Howdy.com, an Austin, TX-based talent sourcing and management provider, acquired GeekHunter, a talent marketplace for companies to hire developers from Brazil.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
As a result of the acquisition, GeekHunter will operate as a subsidiary of Howdy.com, increasing the number and quality of talented software developers U.S. companies can remotely hire from LATAM to build scalable engineering teams.
Led by Tomas Ferrari, CEO, GeekHunter specializes in recruiting and hiring technology talent within Brazil and has more than 13,000 companies registered on its platform. The company, which finds, hires, and pays Brazilian tech talent, adds nearly 400,000 registered candidates to Howdy.com’s services.
Led by Jacqueline Samira, CEO and founder, Howdy.com takes a human-centered approach to find top software engineering talent in Latin America and to pair them with innovative U.S. tech employers. The company takes care of talent sourcing, payroll, local HR benefits, equipment, and ongoing mentorship to help tech companies build long-term engineering teams and foster the engineering community in LATAM.
Howdy.com is headquartered in Austin, TX, and has six local offices across Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Bogota, Medellin, Cordoba, and Santiago. The company, which has raised $21 million through its Series A funding round led by Obvious Ventures and Greycroft, anticipates combined revenue of $35m in 2024.
Team members from both companies cover more than 100 engineering skills, including AI development, Android, Angular, Data Engineering, DevOps, GoLang, Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Python, Ruby on Rails, and more. As part of the deal, both brands and executive teams will remain separate and resources will be shared between them to help meet each of their customers’ unique needs. Customers include notable names, such as Accenture, Amazon, DISCO, IBM, Truepill, Workrise, and Vanta.
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22/08/2023