# Domenica Obando

> Domenica Obando is the Peruvian founder and CEO of Talently, a Latin American tech talent marketplace that vets, trains, and places software engineers and data scientists into roles at companies across the US and LATAM. After stints in an NGO, the public sector, and an English-learning startup called Andi, she pivoted into Talently when she noticed her customers were really developers chasing international jobs. Talently has connected thousands of engineers with hundreds of companies including PayPal, Walmart, Nubank, Mercado Libre and Rappi, and raised seed funding backed by 500 Startups and IDB Lab (BID Lab).

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Talently
- **Organizations:** Talently, Andi, StartSchool Peru, Singularity University, 500 Startups, Latitud
- **From:** Peru
- **Nationality:** Peruvian
- **Education:** Bachelor of Business Administration, Universidad del Pacifico, Entrepreneur / Leadership program, Singularity University, Leadership program, Columbia University
- **Known for:** Founded and scaled Talently into a leading LATAM tech talent marketplace, Connected thousands of software engineers with 500+ companies across the US and LATAM, Raised seed funding backed by 500 Startups and IDB Lab (BID Lab US$750,000)

## Career timeline

- **2016** — Founded StartSchool Peru, a nonprofit upskilling K-12 teachers in digital skills
- **2018** — Selected as an entrepreneur at Singularity University
- **2019** — Founded Andi, an English-learning platform, then pivoted it into Talently
- **2022** — Raised seed funding; IDB Lab (BID Lab) invested US$750,000
- **2022** — Talently had helped 800+ engineers land jobs at firms like PayPal, Nubank and Mercado Libre
- **2024** — Talently grows into a vetted network of roughly 100,000 professionals, placing thousands of engineers

## Achievements

- Founded and scaled Talently into a leading LATAM tech talent marketplace
- Connected thousands of software engineers with 500+ companies across the US and LATAM
- Raised seed funding backed by 500 Startups and IDB Lab (BID Lab US$750,000)
- 500 Startups fellow, Singularity University entrepreneur, and Latitud Fellow
- Built a vetted talent network of roughly 100,000 professionals
- Symbol Creative Awards jury member

## Latest updates

- **2022-11** — IDB Lab (BID Lab) invested US$750,000 in Talently as part of its seed round.
- **2024-01** — Talently positioned as an AI-powered talent marketplace with a vetted network of around 100,000 professionals.

## Links

- Website: https://talently.tech
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/domenicaobando/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TalentlyTech
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/talently.tech

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