The edtech Talently announced it has closed a $3M seed round with 500 Startups Latam, Alaya Capital, Salkantay Ventures, Newtype Ventures, Potencia Ventures, Latin Leap, and others.
Talently is a startup that trains tech talent and connects it to international companies through an employment marketplace. Since the pandemic began, the company grew 50X and maintains a 30% monthly growth.
The platform works with software developers and provides them with tools to access job positions. In particular, Talently trains them on employability skills such as personal branding and job interview management.
Other areas are technical English and the strengthening of technological skills.
The platform makes an assessment of each profile so that the training is personalized according to the student’s needs.
Talently’s marketplace also helps them access job opportunities in some of the most relevant technology companies and startups globally, such as Pinterest, Nubank, Mercado Libre, and Paypal, among others.
With this new funding, Talently will launch a “smart match” platform where companies will streamline and reduce their recruiting process by up to 50%.
The startup’s value proposition is that companies will be able to hire an employee in less than 10 days.
This new platform will begin operations in Mexico and the US. Also, this seed round will enable Talently to consolidate its operations in Mexico, Peru, and Colombia and strengthen its position in Argentina.
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