Somos

Broadband · Internet Service Providers
$9.9Mtotal raised · 2 rounds on record
1open role
$4.1Mlatest round · Venture round · Dec 2023 · 2 yr ago
4backers · Y Combinator, Kaszek

Overview

Somos is a Colombian internet service provider offering symmetrical fibre-optic broadband of up to 2 Gbps without minimum contract terms. Founded in 2022, it builds its own Active Fibre network and hires NOC specialists, network support technicians, IP network engineers and customer retention analysts. The company is headquartered in Medellín, Colombia.

Funding and backers

Total raised
$9.9M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$4.1M
Venture round · Dec 2023 · 2 yr ago
Team
11-50
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
9
+8 posted in 30 days
Backers
4
Y Combinator, Kaszek
The money's age
Long since its last round
34 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
36/100
hiring for its size
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Dec 20, 2023 Raised a round Venture round $4.1M · SEC Form D Dec 30, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $5.9M · SEC Form D 2022 Founded Jan 2021 Went through Y Combinator
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 11%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Dec 2023 $4.1M — SEC Form D
Venture round Dec 2022 $5.9M — SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Forrest Heath IIIExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Y Combinator W21 accelerator Kaszek fund Union Square Ventures fund Western Technology Investment fund
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Jobs

In office · Medellín
BGP
OSPF
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$10k
Typical range
$10k
Open positions
1
1 Jobs
Staff 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Staff 1 $10k $10k
Highest paying role Técnico Líder Soporte Planta Externa - Medellín $10k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
25/100
Slowing
Open positions
9
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
41 days
faster than 33% of the market
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Field & Service
67% ▲
Networking
17% ▼
Support
8% ▲
Analytics
8% ▲
Actively hiring for Field & Service (+7 in 30 days)

Financials

Total raised
$9.9M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2023 $4.1M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $5.9M Details

People

Forrest Heath III
Executive Officer, Director
SEC Form D
Nicolas Berman
Director
SEC Form D
Claudio Andres Hidalgo Saez
Director
SEC Form D
James Sagan
Director
SEC Form D
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Somos over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
5
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
47/100
Frameworks & libraries
CUDA
Cloud & platforms
Linux
Developer tools
NVLink
Practices & domains
BGP
OSPF
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Connections

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Shared investors4
KaszekVia a fund
100 portfolio companies: TravelX, Zig, Z1 and 97 more
Western Technology InvestmentVia a fund
189 portfolio companies: Grokker, Inscopix, Passive Inc and 186 more
Union Square VenturesVia a fund
239 portfolio companies: Target Spot, Tacoda Systems, Paradev and 236 more
Y CombinatorVia a fund
6310 portfolio companies
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Medellín
Medellín Colombia
HQ
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Networking, Support, Analytics
Carrera 43F #14a-112, Medellín, 050021, CO
seen since Sep 2026 company site, job postings