<s>
Toptal	B-Application
is	O
a	O
global	O
remote	O
company	O
that	O
provides	O
a	O
freelancing	O
platform	O
,	O
connecting	O
businesses	O
with	O
software	O
engineers	O
,	O
designers	O
,	O
finance	O
experts	O
,	O
product	O
managers	O
,	O
and	O
project	O
managers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Du	O
Val	O
was	O
previously	O
an	O
engineer	O
at	O
Fotolog	B-Algorithm
and	O
Slide.com	O
while	O
Beneschott	O
was	O
an	O
undergraduate	O
at	O
Princeton	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toptal	B-Application
had	O
more	O
than	O
$1	O
million	O
in	O
revenue	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
Beneschott	O
graduated	O
from	O
Princeton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
co-founders	O
moved	O
to	O
Budapest	O
,	O
Hungary	O
to	O
access	O
software	B-Application
developers	I-Application
with	O
fewer	O
employment	O
options	O
than	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
firm	O
matches	O
business	O
engagements	O
with	O
developers	B-Application
from	O
its	O
network	O
and	O
brokers	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
each	O
job	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
launched	O
a	O
vertical	O
for	O
blockchain	B-Application
engineers	O
in	O
February	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toptal	B-Application
accepted	O
a	O
$1.4	O
million	O
seed	O
round	O
of	O
financing	O
from	O
Andreessen	O
Horowitz	O
and	O
angel	O
investors	O
including	O
Quora	O
founder	O
Adam	O
D'Angelo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
and	O
2016	O
,	O
Toptal	B-Application
's	O
annual	O
revenue	O
was	O
$80	O
million	O
and	O
$100	O
million	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
