shared affiliation: Y Combinator

Collctiv

match 68

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shared extracted concept terms: social, people; shared product terms: social, people, who, want

EarBuds

match 62

EarBuds is a social music app that allows people to listen along LIVE with their favorite music curators in key moments

shared extracted concept terms: people, social, app; shared product terms: social, app, people, moment

EA Global AI

match 39

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shared extracted concept terms: supplier; shared product terms: supplier, risk, such; shared product theme: security and compliance