Helping the world hire better people faster.
Where it all began
As an industrial psychologist and talent expert, Francois de Wet worked with many high profile corporates and CEO’s. Over the years he noticed that they all had one thing in common: They were highly frustrated with the recruitment process.
This realisation planted a seed for Francois and in 2018 he decided to start a side hustle, tending to this problem.
When entrepreneur and Shark Tank SA investor Marnus Broodryk tried out Fran’s video interview software in his own accounting firm and experienced the time saving benefits, he saw the potential to help thousands of companies around the world to experience the same ROI in their businesses.
Marnus joined Francois on the Wamly journey in 2020, challenging the very foundations of how the world has always done recruitment and utilising the latest technology to help the world hire better people faster.
The Wamly Journey
Founded by Francois de Wet as a side hustle.
2018
Marnus Broodryk joined the team in June. Working MVP launched in August 2020.
This proved our MVP successful and a complete redevelopment was done with AWS at the core.
Sold to:
- Momentum – who rolled a demo out to almost all divisions.
- DigiCall – who rolled it out to international offices and sister company, Sigma.
- CLS (recruitment firm) – who make money off Wamly, and their customers loved it.
This proved our MVP successful and a complete redevelopment was done with AWS at the core.
2020
New app finalised and launched at the end of January 2021.
- 20 additional SA corporates signed enterprise deals and rolled out Wamly.
- Had over 100 demos and achieved 2021 MRR target early.
2021
- Wamly added more features based on client feedback.
- Wamly added over 200 happy clients to the already impressive portfolio of users
- Wamly employed 10 additional team members
- Wamly exceeded our second MRR milestone
- Wamly reached 23 countries
- Wamly launched its Podcast
- Francois de Wet took over as CEO
2022
- Wamly won Tech Startup of the year 2023
- Wamly introduced Skills Tests as a feature
- Wamly integrated with OpenAI introducing AI to the system
- Wamly moved into brand new offices on the N1
2023
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Meet our #WamlyFamly
We are helping the world hire better people faster with our future-focused solution-driven technology.
Francois de Wet
Chief Executive Officer
Farren Maré
Chief Operating Officer
Johann Hough
Chief Technology Officer
Bianca Botha
Head of Talent Operations
Teboho Mabuza
Customer Service Consultant
Nomthandazo Mabena
Customer Service Consultant
Chané Greyling
Copywriter & Community Manager
Hear it from our dedicated team
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