# Tidal Wave

> Tidal Wave is a VC fund in London backing Software and Credit. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tidal-wave-vc
- Website: https://tidalwave.vc

Tidal Wave is a venture capital firm. The firm prefers to invest in early-stage companies operating in the technology sector.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Credit | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Payments | 1 | 25% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eugene Protasenko | Founder, Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Placid Money | Placid Money is a mobile application that automatically pays credit card bills. It also provides rewards for the credit card payments, which are convertible from points to cash. |  | Seed | Dec 21, 2021 |  |
| GPU AUDIO | GPU Audio is a technology startup that connects the worlds of GPU innovation and professional audio by developing the world's first fully capable solution for audio processing over GPU.GPU Audio's innovative approach allows DSP (digital signal processing) to be offloaded onto the parallel processing architecture of GPUs with 1msround-trip latency, enabling truly next-generation features such as limitless DSP plugin instances, remote computing and wireless/cloud processing, continuous audio rendering (no more exporting audio), and instantaneous results.The company was founded in Switzerland as Braingines SA. | $6M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Catalyst Aerospace Technologies | The company provides hardware and software platform for enabling autonomy for any flying vehicles, including fixed-wing, rotary-wing, and tilt-rotor aircraft. Hardware includes sensing, computing, actuating and perception instrumentation. Highly flexible software solutions provide a cost-effective implementation. |  | Seed | Sep 09, 2021 |  |
| HyPoint | HyPoint is pioneering zero-emission aviation, aeronautics, and urban air mobility. The company's NASA award-winning hydrogen fuel cell system features an innovative air-cooling and oxygen supply system to offer aircraft makers unprecedented energy performance. The system currently achieves at least 2,000 watts per kilogram of specific power —more than triple the power-to-weight ratio of traditional (liquid-cooled) hydrogen fuel cells systems — and up to 1,500 watt-hours per kilogram of energy density, enabling longer-distance journeys. HyPoint’s lightweight, climate-independent, extended-lifespan system dramatically increases operational time and utilization rate while decreasing total cost of ownership by as much as 50% relative to turbine-powered rotorcraft. The company was founded in Silicon Valley in 2019 and is backed by leading venture capital firms and individual investors. To learn more, please visit hypoint.com. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Tidal Wave invest in?

Tidal Wave invests primarily in Software, Credit and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Tidal Wave?

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### Who are the partners at Tidal Wave?

The team at Tidal Wave includes Eugene Protasenko (Founder, Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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