# Tidal Ventures

> Tidal Ventures is a VC fund in Sydney backing Software and SaaS. See 64 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Total investments: 64
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 59%
- Last fund: Oct 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tidal-ventures/about/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TidalVC
- Website: https://tidalvc.com

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 anability 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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$6.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $596k–$2.3M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 15 | 23% |
| SaaS | 10 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 13% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 7 | 11% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 6% |

71 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 28 | 44% |
| Series A | 10 | 16% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 8% |
| Series B | 3 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 28 | 44% |
| United States | 6 | 9% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Georgie Turner | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/georgie-turner |
| Grant McCarthy | Founder & Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grant-mccarthy-caff |
| Wendell Keuneman | Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wendell-keuneman |
| Grant McCarthy | General Partner; Founder & Managing Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grant-mccarthy |
| Kieran O'Neill | Principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kieran-o-neill-c08a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TMRW | TMRW is a personalized functional medicine and longevity care platform. | $7M | Seed | Mar 08, 2026 |  |
| Operata | 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 | 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 |  |
| Refold AI | Cobalt is an embedded integration platform that provides API integration services for SaaS companies. | $6.5M | Seed | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Flagship | 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 | 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 |  |
| Tendl | 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 | Minikai is a healthtech company that simplifies artificial intelligence to assist and support health caregivers. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 11, 2025 |  |
| Aimon Labs | AIMon enables reliable adoption of Enterprise Generative AI. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Asseti | Intelligent asset management. Asseti identifies, quantifies & tracks your property assets. | $1.7M | Seed | May 16, 2024 |  |

10 of 64 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Airtree Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/airtree-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
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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 64 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tidal Ventures's check size?

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 ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Tidal Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Tidal Ventures?

Public channels for Tidal Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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