Tech staffing unicorn Andela is buying a smaller industry peer, as startups are looking to combine amid a tough funding market

Business Insider

-  By April Joyner

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Andela, the remote technical talent startup last valued at $1.5 billion, is acquiring the engineering talent assessment platform Qualified, the CEOs of both companies told Insider exclusively.

Founded in 2014 with an initial focus on training and hiring African engineers, Andela now connects companies with remote technical workers in 170 countries worldwide. Qualified, led by cofounder and CEO Jake Hoffner, arose from a coding competition site called Codewars, which has grown into a community of more than 3.6 million engineers, Hoffner said.

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