Tyba, startup created by IE University Students, collects $1,3 million from Danish Sunstone Capital

Tyba, a young startup founded by three IE University alumni, just closed an investment deal with Sunstone Capital, informed last Friday USA’s portal Techcrunch. Sunstone Capital is one of the main European venture capital agencies, and they manage circa €400 millions in assets.

Tyba, an online junior recruitment platform that allows students and recent graduates to showcase all their professional potential, opened its offices in September 2011. The enterprise was founded by three Bachelor in Business Administration students from IE University: Eiso Kant, 22; Jorge Schnura, 22 and Philip Von Have, 24, and already has a team of 14 people from 10 different nationalities. The enterprise foresees recruiting in the next months web developers from all around Europe and reach by the end of the year a 24 employees’ staff.

Tyba, having today 13.000 users and 400 enterprises registered in Europe, offers to the enterprises a platform that enables them to search, filter, organize and follow potential candidates in an easy, fast and convenient way with its innovative profiles. These do not only show the professional and academic career, but also they present intangible assets such as personality and suitability; which are of great concern in young recruitment.

2012 Awards:

Previous to this financial backing, Tyba won different international awards. In April, in Amsterdam, it won the public’s award, competing with the best 20 startups technologically oriented finalists in The Next Web Conference BizSpark Startup Rally. This award is a world showcase in which the best companies created by entrepreneurs are presented to an international jury and an audience of over two thousand people, media and investors from all over the world. Also, in May, it won the IE Venture Day Startup Competition being considered the best on the IE entrepreneurial community; and two weeks ago, it was one of the 10 winner startups in the Spain Startup & Inverstors Summit.

To see the new in TechCrunch : http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/18/tyba-secures-1-3m-round-led-by-sunstone-capital-to-fix-college-recruitment/