Company Background
Beyond Cars is a fast-growing second-hand car platform that uses machine learning and big data to simplify smartphone-based car trading. It connects sellers with nearly 100 dealerships and offers services like car beautification and low-interest financing.
To fuel marketplace expansion, the company aimed to build an engineering team in Taiwan—tapping into a rich pool of front-end and back-end talent.
Challenges Faced
- Limited Talent Supply & High Hiring Costs
Rising salaries and a shortage of technical talent made scaling locally expensive and slow. Beyond Cars needed pre-vetted candidates to save time and cost. - Lack of Offshore Hiring Knowledge
Navigating international labor regulations and managing cross-cultural operations posed a significant hurdle without local support.
Solutions Delivered by Second Talent
- Accelerated Team Expansion
Second Talent helped increase the engineering team size by 50% within 4 months, providing skilled talent ready to drive growth. - Sustainable Team Growth
Continued hiring led to an additional 20% increase in team size over the following year, ensuring long-term development capacity. - Product and Business Strategy Enhancements
With expanded capacity, Beyond Cars improved its e-commerce platform with new features and user experience enhancements. - Revenue and Market Performance Boost
The synergy of expanded technical capacity and improved platform performance led to increased revenue and online transaction volume. - Acquisition by Carro
The strategic growth and platform success led to Beyond Cars being acquired by Carro, a leading regional automotive e-commerce player valued at US$1.5 billion.
Results Achieved
- 70% Increase in Team Size
- Expanded Engineering and Product Capabilities
- Improved Platform Performance and User Experience
- Significant Boost in Revenue and Online Transactions
- Successful Acquisition by Carro
Testimonial
“Thanks to Second Talent, Beyond Cars broke new ground by rapidly assembling a high-caliber tech team within just four months. This pivotal move accelerated our marketplace platform’s development, boosting productivity significantly in the first half of the year. The outstanding results enabled us to expand our team and product line into three new markets, marking a major milestone in our growth trajectory, which eventually led to our acquisition by one of the leading automotive e-commerce players in the region!”
— Garry Yu, CEO, Beyond Cars
