Tidal Ventures
VC Fund
Sydney, Australia
Tidal Ventures is a specialised venture capital firm investing in what we believe to be promising technology-driven opportunities. We are committed, high-conviction investors who support visionary founders and groundbreaking products with demonstrable global appeal. We focus on high-growth technology businesses that we believe have demonstrated an ability to disrupt value chains in their industry, driving extraordinary customer efficiencies and delivering market-leading gross margins. We employ a rigorous due diligence process, and our commitment doesn't end with the investment decision. As partners, we actively engage with the companies we invest in, guiding our founders as they seek to achieve product-market fit, expand their teams, recruit top-tier talent, and progress towards their next funding round. What sets us apart is our investment team's collective technology operator experience, with several team members successfully building and exiting startups. We believe this invaluable experience gives us a competitive advantage when collaborating with our founders. It enables us to develop companies in a well-considered and measured manner, ultimately delivering solid returns to our investors while effectively managing downside risk.
- Total investments:
- 68
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Tidal Ventures invests in
Stages Tidal Ventures invests in
Countries Tidal Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $1M–$6.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $596k–$2.3M
- Series A
- $1.2M–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 15 (22%)
- SaaS 11 (16%)
- Information Technology 8 (12%)
- Artificial Intelligence 8 (12%)
- FinTech 4 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 30 (44%)
- Series A 10 (15%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (7%)
- Series B 3 (4%)
- Series C 1 (1%)
Country
- Australia 29 (43%)
- United States 6 (9%)
- New Zealand 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Georgie Turner
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Grant McCarthy
Founder & Managing Partner
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Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Wendell Keuneman
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email | |
Grant McCarthy
General Partner; Founder & Managing Partner
|
General Partner; Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 8 | Find email | |
Kieran O'Neill
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| RedOwl is building the first autonomous AI agent for accounting and finance, integrating directly with payment rails, accounting systems, and enterprise workflows. Unlike traditional SaaS tools, our AI actively controls transactions, automates reconciliation, and provides real-time financial insights. Starting with expense management, we willexpand into accounts payable, risk & compliance, financial planning, and treasury management, creating a fully autonomous finance ecosystem that eliminates inefficiencies and enhances decision-making. | $3.7M / Seed / Oct 13, 2026 | ||
| TINA is a global spatial data platform that specialises in blockchain-based Geo-DePIN projects. It allows users to experience spatial data contribution and reward structures within a Web3 wallet environment without complex procedures. | $3M / Seed / Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| TMRW is a personalized functional medicine and longevity care platform. | $7M / Seed / Mar 08, 2026 | ||
| Operata is customer & agent experience management for Cloud Contact Centres.We all love the flexibility and power of cloud contact call centres. But the benefits bring new complexities. The technology has moved your Agents further from your Customers than ever before. And with multiple providers, network layers, security, software, OS andmore. There are more dependencies, less visibility, and next-to-no control. How do you know where to improve? That’s why there’s Operata. It’s for contact center agents, managers and the IT teams that support them. Operata collects quality data, from every agent, for every second of every call , and uses Machine Learning to continually analyse, then uses smart diagnostics to dynamically move calls, switch channels or give agents real time solutions, such as checking their headset or network connectivity, with intelligent visuals, reports, notifications and the data they need to identify and resolve issues quickly, building knowledge to improve analysis over time.It continuously improves the everyday experience for your Agents, and your customers. | $11M / Series A / Feb 09, 2026 | ||
| Vinyl is creating a living, searchable record of each client interaction, including discussions, choices, and next actions, to ensure that there are no surprises and that the business functions in a common context. | $1.3M / Seed / Aug 18, 2025 | ||
| Cobalt is an embedded integration platform that provides API integration services for SaaS companies. | $6.5M / Seed / Aug 13, 2025 | ||
| Flagship is a retail technology platform to bring new technology to the brick-and-mortar retail world. Flagship is introducing innovative visual merchandising technology to the world of brick-and-mortar retail. | $3.8M / Seed / Apr 02, 2025 | ||
| Tendl is A tool for streamlining the submission process for organizations, making it easier to seize opportunities and achieve better outcomes. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Feb 25, 2025 | ||
| Minikai is a healthtech company that simplifies artificial intelligence to assist and support health caregivers. | $1.6M / Seed / Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| AIMon enables reliable adoption of Enterprise Generative AI. | $2.3M / Pre-Seed / Dec 11, 2024 | ||
| See all 68 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Tidal Ventures invest in?
Tidal Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 68 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Tidal Ventures invest in?
Tidal Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$6.5M at Seed, $596k–$2.3M at Pre-Seed and $1.2M–$15M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Tidal Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Tidal Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Tidal Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Tidal Ventures?
The team at Tidal Ventures includes Georgie Turner (Partner), Grant McCarthy (Founder & Managing Partner) and Wendell Keuneman (Managing Partner), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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