Tiney
Digital marketplace for childcare
- 21-100 employees
- B2C
- Marketplace
- Education
- Training
- Learning
- Toys
- Childcare
- Kids
- Holborn, London, UK
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Company mission
Tiney's mission is to enable affordable childcare for parents, high-quality early education for children and amazing careers for childminders.
Our take
Finding childcare is often a difficult and costly process and there is a declining number of childminders across the UK, with limited talent development and lack of a clear path in this area. Tiney's platform provides training, onboarding, development, and ongoing support for childminders.
For those seeking childcare the company helps to tackle three key issues of discovery, trust and affordability. Tiney is transforming the perception of early-years care to be thought of as early-years education and the training they provide reflects this change.
The company is not only enhancing access to great childcare but is also improving early years education and providing educators a pathway to build their careers in childcare. As well as this, Tiney is growing rapidly; after expanding to Manchester and Yorkshire in 2022, it has now grown to operate across the whole of England.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave, with an additional 'First Month Reflection Day' which aims to give you an additional day off to rest and reflect on your first month at Tiney
- Regular team events and socials (remote/in-person)
- Access to private therapy through the Self Space, training for mental health first aiders, and access to counseling
- Stock Options & quarterly feedback conversations
- We'll kit your home office out with equipment up to the value of £2,000
- Remote First
- £5,000 of childcare through a Tiney childminder for parents returning to work (approx. 4 months of free full-time childcare)
- Life insurance, sickness cover, and 3% pension contribution
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
May 2024
$9.1m
SERIES A
Jan 2020
$6.4m
SEED
Total funding: $16.9m
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Leadership
Brett Wigdortz
(CEO)Founded Teach First in 2002 and was CEO for 15 years before founding Tiney.
Edd Read
(CTO)Previously CTO and co-founder of graze.com where he worked for 9 years.
John Newbold
(CPO)Founded 383, one of the UK's top Digital Product Studios and also works as a UK Angel Investor.