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Thought Waves

Building the Systems of Work Era

The Great Sorting is not the end of software. It is the beginning of the Systems of Work era. Our Fund IV thesis on investing through the great sorting decade: why AI is not a feature cycle but a structural reallocation of labour, cost, and competitive advantage, and how Fund IV is designed to allocate into this transition with an offensive posture — not to defend yesterday's software, but to build tomorrow's incumbents.
Wendell Keuneman
May 2026
Wave Makers

Full speed ahead at Drive Yello

Drive Yello, founded by Steve Fanale, keeps supply chains flowing by connecting retailers, delivery drivers, and customers. Find out how he thinks about problem solving, growth, and finding both capital and connections.
Grant McCarthy
Nov 2021
Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Renewtrak

We are thrilled to have led Renewtrak's Seed round. Renewtrack facilitates and automates renewals of technology contracts between vendor, channel partner, and end customers, using intelligent automation to help vendors quote and convert more renewal revenue opportunities.
Grant McCarthy
Oct 2021
Investment Notes

FrankieOne: Seed to Series A

Why we led FrankieOne's Early Seed round back in 2019, and why we continued to invest through the rest of the Seed Phase and now into the Series A.
Grant McCarthy
Oct 2021
Wave Makers

Living an optimised life at PredictHQ

Events impact demand. Armed with this realisation, Campbell Brown founded PredictHQ to help businesses improve their forecasting. Find out how he thinks about leadership, product, and surrounding himself with the right people.
Grant McCarthy
Sep 2021
Thought Waves

Meet the Tidal Team: Georgie Turner

What makes Tidal's Principal tick? Our Q&A uncovers Georgie Turner's love for the Seed phase and operator background.
Georgie Turner
Sep 2021
Investment Notes

Investment Notes: Operata

We are delighted to have led Operata's seed round. Operata monitors performance and analyses quality data from calls from cloud-based call centres, drawing on a range of data sources to pinpoint call quality issues and speed up the path to problem resolution.
Georgie Turner
Aug 2021
Wave Makers

Closing TheLoops on customer service

Somya Kapoor and Ravi Bulusu, the co-founders of TheLoops, are serial entrepreneurs. Find out why they came together and how they think about product-building and finding the right investors.
Wendell Keuneman
Jul 2021
Investment Notes

Investment Notes: TheLoops

We are thrilled to be investing in TheLoops' Seed round. TheLoops is an intelligent support operations platform that provides rich context and team collaboration to resolve tickets faster, providing a superior customer experience.
Wendell Keuneman
Jun 2021
Wave Makers

Turning Search into Sales with Search.io

Hamish Ogilvy and David Howden are the brilliant scientific minds behind AI search engine Search.io. Find out how they have leant on Tidal to articulate their vision, hire, and grow into multiple markets.
Wendell Keuneman
May 2021
Product Clinic

Storytelling through Demos

Demos are a vital part of the feature development process in product-led businesses. They not only show what the team got done that sprint, they're an opportunity to experience a feature or product the way a customer would.
Wendell Keuneman
Apr 2021
Wave Makers

Say hello to Bonjoro

Find out how Bonjoro, led by Matt Barnett and Grant Dewar, developed a successful customer video platform with investment, strategic advice and product support from the Tidal team.
Wendell Keuneman
Apr 2021
Wave Makers

Shippit. Shippit real good.

Shippit are an Australian startup success story built on an unbreakable founder relationship between Rob Hango-Zada and William On. Learn how Tidal helped guide their global success.
Wendell Keuneman
Mar 2021
DISPATCHES FROM TIDAL

The next frontier is being built now.

Thinking on the systems and founders reshaping how work gets done. Written for the operators, builders, and investors trying to figure out what's next.