We are the next generation of startup accelerator.
TinySeed was started by Rob Walling and Einar Vollset, two serial entrepreneurs who saw a gap in the ability for non-unicorn startups to raise early-stage funding.
So we decided to fix that.
We announced in late 2018, and the response was beyond anything we imagined.
Hundreds and hundreds of tweets, re-tweets, likes, Hacker News upvotes, email responses... it was immediately obvious that there is pent up demand for this kind of alternative early-stage startup funding.
That’s the moment we knew we were onto something.
TinySeed is an accelerator, but it’s remote, runs for a full year, focuses on SaaS, and “non-unicorns” (companies that don’t aspire to grow at all costs to reach a $1B valuation).
To venture capitalists, a company doing $10m in annual revenue is a miss. To us, it’s a great business.
TinySeed was started by Rob Walling and Einar Vollset, two serial entrepreneurs who saw a gap in the ability for non-unicorn startups to raise early-stage funding.
So we decided to fix that.
We announced in late 2018, and the response was beyond anything we imagined.
Hundreds and hundreds of tweets, re-tweets, likes, Hacker News upvotes, email responses... it was immediately obvious that there is pent up demand for this kind of alternative early-stage startup funding.
That’s the moment we knew we were onto something.
TinySeed is an accelerator, but it’s remote, runs for a full year, focuses on SaaS, and “non-unicorns” (companies that don’t aspire to grow at all costs to reach a $1B valuation).
To venture capitalists, a company doing $10m in annual revenue is a miss. To us, it’s a great business.
Location: United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2018
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 137
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.08.2023 | CastMetric... | castmetrics.ai | $120K | United Sta... |
| 05.05.2023 | Gandaya | gandaya.io | - | Brazil |
| 05.05.2023 | Hivrs | hivrs.com | - | Australia,... |
| 05.05.2023 | invamatic.com | - | United Sta... | |
| 05.05.2023 | HeySummit | heysummit.com | $1M | United Kin... |
| 05.05.2023 | legal27.com | - | Chile | |
| 05.05.2023 | Foliume | foliume.com | $292.1K | Spain, San... |
| 05.05.2023 | SessionLab | sessionlab.com | - | Estonia, T... |
| 05.05.2023 | Handicaddi... | handicaddie.com | - | United Kin... |
| 05.05.2023 | Conversion... | apps.shopify.com | - | United Sta... |
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Persons 12
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Sonia | Leung | Event Prod... | - | - | - | |
| - | Ron | Rod | Head of me... | - | - | - | |
| - | Craig | Hewitt | Advisor-in... | - | - | - | |
| - | Rob | Walling | General Pa... | - | - | - | |
| - | Colleen | McGrath | Community ... | - | - | - | |
| - | Alex | McQuade | VP of Prog... | - | - | - | |
| - | Courtney | Roberts | Operations... | - | - | - | |
| - | Lianna | Patch | Marketing ... | - | - | - | |
| - | Einar | Vollset | General Pa... | - | - | - | |
| - | Justine | Clark | Program Ma... | - | - | - |
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Mentions in press and media 23
| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.06.2025 | WANotifier Joins TinySeed EMEA Fall 2024 Batch to Help Businesses Scale On WhatsApp | WANotifier Joins TinySeed EMEA 2024 Batch WANotifier Inc., an all-in-one WhatsApp marketing SaaS platform and official Meta Tech Partner, has raised a pre-seed round and joined the TinySeed EMEA Fall 2024 batch. The funds will be used to en... |
| 14.04.2025 | GlitchSecure Raises $2M for Application Security Testing Revolution | Hackers don't stop testing. Neither should you. GlitchSecure teams up with the BDC to accelerate its cybersecurity platform, providing vulnerability assessments for businesses of all sizes. Application security is no longer a once-a-year ch... |
| 26.06.2024 | Accelerator TinySeed Invests in Tempesta Media to Drive Rapid Growth | Tempesta Media raised its first venture capital from TinySeed to accelerate growth and solidify its leading content marketing solution position. MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, US, June 26, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tempesta Media has received an ... |
| 30.03.2023 | GlitchSecure raises pre-seed funding to expand its real-time security testing tool for apps, APIs | GlitchSecure SaaS firm joins TinySeed to accelerate its security platform that provides vulnerability assessments and remediation guidance for businesses of all sizes By standardizing and automating security testing, GlitchSecure is able to... |
| 30.03.2023 | Stratosphere raises $350K to empower investors with public company insights and analysis | Ryan White, Braden Dennis, Kevin Bojan and Adrian Iwanicki, co-founders of Stratosphere With a fresh funding round led by TinySeed, Stratosphere.io helps investors make better decisions with public company data, segments, and KPIs We are ex... |
| 25.08.2022 | PromoPulse raises $150K to amplify swag companies’ marketing and sales | Jason Nokes, Founder of PromoPulse SaaS company joins TinySeed to help promotional product companies to stay top-of-mind with customers PromoPulse helps promotional product companies stand out and market themselves. We’re excited about Prom... |
| 25.08.2022 | Filljoy raises $150K to cut plastic waste with bring-your-own-container retail tech | Derrick Chao, Founder of Filljoy Tech firm joins the TinySeed accelerator to boost its platform that enables plastic-free shopping Filljoy created a simple solution that helps retailers and shoppers become better environmental stewards. As ... |
| 21.07.2022 | Automata joins TinySeed accelerator to boost its AI-powered distribution and creation | SaaS firm helps marketing teams produce content in less time with AI tools for headlines, social and more Content marketing is a time-intensive process for most companies. Automata dramatically reduces the cost and effort of creating new so... |
| 21.07.2022 | Spraye raises $200K for software that helps lawn care businesses efficiently manage customers | Spraye Software co-founders Caitlin and Brian Schlichting SaaS firm joins TinySeed accelerator to boost its SaaS platform that aids with scheduling, invoicing, and more Companies cannot waste precious time assigning administrative work to t... |
| 21.07.2022 | TextRetailer raises $150K to simplify the consumer shopping experience using text messages | Sam Schrup, founder of TextRetailer SaaS firm joins TinySeed accelerator to help merchants sell products through SMS The TextRetailer team combined two growing trends: online shopping and text messaging. They provide merchants with the tool... |
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