Tweet Hunter
👤 Thibault (Tibo) Louis-Lucas (Co-built with Thomas Jacquesson. Tibo had 115K X followers and built in public - his audience was both the demand and the buyer.)🌐 sitetmaker.io𝕏LinkedIn
Tweet Hunter and sister tool Taplio hit $100K MRR in a year, then sold to lempire, whose founder was a power user.
Will it work? · our read
Timed the exit. Worth most to a strategic buyer who already uses it daily - and worth most before the platform changes its terms. Tibo nailed both; Twitter cut free API months later.
01How the money moves
Creators need to grow on X and LinkedIn
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They subscribe to Tweet Hunter / Taplio, about $49/mo
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$100K MRR base sold to lempire, 8-figure deal
02The numbers
$100K
MRR at 2022 sale
founder
8-figure
total deal, cash + earn-out
theygotacq
2 weeks
negotiated over WhatsApp
theygotacq
Deal negotiated in about two weeks; both tools built in under 18 months. TheyGotAcquired
$100K MRR at sale; lempire later tripled it to $6-7M ARR
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TheyGotAcquired - Pony Express (Tweet Hunter, Taplio) acquired by lempireThe Bootstrapped Founder - Tibo on selling a $10M SaaSIndie Bites - Tweet Hunter's 8-figure exit, starting overForbes - Twitter ends its free API (Feb 2023)Tibo Louis-Lucas - 'We sold Taplio and Tweet Hunter in 2022 within 2 weeks'
Revenue is founder-disclosed: about $100K MRR at the 2022 sale. Tibo has elsewhere said 'just under $2M ARR' - the gap reflects growth between the handshake and close, so I headline the MRR and flag the range. Deal was $2M cash plus an 8-figure earn-out; the $10M+ total is Tibo's stated expectation, not a confirmed paid-out figure. Subscription prices ($49/mo and rivals') are observed tiers, not audited. The luck-vs-strategy read on the buyer is tagged [our read]. Twitter API and lempire's $6-7M post-acquisition growth are documented by third parties (TheyGotAcquired, Forbes). We never score you.