Tidelift, Inc.
Software supply chain security platform that vets open source components and connects development teams with upstream project maintainers
- Sector
- Cybersecurity
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Founded
- 2017
- Latest Form D
- $27M, May 2022
- Total capital
- $73.7M
- Federal grants
- $6.7M
- 5 awards · 2022–2024
- Sector median 0 awards
- Private capital raised
- $67M
- 3 Form D · last May 2022
- 53 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Removing The Risk From Bad Open Source Packages$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Tidelift - Trust Data For Open Source Software$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Tidelift - Open Source Software Supply Chain Management in an IL4 Environment$1.2M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Tidelift - A Managed Open Source Software Solution to Secure the Digital Supply Chain$1.5M
- Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Tidelift - Software Bill of Material (SBOM) Integration with DOD Platform One$1.5M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 3rd filing$27M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$25M
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$15M
Node area is scaled to amount. Form D reports securities sold, which can differ from an announced round; filings are numbered in the order they were made.
Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Donald Francis FischerResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $4.2M in grants as PI
- Jeremy Lee KatzExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Larry Lee BohnDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Luis Francis Villa, IVExecutive OfficerNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Matthew Lee SzulikDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
- Robert Sanford Havoc PenningtonExecutive Officer, DirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
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- Ryan Lee McIntyreDirectorNamed in SEC Form D filings
What it has protected
No granted patents are on record.
USPTO usually publishes applications 18 months after filing, so recent applications may not be visible yet. Patents assigned under a different entity name won’t match.
Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
How to read this page
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Data freshness
SEC Form D filings through . SBIR and STTR awards through .