# TidalScale funding: rounds and investors

> TidalScale has raised $37M across 5 rounds since 2013. Investors include Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures and Citrix Startup Accelerator.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/tidalscale (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

United States · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *TidalScale*

5 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$37M** raised across 5 rounds since 2013, from 5 sources

**$3.0M** Seed **$8.8M** Series A **$1.5M** Round **$24M** Series B

- **Latest round:** Series B, $24M Oct 2018
- **Step-up i:** 16×
- **Investors:** 9

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

**?** Seed

**$3.0M** Seed

**$8.8M** Series A

**$1.5M** Round

**$24M** Series B

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $24M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 14 months

## The rounds

- **Oct 2018** Series B **$24M** *4 new* *2 returning* [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) [Bain Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital) [Infosys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infosys) [SK Hynix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sk-hynix) OEM Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $24M sold, first sale Sept 2018
- **Sept 2018** Round **$1.5M** *1 new* [Infosys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infosys) Reported by VCCircle SEC filing: $24M sold, first sale Sept 2018
- **Nov 2014** Series A **$8.8M** *2 returning* [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) From a historical funding record
- **Sept 2013** Seed **$3.0M** *3 new* *1 returning* [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) [Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) [Citrix Startup Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix-startup-accelerator) From a historical funding record SEC filing: $3.2M sold, first sale Aug 2013
- **Feb 2013** Seed **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Citrix Startup Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix-startup-accelerator) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **Gary R Smerdon** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Isaac R Nassi** Executive Officer, Director i

On the board, as filed i *Enrique R Salem* *Fred R Weber* *Lars R Leckie*

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2013 **Seed** 2013 **Series A** 2014 **Round** 2018 **Series B** 2018 [Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) [Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) [Citrix Startup Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix-startup-accelerator) [Infosys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infosys) [Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) [Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) [Bain Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital) [SK Hynix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sk-hynix) OEM

## Everyone who backed them

[Hummer Winblad Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners) VC firm **3** rounds

[Bain Capital Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Citrix Startup Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/citrix-startup-accelerator) Accelerator **2** rounds

[Infosys](https://millionrounds.com/fund/infosys) VC firm **2** rounds

[Sapphire Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sapphire-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Samsung Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Bain Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bain-capital) Private equity **1** round

[SK Hynix](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sk-hynix) Corporate VC **1** round

OEM no record of our own yet **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=tidalscale).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list TidalScale as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Hummer Winblad Venture Partners (Aspenwood Ventures)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hummer-winblad-venture-partners-aspenwood-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Plasma Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plasma-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about TidalScale

### Who invested in TidalScale?

TidalScale's investors include Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Citrix Startup Accelerator, Infosys and Sapphire Ventures, and 4 more on record.

### How much has TidalScale raised?

TidalScale has raised $37M across 5 rounds since 2013. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did TidalScale last raise?

TidalScale's most recent round was a Series B of $24M in Oct 2018.

### What was TidalScale's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $24M in Oct 2018, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed TidalScale first?

TidalScale's first round on record, in Feb 2013, was backed by Citrix Startup Accelerator.

### What stage is TidalScale at?

TidalScale's latest named round is a Series B, in Oct 2018.

### Where is TidalScale based?

TidalScale is based in the United States.

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