FOUNDED IN 2019
AMSTERDAM / TORONTO
// 34 PEOPLE, ONE JOB
Lena Vermeer, Tomas Okafor and Noor Haddad
Founders of Tuna
In 2019 the three of us were running delivery at different companies and kept seeing the same thing. A plan looked fine until the week it did not, while every status still said green.
Tuna is what we wished we had: software that reads the real work, says the honest date out loud, and names the smallest change that keeps it.
BEFORE
WHO KNOWS THE DATE
Whoever last touched the plan
WHERE THE TRUTH LIVES
In a status meeting
WHEN A SLIP SHOWS UP
The week before launch
WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT
Move the date
WITH TUNA
WHO KNOWS THE DATE
The work itself, read every morning
WHERE THE TRUTH LIVES
In one honest forecast
WHEN A SLIP SHOWS UP
The day it starts
WHAT YOU DO ABOUT IT
Take the smallest fix
(01)
Say the real date
A date nobody believes helps nobody. We show the honest one, even when it hurts.
(02)
Small fixes win
The best change is the smallest one that still lands on time.
(03)
Respect the maker
Nobody should stop working to report on work. The tools already know.
(04)
Quiet by default
If a plan is fine, Tuna stays out of the way until it needs you.
(05)
Show the working
Every forecast can explain itself, line by line, to anyone who asks.
(06)
Write it down
Decisions start as documents, so others can challenge them.
Lena Vermeer
Co-founder, Product
Ran product for nine years before moving one date too many.
Tomas Okafor
Co-founder, Engineering
Built planning systems for teams of two thousand.
Noor Haddad
Head of Customer
Spent a decade inside delivery teams, listening.
THE WIDER TEAM
Ilya Moreau
LEAD DESIGNER
Amara Cole
HEAD OF SUCCESS
Hana Sato
STAFF ENGINEER
Luca Moretti
HEAD OF SECURITY
Noah Brandt
HEAD OF DATA
Sofia Lund
HEAD OF FINANCE
Ethan Park
STAFF ENGINEER
Lena Fischer
HEAD OF PEOPLE
Omar Aziz
HEAD OF SALES
01
Friday demos
Everyone shows something real, finished or not.
02
Support weeks
New joiners spend their first week answering tickets.
03
Written first
Decisions start as documents, not as meetings.
04
Quiet mornings
No meetings before noon. Deep work comes first.
Amsterdam
14 people
Toronto
11 people
Remote
9 people
Keizersgracht 120, 1015 Amsterdam. Our first home and product hub.
INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS
FORMER COO, BRIGHTLINE
Elena Voss
FOUNDER, QUILLSTACK
Samir Haddad
CFO, FAIRWATER
Ingrid Holm
PARTNER, FIELDNOTE
Daniel Osei
Equity for everyone
30 days off
Remote budget
Learning fund
CUSTOMER
PLATFORM
