ReconverTIte: Women in Testing

What ReconverTIte: Women in Testing does

ReconverTIte: Women in Testing is a social-impact program operated under Abstracta S.R.L., founded in 2019 in Salto, Uruguay. The program trains women from rural Uruguay in software testing and places them into professional QA roles, addressing both gender inclusion in technology and the supply of trained testers for enterprise clients. Its core offering is functional web and mobile software testing services delivered by program graduates, supplemented by a participant portal application used for trainee engagement and tracking.

The business model is hybrid. The program generates revenue through professional QA services sold to enterprise clients via direct sales channels leveraged from Abstracta's existing customer relationships, while the training and operational infrastructure is funded primarily through grants from Uruguayan public agencies including ANII (National Research and Innovation Agency), INEFOP (National Employment and Vocational Training Institute), MIEM (Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining), and INJU (National Youth Institute). The program serves two distinct customer segments: enterprise buyers of QA services, and women trainees seeking technology careers, with a notable 2023 MTSS/DINAE partnership targeting the insertion of 200 women into technology employment.

Strategic positioning combines a social-impact mission with commercial delivery capability. The program partners with CUTI (Uruguay's tech industry chamber) and government ministries to scale the training-to-employment pipeline, and has extended its curriculum beyond core QA testing into adjacent areas such as Agile/Scrum training via the #ScrumFEM initiative and AI/employability workshops. Operationally, the program relies on standard enterprise tooling (Google Analytics, DoubleClick, Zoom integrations) without disclosed proprietary AI/ML capabilities, and is led by a small management team with parent-company oversight from Abstracta.

Name

ReconverTIte: Women in Testing

Legal name

ReconverTIte (program under Abstracta S.R.L.)

Website

https://reconvertite.uy

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ReconverTIte: Women in Testing is a Uruguay-based social-impact program under Abstracta S.R.L. that trains women from rural areas in software testing and supplies functional web and mobile QA services to enterprise clients, funded by government grants and professional services revenue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Software Quality Assurance Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Training (611420)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAEAGAI

Enterprise Application Testing & QA Services

Business & Public Services/IT & Digital Services (Managed Services, Systems Integration)/Enterprise Applications Services (ERP/CRM/HRIS)

SECONDARYEDABAFAL

QA, Test Automation & Software Quality (Manual/Automated Testing, Performance)

Education/Corporate Training & Professional Development/Technical & IT Skills Training

Keywords

• Functional software testing
• Web application QA
• Mobile app testing
• Software quality assurance
• Workforce training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Salto

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Software Testing Services: The organization generates revenue by providing functional testing services (web and mobile) to companies while training women in testing skills and facilitating their entry into the tech industry.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ReconverTIte delivers functional web and mobile software testing services to companies seeking quality assurance support, executed by women trained through its workforce-reconversion program. The organization simultaneously trains women residing in rural Uruguay (primarily in Salto) in software testing skills and connects them with employment in the technology industry. Its commercial services (Functional Web Testing and Functional Mobile Testing) fund and sustain its social mission of reducing the gender gap in tech.

Product overview

ReconverTIte: Women in Testing is a social impact program that operates as a services company offering software testing solutions. The core offerings include Functional Web Testing and Functional Mobile Testing services, both delivered by women trained through the program who reside in rural Uruguay. The program also maintains an internal participant portal (ReconverTite App) for training and resource management. Services are focused on quality assurance for web and mobile applications, with an emphasis on providing employment opportunities to women in Uruguay's interior regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Testing Funcional Web (Functional Web Testing)

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 women trained in first generation (2019)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and supporting.

• Abstracta S.R.L.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019ReconverTIte was created as an offshoot of Abstracta, a globally recognized software testing company. Abstracta provides operational support, training infrastructure, and client relationships for the program.
• Abstracta AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides training platform and courses for software testing education. Works with ReconverTIte to train women in testing skills and methodologies.
• CUTI (Cámara Uruguaya de Tecnologías de la Información)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUruguayan Chamber of IT Companies supports the program and collaborates on initiatives like Techy por el Día (International Day of Girls in ICT).
• Girls in Tech UruguaysupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-director Magela Giorgi from Girls in Tech Uruguay contributes to ReconverTIte, sharing knowledge as a commercial planner.
• Mujeres IT UruguaysupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity organization for women in technology that collaborates on events and outreach activities.
• MIDES (Ministerio de Desarrollo Social)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry of Social Development supports the program as part of social development initiatives.
• INJU (Instituto Nacional de la Juventud)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Youth Institute supports youth empowerment and development initiatives.
• Norte TecnológicosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional technology hub that supports technology initiatives in northern Uruguay.
• CCIS (Cámara de Comercio e Industria de Salto)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerChamber of Commerce and Industry of Salto provides local business support and networking.
• MIEM (Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry has declared ministerial interest in the program, indicating government support for the initiative.
• MTSS/DINAE (Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry of Labor through DINAE launched the 'Mujeres en el sector tecnologías de la información' project in partnership with CUTI, promoting employment insertion for women in IT roles including Tester Junior and Programmer Junior positions. Project is financed by the EU through AUCI and aims to place 200 women.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TestingXperts: Dedicated pure-play software testing and QA services company with nearshore delivery capabilities; competes head-to-head for functional web and mobile testing engagements of the type ReconverTIte offers.
• Laboratoria: LatAm-based social enterprise training women from low-income backgrounds in web development and connecting them with tech employment; operates a similar dual social-impact-plus-commercial-services model across Peru, Mexico, Chile, and Brazil.
• Sofka Technologies: Latin American IT services firm with strong QA/testing practice and offices across the region; competes for similar testing services contracts and draws on regional talent pools comparable to ReconverTIte's Salto base.
• Abstracta: Parent company and direct peer; globally recognized software testing company headquartered in Uruguay that created ReconverTIte as an offshoot and continues to provide operational support, training infrastructure, and client relationships.

Broad incumbents

• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy with a quality engineering and testing practice; serves enterprise clients on functional and automation testing engagements similar to ReconverTIte's offerings, though as part of a much broader portfolio.
• Globant: Argentine-founded global IT services giant with extensive QA and testing practice; competes for enterprise testing contracts in the same Latin American market and dwarfs ReconverTIte in scale.
• Accenture: Global professional services firm with a large testing/quality engineering practice; competes for the same enterprise QA budgets and could absorb clients seeking scale that ReconverTIte cannot provide.

Others

• Girls Who Code: US-based nonprofit focused on closing the gender gap in technology through education and career pathways; comparable in social mission of women-in-tech empowerment but operates as a nonprofit without commercial testing services.
• Women Who Code: Global nonprofit supporting women in technical careers through community, training, and job placement; overlaps with ReconverTIte's mission of gender equity in technology but does not deliver commercial testing services.

Emerging players

• 4Geeks Academy: Latin American coding bootcamp with a social-mission focus on training underrepresented groups in tech; comparable in mission and region but focuses on full-stack development rather than QA services delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/reconverTIteUY
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@reconvertitemujeresentesti6280
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/reconvertiteuy
• Facebookfacebook.com/reconverTIteUY

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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