Andela Raises $24M in Series B

What doea Andela do?

Andela, is a company which recruits the most talented software developers in Africa and embeds them into engineering organizations all over the world. The company provides organizations with the access to the prime one percent of technology talent across the African content transforming them into technical leaders of world class, and pairing them with organizations as distributed, full time team members. This enables the company’s clients which are from start up to the Fortune 500, for accelerating their product while reducing interviewing time, training new recruits and on boarding. The company is backed by investors including Omidyar Network, Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Founder Collective, Learn Capital, Steve Case, Rothenberg Ventures and more.

How much Andela was funded?

The company raised $24M in Series B on June 15, 2016 from CRE Venture Capital, Omidyar Network, Learn Capital, GV and Spark Capital.

Previous funding

• $3M on September 23, 2014 from HIGHLINEvc, Omidyar Network, Steve Case, Susa Ventures, Rothenberg Ventures,  Founder Collective, Learn Capital, Chris Hughes,  Melo7 Tech Partners llc,  SparkLabs Global Ventures, Africa Angels Network, Peak Ventures and Arena Ventures.
• $14M in Series A on June 25, 2015 from Spark Capital, Susa Ventures, Arena Ventures and Playfair Capital.

What is next for Andela?

Andela plans to use the latest funding raised for fueling growth on the African continent, providing global partners increased access to the untapped technical talent. With nearly 200 engineering employed currently by its Kenya and Nigeria offices. The company plans on announcing a 3^rd African country by the end of this year.

More about Andela

Andela was founded on May 21, 2014 by Christina Sass, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji, Jeremy Johnson and Ian Carnevale. It has its headquarters in New York, New York.