Mike Loretz

VC @ Tides Ventures

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2025
VC🌍 United States
14
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Investor
Jan 2025
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.
Lead Investor
Nov 2024
Persona AI is an AI and robotics company headquartered in Houston, Texas. We are developing the next generation of humanoid robots purpose-built for heavy industry. We’re hiring talented engineers committed to putting tough humanoids to work. Visit our website to see open positions.
Investor
Jan 2024
Billfold is "The solution for live entertainment operators." We go beyond the transaction with one POS & advertising solution to manage all customer payments and interaction points at live events. As former operators, we understand the needs and the challenges of the live entertainment industry. Our track record successfully speaks for itself with over 900+ recurring partnerships across a variety of venues, festivals, and events. Expanding globally we have established partnerships in the USA, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Canada & Russia. Billfold’s objectives are simple: increase revenue, dig deeper and understand your customers journey. Reduce operational headaches, administration, and costs and ensure a seamless, simple, and efficient experience for all stakeholders including; customers, sponsors, and of course management. Billfold Benefits: - Fastest transaction on market, under 2 seconds - 20-second one-time-only onsite or online wristband activation - Increase onsite revenues from a minimum of 20% up to a staggering 79% - Innovative dual-screen design with a built-in advertising solution - Customer transparency & engagement at every step of the way - Track real-time reporting and analytics throughout your event - Fast and easy implementations with experienced Sr. IT Staff onsite - Staff & Management love it: easy to use, no cash, no change, no risk, no admin, no bank cards, big tips! - Need flexibility? Billfold can accept all payment types at the point of sale including RFID, Bank Cards, Cash, NFC, and QR Codes - Cash accountability? Add Top-Up Terminals for Cash loading onto RFID wristbands
Investor
Jan 2024
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Investor
Dec 2023
SLUSHY is a secure mobile web based platform for content creators to find, grow, & monetize their audiences. A creator first, tech-driven tool, designed with key discoverability features and audience insights. In a market where existing solutions (OnlyFans, Patreon) fall short of their creators demands, SLUSHY provides an alternative solution for professional content creators that prioritizes their monetization, support and management needs. SLUSHY incorporates a powerful legal framework, with robust compliance tools including simplified consent, ID verification, and content moderation. The new home of unrestricted content, SLUSHY is here.
mid stageEntertainment
Investor
Nov 2023
We are revolutionizing the future of TV with the worlds first dual screen television offered for free! Visit www.freetelly.com for the ultimate free television upgrade for the living room.
Investor
Oct 2023
creators empowered through ai
Investor
Aug 2022
Theres a Better Way to Collect Rent.
Investor
Jul 2022
Our superfood PB&Js are packed with tangy sweetness, salty swirls within pillow-soft whole wheat bread. Packaged perfectly for on-the-go, Chubby Snacks peanut butter and jam sandwiches are sweetened with dates and powered by chia seeds. Our we cut crusts, not corners mission ensures the kids get tasty snacks without any of the junk ingredients. With less than 3g of real sugar, high protein and fiber, Chubby Snacks are the perfect snack for the entire family!
early stageFood & Beverages
Investor
Apr 2022
Upflex is a powerful all-in-one platform bringing together workspace booking, management, and insights, so businesses and their employees can use only what they need and adapt as their needs change. Built for forward-thinking companies that want one smart set of tech-forward tools to manage workspace. With Upflex, give your teams on-demand access to a global network of more than 11,000 high-quality workspaces, under one account. Get rich, actionable, easy-to-read usage data and trends to help you make better real estate decisions moving forward. See how Upflex is powering the hybrid workplace for companies like yours at upflex.com.
