Andrew Walsh

Andrew Walsh is a Partner at Tidemark, a San Francisco–based investment firm focused on vertical and SMB SaaS, which he joined in 2022. There he concentrates on cloud enterprise software, leading investment rounds and working with domain experts across the vertical-software landscape. Tidemark deals he has been associated with include ServiceTitan and Nexl.

Walsh began his investing career at Bessemer Venture Partners, which he joined in 2013 in the firm's New York office. At Bessemer he focused on early-stage enterprise software and consumer internet, with additional work in cloud computing and healthcare. He served as a board observer for a number of Bessemer portfolio companies, several of which went on to major outcomes, including Toast (NYSE: TOST) and Disco (NYSE: LAW).

Earlier in his career, Walsh worked at Highland Capital Partners Europe, a venture firm focused on growth-stage investments, and at Infoscitex Corporation, an engineering and research-and-development company serving defense, energy, and medical customers.

He graduated cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in economics and a minor in neurobiology, and later earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a Massachusetts native (Lexington) with interests in cycling, skiing, golf, cooking, and Boston sports.

• Invests in cloud enterprise software, with a current emphasis at Tidemark on vertical and SMB SaaS — software built to serve specific industries and small/medium businesses.
• At Tidemark, typically engages at the growth stage, leading rounds in category-defining software companies (e.g., ServiceTitan for the trades, Nexl for legal).
• During his Bessemer years, focused on early-stage enterprise software, consumer internet, cloud computing, and healthcare.
• Track record skews toward software with durable, workflow-embedded businesses in specific verticals (restaurants → Toast, legal → Disco/Nexl, home services → ServiceTitan/Renoviso, healthcare data → Verato).