About Tessel
We started Tessel after spending a combined 400 hours chasing receipts at our own startup. Today 2,400 companies use it to spend with confidence.
startups on Tessel
card spend in 2025
people across 9 countries
Where we work
A small team with a bright office and a long to-do list.
Our story
Five years of fewer spreadsheets.
2021
Two founders, one shared spreadsheet
2022
First cards go live
2024
Approvals move into chat
2026
2,400 startups, one workspace
Values
How we build.
Clarity over cleverness
If a finance lead cannot explain a feature to their CEO in one sentence, we keep working.
Controls that feel like trust
Guardrails should make people braver about spending, not more afraid of it.
Customers are the roadmap
Every week an engineer sits in on a customer’s month-end close.
Boring reliability
Money moves on time, every time. Excitement belongs in the product, not the payments.
Team
The people behind it.
Mira Halvorsen
Co-founder and CEO
Tomas Wiren
Co-founder and CTO
Priya Nandakumar
Head of Finance Ops
Lena Okonkwo
Head of Design
Rafael Duarte
VP Engineering
Ingrid Solheim
Head of Risk
Kofi Mensah
Head of Partnerships
Sun Li
Head of Customer Success
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