We’re excited to launch our TinySeed Job Board! We know that there are a lot of talented people in our ecosystem who are interested in working with a bootstrapped SaaS company. We already have a lot of exciting jobs coming in, and we expect that to continue to grow.

This year is a big one for us, as we’re now running two concurrent programs — our Americas accelerator and our brand new Europe SaaS accelerator for startups headquartered in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. We’re proud to welcome these 23 startups to our Spring 2022 accelerator programs.

On January 25th, the TinySeed accelerator team (Rob Walling, Tracy Osborn, and Alex McQuade) hosted a live info session to answer questions about the upcoming Spring 2022 accelerator programs. Check out the recording here.

With the new TinySeed Europe accelerator program, we’ll be able to give founders in European time zones (including in Africa and the Middle East) the capital, advice, mentorship, and community they need to grow their companies faster. Here’s what that looks like.

Some TinySeed companies go on to raise further funding, and we also quite often see investment opportunities that fall outside our core thesis that is quite exciting. The TinySeed Syndicate is for those kinds of investments, and any accredited investor can now apply to join.

We’re proud to announce the Fall 2021 accelerator batch, our first Fall-starting batch and our second accelerator batch this year. We're excited that we're able to work with more founders and startups each year as we expand our program.

TinySeed’s mission is to increase the world’s population of independent SaaS companies, giving capital-efficient startups an option between bootstrapping and raising traditional venture capital. We’re proud to announce a dedicated arm of our accelerator with a dedicated Program Manager to support founders in European timezones.

On August 10th, Rob Walling (TinySeed’s co-founder) and Tracy Osborn (TinySeed’s Program Director) hosted a live webinar to answer questions about the upcoming Fall 2021 accelerator batch.

The TinySeed x MicroConf team is growing! We’re now hiring a Remote Community Manager to coordinate and lead our two communities. We’d love it if you have previous familiarity and a love for working with early-stage startups and founders. Bonus points if you are already a member of the MicroConf Community.

We’re fortunate to be continuously amazed by the quality and number of applicants for TinySeed’s annual accelerator program. With each successive batch, the quality of applications has grown, and this round’s batch is also our most international to date, with eleven founders based outside the U.S.

We’re thrilled to share that our portfolio company SeekWell was acquired by ThoughtSpot, representing TinySeed’s first firm to announce an exit. SeekWell was founded by Mike Ritchie and Thabo Fisher, who graduated from TinySeed’s 2020 accelerator program

We’re excited to announce we’ve raised our second fund, totaling more than $25M, allowing us to invest in and support 100+ companies over the next three years across North and South America. Notable investors include Bloomberg Beta, Eric Ries, Patrick McKenzie, Steli Efti, and Rand Fishkin.

Our terms allow our founders to remain in control of when they reinvest profits back into their business vs. when they pull them out as dividends. We determine a fair salary cap with the founders, where profits taken out of the company above that salary are considered dividends. Which leads to a common question: How do we determine the salary cap?

The TinySeed accelerator team (Rob Walling, Einar Vollset, and Tracy Osborn) took questions about our third batch application in a live webinar. We’re getting the recording transcribed and timestamped now (we’ll update this post when it’s done) but in the meanwhile, we’ve listed out some of our most frequently asked questions below:

In the past 18 months, we’ve backed 23 fast-growing SaaS companies out of nearly 1600 applications. And we would have funded dozens more if we’d had the capital at our disposal. That’s why we’re raising our second fund.

In the last 15 months, we’ve backed 23 fast-growing SaaS companies across two continents. We’ve proven out our model — in fact, we would have funded dozens more from our nearly 1600 applications if we’d had the investment capital. Now we’re raising our second fund so we can continue to invest in a broad index of hundreds of hand-picked independent SaaS companies using our simple, founder-friendly terms.

We were blown away by the sheer number and quality of the applications we received for TinySeed’s second batch. Over the last few months we’ve been working hard to narrow down the field of amazing candidates, and today we’re proud to announce that these twelve companies are in our 2020 batch of startups:

It’s been an exciting few weeks as we’ve been announcing each of the companies accepted into our inaugural batch. And what a group they are! We’re phenomenally excited about our founders and their companies and are enjoying the chance to work alongside them and help accelerate their growth.

We’re thrilled to announce that Derrick Reimer, founder of SavvyCal, has joined the 2019 TinySeed accelerator batch. SavvyCal is the most efficient way to schedule meetings without wrecking your calendar.

We’re excited to announce that Paul Kogan, the new owner of LessAccounting, has joined the 2019 TinySeed accelerator batch. LessAccounting is an easy-to-use accounting system that provides…