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Principal at TinySeed here, just a quick correction if anyone else finds this — we’re a remote/online accelerator. :)

Just saw this pop in here — I'm the Director for the TinySeed accelerator programs, happy to answer any questions folks have.

(Clarification: $500 USD in MRR.)

$500 USD minimum; basically just enough to prove that you have some initial set of customers and are looking to scale. Essentially our programming/education assumes some amount of initial product-market fit.

Program Director here, happy to answer any questions!

Program Director of TinySeed here, appreciate it! Check us out here: https://tinyseed.com

You might be interested in TinySeed's Syndicate offering — we started this for companies who are beyond the needs of the accelerator but would benefit from raising money (for instance, to deploy on new initiatives, or to take money off the table as a founder, or to buy another business, etc.): https://tinyseed.com/syndicate-founders

> the focus is B2B but you won't outright deny a B2C company, if you think they have a good idea?

Correct — also, most B2C companies have, or will build, a B2B component due to the higher contract prices they allow.

That's correct. More info here on the full TinySeed terms can be found here: https://tinyseed.com/faq

Tracy here from TinySeed, thanks for linking to our thesis!

Point of clarification: we don't do profit-sharing. Instead, we are equity owners. So when a company gets to the point of success where they want to take money off the table, they can issue dividends (and TinySeed get's a pro-rata amount of those dividends). I find this is one of our most unique points and aligns the incentives of the founder with TinySeed.

As mentioned in that page, by investing broadly into B2B SaaS, we can succeed as a venture firm without needing to count on unicorn exits. We're about to back our 80th company, and our founders tend to be older, more likely to have families, and tend to be "unsexy" businesses. We're only a few years old, but we've had very promising results (as a VC firm) so far.

MicroConf Connect is an awesome bootstrappery community: https://microconf.com/connect

We're incredibly honored that you chose us!

I'm really excited to work with these 18 companies. This is also our most international batch yet, with seven companies based out of the US.

Program Director at TinySeed here — we're right at the tail-end of fundraising for our second fund, check out our investment thesis here: https://tinyseed.com/thesis

Probably, but we’d need to talk with the founders first. Hard to say without knowing the business/field, but we definitely anticipate competitors across batches as we’re growing quickly.

I wish, but unfortunately we’re constrained by a limit of 99 investors in a fund - see this post we wrote: https://tinyseed.com/latest/99-investor-problem

We may have limited spots at $150k left (our minimum is normally $250k) - if you’re still interested, fill out the form at https://tinyseed.com/invest

We invest $120k + $60k per founder and work with SaaS specifically (with most investments in B2B SaaS). A narrow focus means we’re able to tailor our mentor roster and program and provide more actionable and relevant advice. More info: https://tinyseed.com/faq

Program Director here — we're over the moon about the raise and excited about backing 100+ startups over the next three years. Happy to answer any questions folks have about the program.

Really valuable insights; really shows how different independent SaaS is. For instance, 56% of founders are solo in indie SaaS, whereas a lot of traditional VC accelerators prefer (or require) at least two founders on a team.

Really valuable insights — really shows how different independent SaaS is. For instance, 56% solo founders in indie SaaS when a lot of traditional VC accelerators prefer (or require) at least two.

Program Manager here — really excited for the year ahead. I'll watch this space in case anyone has questions!

Hey, Tracy here, program manager at TinySeed. Thanks for recommending us, the OP's business is right up our alley. Happy to chat any time if anyone has questions: [email protected]