# Tidal Ventures: portfolio, investments and team > Tidal Ventures is a vc firm based in Australia. 6 investments on record, 3 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/tidal-ventures (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Australia · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Tidal Ventures Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 6 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now Pre-seed Seed Series A AI Follow Tidal Ventures and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Ftidal-ventures) Deploying now **100%** of best year **3** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record Since the last cheque **23** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$5.3M** Cheque size, as they say **$250K – $2.5M** Rounds led **4 of 6** Sole investor **1 rounds** Mostly in **Australia, 100%** Pitch Tidal Ventures ## Tidal Ventures highlights - 01 3 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 83% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $3.5M ## What they do > Tidal Ventures is an Australian venture capital firm investing in early-stage AI companies across Australia and the US. Backing founders from seed onwards. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $250K – $2.5M as they say - **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** AI - **Based in:** Sydney, Australia - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances** - **2026** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[RedOwl](https://millionrounds.com/company/redowl)** Seed · AU · Fintech Global **$5.3M** *Led* - **Feb** **[Operata](https://millionrounds.com/company/operata)** Series A · AU · Startup Daily **$11M** *Led* - **Jan** **[Checkbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/checkbox)** Series A · AU · Conductive Ventures **$23M** With 5 others - **2025** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[SecurePII](https://millionrounds.com/company/securepii)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$3.5M** *Led* - **Feb** **[Minikai](https://millionrounds.com/company/minikai)** Seed · AU · Startup Daily **$2.5M** *Led* - **2019** 1 round - **Dec** **[Shippit](https://millionrounds.com/company/shippit)** Debt · AU · Startup Daily **$5.3M** With 3 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **19** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **5** of 6 we have independently watched raise [Asseti](https://millionrounds.com/company/asseti)[Checkbox](https://millionrounds.com/company/checkbox)[Frankieone](https://millionrounds.com/company/frankieone)[Operata](https://millionrounds.com/company/operata)[Shippit](https://millionrounds.com/company/shippit) Search Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## The cheque Pre-seed Seed Series A Median round joined **$5.3M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.5M** Led 4 of 6 rounds **67%** - **Said size:** $250K – $2.5M - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Oct 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *3* - Series A said *2* - Debt *1* - Pre-seed said *-* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Tidal Ventures?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Tidal Ventures put money into. [**Operata** $11M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/operata)[**SecurePII** $3.5M · Oct 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/securepii)[**Minikai** $2.5M · Feb 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/minikai)[**Shippit** $5.3M · Dec 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/shippit) ## Quick answers about Tidal Ventures ### What does Tidal Ventures invest in? Tidal Ventures invests most often at Seed and Series A (83% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as AI. ### How active is Tidal Ventures? 6 investments on record, 3 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 4. The most recent was in Oct 2026. ### What has Tidal Ventures invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: RedOwl (Seed, Oct 2026), Operata (Series A, Feb 2026) and Checkbox (Series A, Jan 2026). ### How big are Tidal Ventures's cheques? The median round it joins is $5.3M. It says it writes cheques of $250K to $2.5M. ### Does Tidal Ventures lead rounds? Yes: it led 4 of its 6 investments on record (67%). ### Where does Tidal Ventures invest? Most of the companies it backs are in Australia (100%). ### Is Tidal Ventures investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 3 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Tidal Ventures? Tidal Ventures is a VC firm based in Sydney, Australia. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=tidal-ventures) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=tidal-ventures)