Keynote · Slush · 2024
Software for the physical world
Why the next decade of SaaS is in hard hats.
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Founder & CEO, Tessera
Helena Brandt
Building software for the people who build buildings.
BerlinSpeaking, advising and board roles
Forbes 30 Under 30, Europe✦Series B, €40M✦Keynote, Slush✦Board member, Bauwende e.V.✦Forbes 30 Under 30, Europe✦Series B, €40M✦Keynote, Slush✦Board member, Bauwende e.V.✦
- €58M
- raised
- 120
- people
- 1,400
- sites
- 9
- countries
On stage
- 2021
Forbes 30 Under 30, Europe
Industry
- 2024
Series B, €40M
Led by Index Ventures
- 2024
Keynote, Slush
Software for the physical world
- 2023
Board member, Bauwende e.V.
Helena is the rare founder who can explain a load-bearing wall and a cap table in the same meeting.
Biography
I founded Tessera in 2019 to give construction teams software that works on a muddy tablet. We now serve 1,400 sites in nine countries with a team of 120.
Before that I ran operations at Delivery Hero and studied civil engineering. I advise climate and construction startups and sit on two boards.
Career
2019 – Present
Founder & CEO
Tessera
From a spreadsheet to €21M ARR; Series B led by Index Ventures.
2015 – 2019
VP Operations
Delivery Hero
Scaled courier operations across eleven markets.
2011 – 2015
Site Engineer
Hochtief
Bridges, mostly, and a lot of concrete.
Keynotes
Construction, climate and company building.
Advisory
Two seed-stage companies a year.