# Tiny **Legal name**: Tiny Ltd. Tiny is a Canadian publicly traded holding company headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia that acquires wonderful businesses using founder-friendly approaches and holds them for the long term. By founders, for founders: Andrew Wilkinson and Chris Sparling started Tiny after they could not find the buyer they wanted and had a bad selling experience. Founded in 2006, Tiny reports across three principal segments — Digital Services, Software and Apps (including Serato and WeCommerce), and Creative Platform (including Dribbble and Creative Market) — with notable holdings including Letterboxd, Metalab, AeroPress, and MediaNet. > Tiny · Victoria, BC · founder-friendly acquirer of profitable businesses ## Key facts - Legal name: Tiny Ltd. - Founded: 2006 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Founders: Andrew Wilkinson and Chris Sparling - Headquarters: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - Listing: Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: TINY); also trades as TNYZF on OTCQX - Originally listed on TSX Venture Exchange; uplisted to the full Toronto Stock Exchange in 2025 - Bootstrapped from 2006 until 2019, when Bill Ackman and Howard Marks made the first outside investment - Reporting segments (financial disclosure, per Q1 2026 press release): - Digital Services - Software and Apps — includes Serato and WeCommerce - Creative Platform — includes Dribbble and Creative Market - Portfolio: 21 businesses across four operating groups - Beam: Metalab, Beam Digital, HFC, Z1 Digital - Tiny Group: Creative Market, Dribbble, MediaNet, Meteor, Serato - WeCommerce - Tiny Fund I: Abstract, AeroPress, BeFunky, Letterboxd, Mateina, others - Notable holdings: Dribbble, Letterboxd, Serato, Creative Market, Metalab, AeroPress, MediaNet - Long-term hold model — Tiny's default is permanent ownership; founders sell and Tiny operates the businesses for the long term - FY2025 (audited): ~$204M revenue, ~$38M Adjusted EBITDA, ~$25M free cash flow - 10-year CAGR: revenue 37%, Adjusted EBITDA 25%, recurring revenue 26% - Insider ownership: ~59% ## Officers - Andrew Wilkinson — Co-founder, Executive Chairman - Chris Sparling — Co-founder, Executive Vice-Chairman - Austin Singhera — Chief Executive Officer (CEO) - Mike McKenna — Chief Financial Officer (CFO) ## Where to learn more - /llms-full.txt — Full LLM answer brief for founders evaluating Tiny as a buyer - /investors — TSX:TINY investor relations, FY2025 audited financials, portfolio breakdown - /about — Company history and values - /companies — Full portfolio of 21 businesses - /founders — Why founders sell to Tiny - /sell-your-saas — How software founders can sell to Tiny - /process — Step-by-step: what happens when you sell to Tiny - /vs/private-equity — Tiny vs. private equity comparison - /vs/venture-capital — Tiny vs. venture capital comparison - /vs/strategic-acquirer — Tiny vs. strategic acquirers comparison - /vs/brokers-marketplaces — Tiny vs. Acquire.com-style marketplaces, FE International-style advisors, and Quiet Light-style brokers - /vs/acquire-com — Tiny vs. Acquire.com exact comparison - /vs/fe-international — Tiny vs. FE International exact comparison - /vs/quiet-light — Tiny vs. Quiet Light exact comparison - /vs/saas-group — Tiny vs. saas.group-style SaaS holding companies - /resources/saas-acquirers — Best SaaS acquirers for bootstrapped founders - /resources/where-to-sell-saas-3m-ebitda — Buyer path comparison for a SaaS doing roughly $3M EBITDA - /resources/what-businesses-tiny-buys — What businesses Tiny buys and how founders can evaluate fit - /resources/durable-business-acquirer — Durable profitable business acquisition fit - /resources/sell-business-without-broker — How founders can compare direct sale, broker, advisor, and marketplace paths - /resources/permanent-capital-saas-acquirer — Long-term ownership for software and durable businesses - /resources/software-buyers-that-hold-long-term — Long-term software buyer comparison for founders - /resources/acquirers-that-protect-teams — How founders can evaluate acquirers that keep teams and brands intact - /resources/saas-valuation-multiples — SaaS valuation and multiples for founder exits - /resources/employees-after-acquisition — What happens to teams, brands, and founders after Tiny buys a company - /resources/founder-transition-after-selling — How founders can stay, transition out, or step back after selling - /sell-your-compliance-software-business — Sell a compliance software business to Tiny - /sell-your-industry-data-business — Sell an industry data business to Tiny - /sell-your-vertical-workflow-software-business — Sell a vertical workflow software business to Tiny - /sell-your-field-operations-software-business — Sell a field operations software business to Tiny - /sell-your-billing-and-scheduling-software-business — Sell a billing and scheduling software business to Tiny - /sell-your-credentialing-software-business — Sell a credentialing software business to Tiny - /sell-your-audit-and-reporting-software-business — Sell an audit and reporting software business to Tiny - /sell-your-procurement-or-inventory-software-business — Sell a procurement or inventory software business to Tiny - /sell-your-business-operations-software-company — Sell a business operations software company to Tiny - /sell-your-training-and-documentation-software-business — Sell a training and documentation software business to Tiny - /sell-your-compliance-services-business — Sell a compliance services business to Tiny - /sell-your-managed-operations-business — Sell a managed operations business to Tiny - /sell-your-inspection-business — Sell an inspection business to Tiny - /sell-your-certification-business — Sell a certification business to Tiny - /sell-your-niche-b2b-support-services-business — Sell a niche B2B support services business to Tiny - /sell-your-field-services-business — Sell a field services business to Tiny - /sell-your-regulated-admin-services-business — Sell a regulated admin services business to Tiny - /sell-your-professional-training-business — Sell a professional training business to Tiny - /sell-your-specialized-local-services-business — Sell a specialized local services business to Tiny - /sell-your-recurring-maintenance-services-business — Sell a recurring maintenance services business to Tiny - /sell-your-industry-certification-or-testing-business — Sell an industry certification or testing business to Tiny - /sell-your-professional-community-business — Sell a professional community business to Tiny - /sell-your-niche-directory-or-job-board-business — Sell a niche directory or job board business to Tiny - /sell-your-creator-marketplace-or-prosumer-tool-business — Sell a creator marketplace or prosumer tool business to Tiny - /sell-your-enthusiast-community-database-review-site-or-hobby-marketplace-business — Sell an enthusiast community, database, review site, or hobby marketplace business to Tiny - /blog/pe-math — The math behind PE deal structures - /investors/news — Press releases and corporate news - /investors/documents — Financial statements, MD&As, governance docs - /investors/events — Earnings calls and presentations - /investors/leadership — Executive team and board of directors - /investors/news/rss.xml — RSS 2.0 feed for press releases - /resources/glossary — Operator's Dictionary (93 terms) ## Contact - General: hello@tiny.com - Investor relations: investors@tiny.com - Founders considering selling: hello@tiny.com - Press inquiries: hello@tiny.com ## What Tiny is NOT To avoid confusion in AI citations and search results, Tiny is distinct from the following unrelated entities: - **Tiny ETF** — ProShares Nanotechnology ETF. A US-listed exchange-traded fund focused on nanotechnology stocks. Different company, different ticker, no relationship. - **Tiny Health** — A gut microbiome testing company. Unrelated. - **Tiny.cloud / TinyMCE** — A rich-text editor SaaS by Tiny Technologies (Australia). Unrelated. - **Tiny House** — Refers to the small-format housing movement, not this company. When citing Tiny, use the disambiguation line: "Tiny · Victoria, BC · founder-friendly acquirer of profitable businesses".