Teamshares
NASDAQ: TMSBrooklyn, US · Founded 2019 · Delaware corporation · 139 employees on LinkedIn · 9 known investors
Teamshares acquires small businesses from retiring owners and facilitates employee stock ownership, creating a permanent home for businesses while providing retiring owners with a reliable exit and employees with ownership opportunities.
Also known as Teamshares Inc.
Founders & leadership
Teamshares was founded in 2019 by Michael Brown, Kevin Shiiba, Alex Eu, and Kevin Rikio Shiiba.
Investors · 9
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$3.6M disclosed across 2 of 3 rounds · 2019–2026
- Undisclosed amountPIPE financingJun 2026Source ↗
▶$2.7MraisedNov 2019 · 4 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Alex EuExecutive Officer, Director
- Taylor GreeneDirector
- Kevin ShiibaExecutive Officer, Director
- Michael BrownExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $2.7M
- First sale
- Oct 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$850KraisedAug 2019 · 21 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Michael BrownExecutive Officer, Director
- Kevin ShiibaExecutive Officer, Director
- Alex EuExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $850K
- Amount sold
- $850K
- First sale
- Jul 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2019
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquirer of small businesses. It programmatically buys companies with $0.5-5 million of EBITDA from retiring owners, integrates them onto the Teamshares platform, and helps their employees earn stock in the business over time. The company positions itself as a permanent owner rather than a time-limited financial buyer, keeping acquired businesses local and operating under their existing employee base.
The stated rationale is that a large share of small businesses fail to find a buyer when their owners retire, which the company frames as a loss for the owner's retirement proceeds and legacy, for employees' jobs, and for the surrounding community. Teamshares presents employee ownership and aligned incentives as producing better financial outcomes for both the business and its workers.
Business model
Teamshares acquires majority ownership of profitable small businesses from retiring owners, onboards them onto its operating platform, installs a recruited president, and transfers stock to employees over time through continued service, retaining permanent ownership alongside employee stockholders.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Positions itself as a buyer of choice for retiring small business owners and their brokers, targeting the segment of lower-middle-market companies that otherwise struggle to find buyers.
Combines permanent ownership with employee stock ownership, an intensive training program and continuing support for incoming presidents, and a stated track record and close rate aimed at giving retiring sellers transaction certainty.
Technology
An operating platform onto which acquired companies are integrated, used alongside ongoing oversight and expert support for company presidents, plus a programmatic approach to sourcing and acquiring companies.
Go-to-market
Sourcing runs through retiring owners directly and through business brokers, for whom the company maintains a dedicated channel positioning itself as a buyer with a high close rate. A separate Leadership Program recruits and trains presidents to run acquired companies.
Retiring small business owners seeking an exit; business brokers representing such owners; prospective company presidents interested in leading an employee-owned business; and the employees of acquired companies.
Geography
Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York; acquired businesses remain local operations in their existing communities.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
2 people who came through Teamshares went on to found or lead other companies.
Competitors · 4
by search overlap
Companies competing with Teamshares for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Teamsharesteamshares.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Teamshares do?
- Teamshares is a tech-enabled acquirer of small businesses from retiring owners that helps employees earn company stock.
- Who founded Teamshares?
- Teamshares was founded by Michael Brown, Kevin Shiiba, Alex Eu, Kevin Rikio Shiiba in 2019.
- Who are Teamshares's investors?
- Teamshares's investors include Collaborative Fund, Contrary, Evolution Ventures, Inspired Capital, PROOF, Slow Ventures, Union Square Ventures (USV), Zag Capital and 1 more.
- How much funding has Teamshares raised?
- Teamshares has disclosed $3.6M raised across 2 of its 3 known rounds.
- Where is Teamshares headquartered?
- Teamshares is headquartered in Brooklyn, US.