Our Story: Why We’re Building the Signal Source of Truth

We’re proud to share that Tenna Systems has raised a $13.5M Seed round, led by Costanoa Ventures with participation from Viola Ventures, Fresh Fund, Jumpspeed, 202 Ventures, 1948 Ventures, SOSA Ventures, Caveret, and our existing investors. We’re deeply grateful to our early customers and partners who validated the need for a new approach, and to the exceptional team that has shaped Tenna Systems (formerly Tip & Cue) into what it is today.

For the past 15 years, the team behind Tenna has lived first-hand one of the biggest problems in modern warfare: electromagnetic signals guiding—or misguiding—people, planes, and munitions. We see this everywhere. A drone not getting accurate targeting data. Troops in the field losing contact when they need it most. A missile’s navigation system getting jammed.

Today, every critical system depends on connectivity. Without it, lives are lost and missions fail. We know because we’ve experienced it firsthand.

But existing spectrum systems were expensive, requiring major, inflexible hardware deployments. It was clear the world needed something more modern and flexible. Something that leveraged all the existing RF interference data around us—from every cellular device, ship, aircraft, and satellite, across both commercial and military sensors. Tenna leverages this existing data to deliver what defense departments want: spectrum superiority in the most contested environments, at scale.

Tenna was founded for the moments when a mission is on the line and failure isn’t an option. We want the warfighters to have confidence when its “all systems go”