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How ScrapingBee Went from $2K MRR to an 8-Figure Acquisition

Name: How ScrapingBee Went from $2K MRR to an 8-Figure Acquisition
Uploaded: 2026-02-23
Duration: 27 min 47 s
Description: ScrapingBee co-founder Kevin Sahin sits down with Rob Walling for a live TinySeed Q&A about going from roughly $2K MRR to an 8-figure acquisition by Oxylabs. The conversation covers why and how they sold, what an 8-figure exit actually feels like, and Kevin's decision to stay on after the acquisition. It's positioned as an honest look at the practical and emotional sides of a bootstrapped exit.

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Synopsis

ScrapingBee co-founder Kevin Sahin sits down with Rob Walling for a live TinySeed Q&A about going from roughly $2K MRR to an 8-figure acquisition by Oxylabs. The conversation covers why and how they sold, what an 8-figure exit actually feels like, and Kevin's decision to stay on after the acquisition. It's positioned as an honest look at the practical and emotional sides of a bootstrapped exit.

Ideas in this episode

Web scraping API SaaS
Kevin Sahin and his co-founder grew ScrapingBee, a web scraping API product, from about $2K MRR to an 8-figure acquisition by Oxylabs, and Sahin stayed on after the sale.
Bootstrapped micro-SaaS portfolio
ScrapingBee co-founder Kevin Sahin describes bootstrapping a developer-focused SaaS from roughly $2K MRR to an 8-figure acquisition by Oxylabs, including why and how they sold.