YouTeam operates a marketplace that connects businesses with talent from vetted outsourcing agencies. Customers gain access to qualified developers who have worked on teams trusted by Microsoft, Amazon and Autodesk. The platform gives agencies an additional acquisition channel and a way to utilize idle resources. Digital Future, a Kyiv-based venture capital firm, provided seed financing to YouTeam. The funding will support exploration of new verticals, development of talent search capabilities, and improvements to the vendor–client interface. YouTeam is a Lviv, Ukraine–based marketplace that connects businesses with engineering talent housed at software development firms. The platform was launched in 2014 with an ambition to become “Booking.com for IT outsourcing,” offering a one-stop shop to access international engineering teams, find better suppliers, manage remote teams, and build projects in a secure, trusted environment. YouTeam was one of three startups named in a U.Ventures investment announced in May 2018. The article states the injected capital is intended to help the startups improve their products, hire new people, and expand to new markets. No operating metrics or revenue figures are provided in the article. The piece positions YouTeam as an early-stage Ukrainian product company aiming for global competitiveness.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

May 2018