# Tidal Ventures

Investor in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

## About Tidal Ventures

Tidal is a thesis-led venture fund backing the founders building AI-native Systems of Work. Software used to support the work; now it does the work. The shift is generational, and the companies that get there first will own the categories they create.

Tidal invests across Australia and the US, leading rounds at the earliest stages and backing winners through to scale. The firm sits close to its founders, works hard alongside them, and brings decades of operating and investing experience to the categories it believes in most.

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sydney with a presence in New York, Tidal writes the first institutional check on a company's cap table, typically investing $500K–$1.5M at pre-seed and up to $5M at seed, with capacity to follow on into Series A.

The firm often co-invests alongside Bessemer Venture Partners, Tiger Global, Airtree, and Blackbird, and has backed companies like SecurePII and TMRW. Its criteria favor markets with tailwinds, game-changing products, hustling founders, and global appeal from day one.

## People

- **Grant McCarthy**, Managing Partner

## Key Facts

- **Location:** Sydney, New South Wales
- **Country:** Australia
- **Investor Type:** Venture Capital
- **Founded:** 2016

## Investment Industries

- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Other

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