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tiney is an Ofsted Registered Childminding Agency founded in 2018 to address declining childcare provider numbers in the United Kingdom.

Childminding agencies (CMAs) register childminders and help them with training, business support, advice and finding parents. Childminders and providers of childcare on domestic premises can choose to register with either a CMA or Ofsted. There are six childminding agencies across the UK.

tiney is the largest recruiter of childminders in the |United Kingdom. As of 2023, there are more than 500 tiney nurseries, or tiney homes, operating across England.

tiney was co-founded by Brett Wigdortz, Edd Read and John Newbold. Wigdortz also founded Teach First, a social enterprise registered as a charity that aims to address educational disadvantage in England and Wales. After launching Teach First, Wigdortz observed through further research that a “secondary-school teacher is important but a primary-school teacher is even more important.”, motivating him to create a similar scheme for early year educators.

tiney operates on a revenue-sharing model, where childminders receive 90% of their earnings and tiney receives 10%. This covers upfront costs as well as billing services, regulatory charges, professional development and training, insurance and community events.

In January 2019, tiney raised £1 million in a seed funding round led by Local Globe. In February 2020, tiney raised a further £5 million in another seed round led by Index Ventures. LocalGlobe and JamJar Investments also participated.

tiney was named ones of the 20 hottest British tech startups to follow at 2020 London Tech Week.