We are revolutionizing the HR industry
We make things happen.
We are global since day one
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About us
Our mission is to empower people at work, making them happier and more successful.
Happier
Because people build more relationships at work, feel like they’re part of the team, get recognized, and learn about the positive things happening.
Successful
Because all processes are more agile, accessible, and user-friendly.
Become the fastest growing HR platform and provide every company with a digital community.
Our values describe how we think and do things, how leaders lead, and how we keep the customer at the center of our decisions.
Bring happiness to the world of work.
Our cultural beliefs
Build. Delight. Express.
- Enterprise software has to be mobile-friendly, beautiful and low cost
- The world is becoming more agile, digital, remote and mobile
- Remote workers will grow exponentially
- We keep things simple and frictionless, finding beauty in simplifying the complex.
- We believe in an integrated world, where everything works seamlessly and effortlessly
- We believe that words should be backed by actions. When we commit to something, we deliver it
- We commit to excellence. We aim for world-class
- We take ownership. We never say "that's not my job"
- We believe that in software, if you can imagine it, you can build it
- We make things happen
- We focus on what matters
- We will keep running experiments to create new awesome things
- We look for people whose career and passion come together
- We translate customers and partners into success stories
- We love people who see things differently
- We have obsessive focus on our customers and on exceeding their expectations
- We think big and in long-term. We never sacrifice long-term value for short-term results
- We evolve constantly. We are learning machines, full of curiosity and eagerness to expand knowledge to innovate and improve
- We believe that the path to abundance is to always give more than you receive. The happiest people are the givers, not the takers
- We are determined to grow, hiring the most talented and passionate people to join our mission of digitizing communities
- We are Doers. We create progress over time. We surround ourselves with people that push us to do better
Our story
Nico and Gero, the founders of Humand, meet while studying at the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA), after attending a talk by Marcos Galperin, the founder of Mercado Libre, in the main auditorium. They are the only two students who follow him to his car, asking questions. From that moment, they discover they share many ideas and values.
They begin co-leading the ITBA Entrepreneurs Club, standing out by winning hackathons and coding competitions. They also participate in several study trips to Silicon Valley.
They participate in and win “JP Morgan Code for Good,” developing an internal social network that helps NGOs discover job opportunities for their members.
News of their victory reaches the Chief HR Officer of ArcelorMittal Acindar, who invites them to bid on a project to improve internal communication at the plant. While conducting research and interviewing HR directors from various industries, they discover a common issue: companies with frontline workers face major challenges communicating and digitally interacting with people working in plants, factories, stores, or outside of offices.
Although they haven’t yet formed a company, Acindar believes in their proposal and gives them just 20 days to launch a functional version of their solution. In that record time, they develop an internal social network with a ticketing system that outperforms platforms like Facebook Workplace, Microsoft Yammer, and specialized consulting firms—winning the bid and the intellectual property rights to the platform.
Humand begins a pilot with 200 Acindar employees. With the arrival of the pandemic, the platform becomes the only digital communication channel for over 3,000 employees, accelerating its implementation. That same year, they apply for the first time to Y Combinator (YC), the world’s most renowned startup accelerator, but are rejected with the suggestion to reapply once they have more clients.
Why Humand? – Nico and Gero wanted to build technology centered around people. Humand is a blend of "human" and "digital," giving rise to the name Humand.
The application continues evolving with new module launches, and by April, the official Humand app is released to the market. The following month, they secure their second client, VASA, and by June, four companies are active. They reapply to YC but are rejected again, this time advised to show a more scalable model and gain more clients. Confident in their global vision, Nico and Gero move to Mexico. In their first six months in the country, they close over 30 clients.
Finally, Y Combinator accepts Humand and becomes its first investor. In March, they launch their first funding round, joined by the founders of Dropbox, Lyft, Rappi, and venture capital firms from Silicon Valley, Europe, and Latin America. Founders of ten unicorns, including Mural, Vercel, Decentraland, and Webflow, also invest. YC accelerates Humand’s international growth, and the funding helps improve the product, making it the fastest-growing startup in that YC batch. They raise US $2.5 million in this first round.
The team continues to grow, and companies like Swiss Medical, Rapanui, Viva Aerobus, and Siemens adopt the platform. In September, they sign a deal with OXXO, one of Latin America’s largest companies, with over 140,000 employees. In October, they close a second funding round for another US $2.5 million.
Humand experiences exponential growth, with team members in 17 countries and clients in over 36. In June, River Plate joins as a client.
Today, Humand is a global company with over 300 team members across 20 countries. Its platform is used by more than 1 million people in over 1,000 companies across 40 countries.