Einar Vollset

Lapsed academic, former entrepreneur, tech finance bro and keen flyfisherman.

Present

Co-founder and General Partner at TinySeed, an accelerator and investment fund invested in 200+ SaaS companies.
Founding Partner of Discretion Capital, a sell-side M&A investment bank focused on $2-20M ARR B2B SaaS Companies.

Note: my email is einar@ both of the above domains, which is by far the fastest way to get a hold of me if it's something related to either of those

Past and Other Things

Co-founder of a YC backed company eventually acquired by Google.
I was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell for a couple of years, focused on Distributed Systems.
I have assorted degrees from University of Newcastle in the UK (Howay the Toon)
I am Norwegian born and raised, but live in Santa Cruz, CA (dual US/Norwegian Citizen)
Irredeemable SFGiants fan (Come to a game!)

Select Writing & Talks

Deck:Understanding Key Valuation Drivers in B2B SaaS (docsend link, but no email required)
Article: When Should You Sell Your B2B SaaS (talk versions: DCBKK, Bangkok 2023, SaaS Academy, Nashville 2022)
Article: Measuring the Depth of the Software Industry Iceberg
Talk: Using AI for Lead Generation (MicroConf Europe, Portugal 2023)
(Very) Occasional Flyfishing Substack