Venture capital fund · 33 deals
Sydney, NSW
Every published round Tidal Ventures took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Everyone Tidal Ventures has named to a program in published coverage. A place in a program is not a raise: the cheque is the figure recorded with the place, which is the program's standard terms where we hold them, and a blank is one we don't.
Companies Tidal Ventures has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Checkbox | 7 Feb 2022, Seed | 3 | 0 | |
| Shippit | 1 Dec 2019 | 3 | 1 | |
| Flagship | 14 Sep 2023, Seed | 2 | 1 | |
| FrankieOne | 18 Oct 2021, Series A | 2 | 0 | |
| Loopit | 27 Jun 2022, Seed | 2 | 1 | |
| Operata | 5 Aug 2021, Seed | 2 | 2 | |
| Orkestra | 9 Nov 2022, Pre-seed | 2 | 2 | |
| Asseti | May 2024, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Blakthumb | 11 Apr 2022, Pre-seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Carted | Apr 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Fair Supply | 15 Dec 2022, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| FairSupply | 22 Dec 2022, Series A | 1 | 0 | |
| Lifelenz | 7 Feb 2022 | 1 | 1 | |
| Minikai | 13 Feb 2025, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Renewtrak | 29 Oct 2021, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Sajari | 16 Nov 2020, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| Search.io | 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| SecurePII | 31 Oct 2025, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Socialsuite | 7 Mar 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Sonder | 30 Jun 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tendl | 24 Feb 2025, Pre-seed | 1 | 1 | |
| TheLoops | 24 Jun 2021, Seed | 1 | 0 | |
| TMRW | 13 Mar 2026, Seed | 1 | 1 | |
| Upflowy | 24 Feb 2022 | 1 | 0 |
Companies Tidal Ventures's own portfolio page lists that no published round yet places it in. The page is the source; the round is being looked for.
| Company | Site |
|---|---|
| 4You Innovation | - |
| AIMon | aimon.ai ↗ |
| AirRobe | airrobe.com ↗ |
| Bonjoro | bonjoro.com ↗ |
| Buildbetter | buildbetter.ai ↗ |
| Hone | - |
| Honeag | honeag.com ↗ |
| MediScan AI | mediscan.ai ↗ |
| Predict HQ | predicthq.com ↗ |
| Psyke | psyke.co ↗ |
| Refold | refold.ai ↗ |
| Search | search.io ↗ |
| Secure Code Warrior | securecodewarrior.com ↗ |
| Sherpa | sherpa.net.au ↗ |
| Shippit | shippit.com ↗ |
| Socialsuitehq | socialsuitehq.com ↗ |
| Startmytomorrow | startmytomorrow.com ↗ |
| Usevinyl | usevinyl.com ↗ |
| Vinyl | - |
Fund closes reported for Tidal Ventures, as distinct from the investments it has made.
| Fund | Announced | Committed | Target | Close | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 20 Dec 2020 | $30m | - | - | Startup Daily, SmartCompany (Tue 15 Dec 2020), SmartCompany (Fri 18 Sep 2020), SmartCompany (Tue 15 Sep 2020) |
| - | 14 Jul 2020 | $30m | - | - | SmartCompany (Tue 4 Aug 2020), SmartCompany (Tue 14 Jul 2020) |
Investors that coverage says has money in a fund Tidal Ventures runs. This is a stake in the fund, not in any company the fund has backed.
Companies Tidal Ventures has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Tidal Ventures did.
Stories naming Tidal Ventures. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Street Talk reports Tidal Ventures led a seed round in fintech RedOwl with CP Ventures also investing, valuing the Melbourne company near $40 million; an earlier pre-seed raise is recalled.
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Eight Australian companies make Forbes Asia's annual 100 To Watch list; the piece profiles each and recaps recent raises across climate tech, health and software.
Tidal Ventures argues AI is shifting software from assisting to doing work, and explains how its fourth fund will back early-stage companies that own critical workflows.
Weekly roundup of four Australian funding rounds: thermal energy storage, litigation data software, preventative health, and construction site documentation, together worth $31.9 million.
Also Startup Daily
Weekly roundup of ten Australian and New Zealand startup raises totalling nearly $194 million, topped by Neara's $90 million round at a $1.1 billion valuation, with Splose, Operata, HAMR Energy and Adora also covered.
A Melbourne software firm monitoring AI-driven customer service operations has closed a Series A round led by Tidal Ventures, valuing it at $100 million, with proceeds earmarked for platform integrations and international growth.
Roundup of six Australian funding deals: AutoGrab, Applied EV, Checkbox, Hometime, Factory and On the House, with amounts, investors, and Hometime's past acquisitions and raise history detailed.
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Australian legaltech firm Checkbox has raised a $35 million Series A led by Touring Capital to grow its AI platform for corporate legal teams, with four institutional backers joining.
Weekly funding roundup covering eight raises totalling over $113 million across aerospace, biotech, materials, health and software, plus a pharmacy firm's acquisition out of administration.
Weekly roundup of eight trans-Tasman startup raises worth a combined $113 million-plus, alongside Joe Zhou's buyout of StrongRoom AI from administrators.
Tidal Ventures explains why it has invested in SecurePII, a voice-compliance startup whose platform redacts payment card data from calls, covering market timing, product, channel model, founders and seed-stage plans.
