Bendi

Bendi is an AI-powered platform that helps companies map their global supply chains and identify ESG risks hidden across multiple supplier tiers. The product addresses a problem that has historically been handled through slow, manual supplier questionnaires and on-site audits — methods that depend on cooperation Bendi's customers often don't have at the deepest levels of the chain.

The platform consists of three integrated products: Pathfinder, which traces a brand's suppliers through Tier 2, Tier 3 and beyond without requiring those suppliers to participate; Prism, which scores suppliers on more than 100 environmental, labour, human rights and governance indicators using public sources and proprietary methodology across 35+ languages; and VendorPilot, which automates the data exchange. Together they aim to surface risks ranging from forced labour and chemical contamination to union busting and embezzlement.

Bendi was acquired by Worldly, the consumer goods sustainability platform, in May 2026, with Pathfinder and Prism being integrated into Worldly's Supplier Compliance Management product. Founded in 2020 by Mandeep Soor (CEO), Benjamin Norsworthy (CRO) and Olivier Bacs (CTO), the company is based between Birmingham and London. Prior to acquisition, Bendi raised approximately £800,000 in pre-seed funding in October 2024, led by Midven (part of Future Planet Capital) with participation from Heartfelt Capital, Chasing Rainbows, Innovate UK and angel investors, following an earlier £230,000 from the West Midlands Co-Investment Fund.