Investor
Aug 2021
Pacaso is a service that creates a more accessible category of second-home ownership. The company helps people buy and own a second home through a property-specific LLC, and reduces the cost and hassle of ownership. Pacaso manages the property and uses proprietary technology to make scheduling easy. Pacaso was founded by Zillow executives, including co-founder and former CEO Spencer Rascoff and founder and former CEO of dotloop, Austin Allison. The company raised $17 million in Series A funding from leading venture capital firms such as Maveron, Crosscut and Global Founders Capital. Additionally, Pacaso has secured $250 million in debt financing to purchase shares of homes. 
early stageReal Estate
Board Observer
Jul 2021
Beem is an augmented reality communications platform for live and pre-recorded hologram content. Beem enables users to send pre-recorded holograms or livestream to millions as a hologram to friends, family, consumers and customers. Holograms can be viewed and shared with anyone through text, email, social media and literally everywhere. With Beem, you appear as a full-size human hologram, not a cartoon or avatar. Real communication in Augmented Reality. Reach out to us at beem.team@beem.me for more info.
Board Member
May 2021
Snappt is an AI-powered Applicant Trust Platform for multifamily property managers. Since its inception in 2019, Snappt’s technology has been adept at identifying even the slightest document alterations, saving leasing teams time while reducing bad debt and evictions. As the market leader for fraud detection, Snappt has analyzed over 15 million documents with an impressive accuracy rate of 99.8%. It is the only fraud detection company that conducts proactive fraud research, and it was recently ranked on the Inc. 5000 list for the second year in a row.
Investor
Feb 2021
Fyxt is an award-winning cloud-based platform for the commercial real estate (CRE) industry, offering cutting-edge solutions aimed at boosting net operating income (NOI) and minimizing operational costs. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Fyxt is a rapidly growing, venture-backed enterprise. Weve crafted Fyxt to empower property management teams to collaborate seamlessly, integrating innovative technology to simplify and enhance the entire CRE operations experience. Elevate your commercial property operations with Fyxt and experience the future of real estate management. Get started today --> fyxt.com
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2025
Investor
Jan 2025
Anduril is not a traditional defense contractor. We are shaping the future of defense, transforming US & allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We emphasize speed and results and control our products from start to finish, including funding R&D to selling finished products off the shelf. Today, Anduril is in a rapid growth phase, deploying technology in diverse locations and developing path-making products that will change defense forever. We believe that everyone at Anduril can be a catalyst. Your perspective can change lives, and we want to help you make your mark. Our team includes thinkers and doers working interdependently. We bring the brightest minds and best-in-class talent together with veterans who have lived the problems of our warfighters. If you like building quickly and seeing your work deployed in the real world, we want you at Anduril. With offices in Orange County, Washington DC, Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, London, and Sydney, our reach is wide. Check out our careers page at https://www.anduril.com/careers or send us an email at careers@anduril.com.
2024
Lead Investor
Nov 2024
Persona AI is an AI and robotics company headquartered in Houston, Texas. We are developing the next generation of humanoid robots purpose-built for heavy industry. We’re hiring talented engineers committed to putting tough humanoids to work. Visit our website to see open positions.
Investor
Jan 2024
Billfold is "The solution for live entertainment operators." We go beyond the transaction with one POS & advertising solution to manage all customer payments and interaction points at live events. As former operators, we understand the needs and the challenges of the live entertainment industry. Our track record successfully speaks for itself with over 900+ recurring partnerships across a variety of venues, festivals, and events. Expanding globally we have established partnerships in the USA, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Canada & Russia. Billfold’s objectives are simple: increase revenue, dig deeper and understand your customers journey. Reduce operational headaches, administration, and costs and ensure a seamless, simple, and efficient experience for all stakeholders including; customers, sponsors, and of course management. Billfold Benefits: - Fastest transaction on market, under 2 seconds - 20-second one-time-only onsite or online wristband activation - Increase onsite revenues from a minimum of 20% up to a staggering 79% - Innovative dual-screen design with a built-in advertising solution - Customer transparency & engagement at every step of the way - Track real-time reporting and analytics throughout your event - Fast and easy implementations with experienced Sr. IT Staff onsite - Staff & Management love it: easy to use, no cash, no change, no risk, no admin, no bank cards, big tips! - Need flexibility? Billfold can accept all payment types at the point of sale including RFID, Bank Cards, Cash, NFC, and QR Codes - Cash accountability? Add Top-Up Terminals for Cash loading onto RFID wristbands
Investor
Jan 2024
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
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