Du Val was previously an engineer at Fotolog and Slide.com[2][3] while Beneschott was an undergraduate at Princeton University.

[4] The co-founders moved to Budapest, Hungary to access software developers with fewer employment options than in the United States.

[4] The firm developed personality, language, and skills testing to remotely screen engineering candidates, and accepted the top 3% of several thousand monthly applicants.

[9] In 2017, the company launched a vertical specializing in software engineers and designers for the automotive industry.

[11] Toptal accepted a $1.4 million seed round of financing from Andreessen Horowitz and angel investors including Quora founder Adam D'Angelo.