About Rising Tide Fund
Rising Tide Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 1992. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Feb 2025, Rising Tide Fund is an active investor, having invested in 108 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series B round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Blockchain Technology. Most recently it led the Undisclosed Series A round of Amberdata along with Fenbushi Capital. This round also saw participation from HWVP and other investors.
Overall, Rising Tide Fund portfolio has seen 5 unicorns, 2 IPOs and 39 acquisitions including key companies like Palantir, Cloudera and Flipp. A lot of funds co-invest with Rising Tide Fund, with names like VenGrowth VG Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Rising Tide Fund has team of 8 people including 3 partners.
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Rising Tide Fund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Rising Tide Fund has invested in 108 companies over the last 26 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 10 years. As of Feb 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in ParkBooker and most recent follow-on round was in With Reach.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1stÌý¸é´Ç³Ü²Ô»å | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
2021 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2020 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2019 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
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Rising Tide Fund's Investment Trends by Stage
Rising Tide Fund has made 23 investments in Series A stage, 13 investments in Series B stage, 10 investments in Seed stage, 5 investments in Series C stage and 1 investment in Conventional Debt stage.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 23 |
Series B | 13 |
Seed | 10 |
Series C | 5 |
Conventional Debt | 1 |
Rising Tide Fund's Investment Trends by Sector
Rising Tide Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications and Life Sciences. Notably, it has invested in 92 Tech companies, 79 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 40 Software companies and at least 25 companies focusing on Saas.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 22 |
High Tech | 17 |
FinTech | 11 |
Artificial Intelligence - Industry Applications | 7 |
Life Sciences | 7 |
Others | 59 |
Rising Tide Fund's Investment Trends by Geography
Rising Tide Fund has made most investments in United States (79), followed by Canada where it has made 16 investments.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 33 |
Canada | 13 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
Australia | 1 |
France | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Rising Tide Fund's recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Rising Tide Fund:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 19, 2025 | Australia | Seed | $381K | [+1] | |
Sep 14, 2023 | United States | Series B | $17M | I Squared Capital [+12] | |
Mar 21, 2022 | Canada | Conventional Debt | Undisclosed | Vistara Growth [+4] | |
Mar 21, 2022 | Canada | Series B | $23.8M | Vistara Growth [+4] | |
Feb 03, 2022 | United States | Series B | $60M |
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Here is a list of unicorns in Rising Tide Fund's portfolio:
ÃØÃÜÑо¿Ëù Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
64 | Platform solving bandwidth and power bottlenecks by using light to move data | 2015 | San Francisco | Series D | qyvarxc | ||
60 | SaaS Platform for B2B Rebate Management | 2016 | Stratford upon avon | Series D | oqbgcoe | ||
72 | App-based trading platform for cryptocurrency | 2017 | San Francisco | Series A | fjarmsf | ||
63 | Developer of satellite-based communication services | 2015 | San Francisco | Series D | vtfv{at | ||
75 | Blockchain-based games developer for PC and console | 2018 | Vancouver | Series D | ovejxdc |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Rising Tide Fund's Portfolio
Here are Rising Tide Fund's portfolio companies that went public:
Acquired companies in Rising Tide Fund's Portfolio
Here are Rising Tide Fund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 20, 2025 | Mar 21, 2022 | Conventional Debt | Undisclosed | |
Apr 25, 2024 | - | - | - | |
Aug 16, 2023 | - | - | - | |
Feb 08, 2022 | - | - | - | |
Dec 21, 2021 | - | - | - |
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Team profile of Rising Tide Fund
Rising Tide Fund has a team of 8 membersÌýincluding 3 Partners, 2 Venture Partners and 3 PrincipalsÌýlocated in United States and Saudi Arabia. Rising Tide Fund's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Rising Tide Fund:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | San Francisco | - | ||
Partner | Riyadh | - | ||
Venture Partner | Miami | - | ||
Venture Partner | New York City | - | ||
Principal | San Francisco | - | - | |
Principal | San Francisco | - |
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Over the past 26 years, 533 investors have co-invested in Rising Tide Fund's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Rising Tide Fund:Ìý, a16z and 86 others have invested in rounds before Rising Tide Fund. There are 4 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Rising Tide Fund and 2 companies where a16z has invested before Rising Tide Fund.
- Top Co-investors of Rising Tide Fund:Ìý226 investors entered a company along with Rising Tide Fund. These include investors like VenGrowth VG Partners (5 companies).
- Invested after Rising Tide Fund:ÌýA total of 219 investors have invested in Rising Tide Fund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Coinbase (3 companies), Samsung NEXT (2 companies) and SV Angel (2 companies).
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