They said it couldn't be done

Tweet Hunter

2021-2023indie-tools2 receipts

1.2y laterthe receipts proved wrong

What they said

“I really dislike the product and what it stands for...this product is polluting Twitter and it seems to be pissing off genuine content creators.”

What actually happened

Exit

$8M total ($2M upfront + $6M earnout) — sale to lempire at x10+ ARR multiple

by January 2023

The Founder

Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)@tibo_maker· Build & Monetize your X audience FASTAcquired

The Numbers

Launched2021

Founder1

$150K ARR ($12.5K MRR), 15% weekly growth

Oct 2021

~$900K MRR ($300K Tweet Hunter + $600K Taplio)

Dec 2022

$8M total ($2M upfront + $6M earnout) — sale to lempire at x10+ ARR multiple

Jan 2023

The Journey

January 2021
Launch
Tibo and Thomas Jacquesson launch Pony Express product studio; commit to shipping one product per week.
May 2021
Milestone
After 11 products shipped (8 with users, 4 with revenue), Tweet Hunter emerges as the breakout — MVP built in 2 weeks using Next.js and Firestore.
July 2021
Launch
Tweet Hunter launches on Product Hunt — #2 Product of the Day, 124 comments. First customers from Tibo's existing Twitter audience.
October 2021
Milestone
Indie Hackers AMA: '$150K ARR in 4 months.' 15% weekly growth. Critics call it click-bait valuation and Twitter pollution. JK Molina joins as co-founder with equity.
March 2023
Milestone
Earnout period begins. Two years inside lempire to hit revenue milestones. Tibo later calls it 'very stressful' and says he'd never sell again.