Applications are open for TinySeed’s Fall 2022 accelerator programs, and the TinySeed accelerator team (Rob Walling, Tracy Osborn, and Alex McQuade) hosted a live application info session to answer questions

One of the aspects of TinySeed that we’re most proud of is our subject-matter expert and experienced entrepreneur mentor roster. We believe strongly in having a range of folks with different expertises and specialties, as access to these experienced voices can make a 10-100x difference in a founder’s speed of execution. We’ve recently added four amazing folks to our roster:

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.

TinySeed was designed to be remote-first, but we also know the power of in-person experiences. This is why we’ve designed our accelerator to have in-person retreat opportunities and meetups throughout the accelerator year, so our founders get to meet the TinySeed team, get to meet each other, and build deeper connections within our TinySeed community.

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.

TinySeed and MicroConf produce an annual State of Independent SaaS (SOIS) report. We’ve surveyed hundreds of bootstrapped founders and gained some interesting insights, and we’re here to today to share what we see are the SaaS trends for 2022.

Bootstrapping tends to get a bad rap from investors and founders alike. But Mailchimp has proven that when you get it right, unbelievable success can follow. The question you’re probably asking is, “how did they do it?” Here’s how Mailchimp grew from humble beginnings to a $12 billion dollar acquisition (and the lessons you can take away from their strategy).

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.

There are so many tech stack roundup articles online. Many contain the most popular tech tools with little consideration being given to some of the newest players on the scene. This article gives these new players the spotlight they deserve while providing startup founders with viable options to meet their growing needs.

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.

A firmly held belief in the venture capital world is that founding teams perform better than solo founders. It’s believed that founding teams offer a breadth of experience and industry skills that a solo founder can never possess alone.

While that may be true, founding teams also experience a wide range of challenges. Data shows that 60% of new ventures fail because of team issues. Also, data shows that solo founder teams bring in more revenue than founding team pairs. This article strives to debunk the myths surrounding investment in founding teams.

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.

Mailchimp’s historic exit not only demonstrates the power of bootstrapping but also reinforces TinySeed’s investment thesis. Nearly any other kind of business would need to raise tens of millions to attain a billion-dollar exit like Mailchimp. But, given the capital-efficient nature of B2B SaaS, Mailchimp was able to achieve a venture-level return without significant dilution.

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.