Carted, the wishlist and commerce API startup, is shutting down on 22 October 2025. Its 2021 seed round raised $13m with Blackbird leading, alongside Grok Ventures and Tidal Ventures.
Also Startup Daily
Tidal Ventures sets out why it led the seed investment in Vinyl, whose software turns accounting firms' client conversations into structured insights, profiling the market, product plans, and founding team.
Tracxn figures show Australian tech funding reached $1.8 billion by mid-2025, powered by large late-stage rounds at Protecht, Airwallex, Harrison AI and Advancell, while seed and early-stage raising fell away sharply.
Roundup of two Australian raises: a quantum security company's government-led $20m round and a retail analytics startup's US seed round backing its American push.
Shippit has reportedly tripled in value after raising a $65 million round led by Tiger Global and Tidal, per the title of this SecondQuarter post.
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Tidal Ventures' investment note explains why it led Tendl's pre-seed round, covering the AI tender-response platform's market opportunity, product features, pricing model, and founder Laurie Nicol's background.
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Tidal Ventures' investment note explains why it led disability and aged-care AI startup Minikai's seed round, covering the market opportunity, product features, founding team, early traction and planned use of funds.
Also Startup Daily
Fair Supply, which scores supply-chain ESG risks, announced a round of over $12 million led by Five V Capital with AirTree and QIC, funding growth in Canada and Europe.
Supply-chain ESG compliance software firm Fair Supply has a new investment round led by Five V Capital with AirTree and QIC taking part, as it prepares to expand into Canada and Europe.
Orkestra, a Melbourne clean-energy software firm, won $2.77 million in ARENA co-funding to accelerate commercial EV charger rollout; a year earlier it banked $2 million in seed funding from Tidal Ventures.
Roundup of nine local startups that together banked a combined $38m-plus this week, spanning precision instruments, proptech, adtech, robotics, food, energy storage and AI, with several earlier raises recalled.
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Queensland's investment arm is backing Melbourne's sports technology network to run accelerator programs for as many as 40 local sportstech startups, after its venture development fund recently committed to several venture funds.
Weekly roundup covering five Australian startups' raises: an insurtech Series E, a digital ID Series A, medtech and proptech funding, and a recycling platform's equity crowdfunding campaign.
Tidal Ventures managing partner Grant McCarthy and Guy Kawasaki compare notes on luck, timing, founder qualities, early-stage mistakes, AI adoption and pitching, drawing on careers spanning Apple, Canva, Yahoo and Tidal.
Tidal Ventures profiles team member Kieran O’Neill, who moved from KPMG and London banking through co-founding Hometime into the firm’s seed investing team in 2022.
Tidal Ventures introduces team member Fee Barry, tracing her path from corporate law and Atlassian's M&A team to the seed-stage firm, where she supports founders on governance, people and investment evaluation.
Roundup of ten Australian startup raises totalling $38.8 million, topped by Heidi Health's Series A, also recording an Outstaffer executive appointment and the earlier sale of CarAdvice to Nine.
Tidal Ventures explains why it backed Orkestra for a second time, covering the clean-energy market opportunity, the feasibility software product, the founding team, business model and growth plans.
Melbourne renewables software firm Orkestra has secured $2 million in a follow-up seed round led again by Tidal Ventures, alongside Rampersand, Impact Ventures, Luxem and four climate tech investors, with a Series A next.
Flagship, whose software helps retailers optimise in-store merchandising, has raised a $2 million seed round led by Tidal Ventures, with Afterpay cofounder Nick Molnar, brother of founder Simon, among the backers.
Tidal Ventures reflects on leading Flagship's seed round, describing retail market tailwinds, the visual merchandising product, founder Simon Molnar's background, and its earlier investments in Shippit, Search.io, Carted and Drive Yello.
Tidal Ventures reflects on why it backed Fair Supply, a SaaS platform for ESG supply-chain risk, six months after the deal, praising the founders and naming co-investors Airtree, Minderoo Foundation and QIC.
Tidal Ventures explains how it backs seed-stage founders: its third seed fund is active, it leads $1-3 million seed rounds, and its thesis spans AI, fintech, cybersecurity and related sectors.
FairSupply has closed its Series A funding round led by AirTree Ventures, with Tidal Ventures, Minderoo Foundation and Queensland Investment Corporation participating; the amount was undisclosed and K&L Gates advised on the deal.
Law firm Lander & Rogers advised AirTree Ventures on FairSupply's AUD6.3 million Series A, with Tidal Ventures, Minderoo Foundation and QIC participating; the firm also recalls recent raises by QuintessenceLabs and Logmaster.
Weekly roundup covering 14 startup raises totalling over $260 million, headlined by Synchron's $110 million round, plus Roller's shareholder liquidity payout, Partly's record New Zealand Series A, and several government grants.
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Sydney ESG supply-chain analytics firm FairSupply has raised a $6.3 million Series A led by AirTree, with Tidal Ventures, Minderoo Foundation and QIC investing, following Minderoo's earlier 2021 backing.
Also SmartCompany·Forbes Australia·AgFunderNews·Forbes Australia
Sydney courier firm Drive Yello and cafe ordering app Hey You have combined as 4You Innovation, aiming to raise funds next year; the piece also recalls past raises and recent collapses among delivery startups.
Also Startup Daily
Fraud and identity verification company FrankieOne has added $23 million to its Series A, led by AirTree and Greycroft, with crypto exchange venture arms Binance Labs and Kraken Ventures joining as new strategic backers.