What Crea does

Crea, Inc. is a private product and software development-as-a-service firm headquartered at 2880 Zanker Rd Suite 203, San Jose, California. Founded in 2022 by Enes Paker (Managing Partner, CTO) and Dogakan Toka (Managing Partner, CSO), the company operates with 11-50 employees and delivers three core service offerings: End-to-End Product Development (autonomous agile teams handling turnkey builds from concept to deployment), Feature Development & Product Expansion (customized pods embedded alongside in-house engineering teams), and Ad-hoc Technology Solutions (subject matter experts resolving specific technical challenges). The firm also operates a Product Development Pod delivery model that bundles CTO leadership, dedicated backend and frontend engineers, shared project managers, QA teams, and subject matter experts, scaling from individual engineers to fully autonomous teams.

Crea's technical stack spans Python, Node.js, .NET, React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and RabbitMQ, with cloud infrastructure on AWS (where Crea is an AWS Partner Network member) and Azure. The company follows agile methodology with an 'action bias,' uses GitHub for version control, and Jira for project management, and positions AI-empowered development as a service differentiator. Its GTM motion is consultative enterprise field sales targeting two parallel segments: Fortune 500 enterprises seeking dedicated engineering capacity and VC-backed startups (particularly those affiliated with YCombinator, Techstars, 500 Startups, OnDeck, EntrepreneurFirst, and Alchemist) needing rapid, high-quality product delivery.

Revenue is generated through professional services engagements structured as dedicated team or time-and-materials arrangements; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company's marquee clients include JumpCloud ($2.56B-valued identity management platform), Atera ($500M-valued RMM/PSA platform), Mobile Action (ad intelligence serving 225K users including Adobe, eBay, EA Games, Wix), Lemin (cybersecurity SaaS with 3,000+ enterprise users), EdVisorly (EdTech), Kalder (Web3, $3M raised post-MVP), Flexdue (FinTech), Retainable (HR analytics for Fortune 500s), and Qurate (AI-powered marketing intelligence). No external funding rounds, M&A activity, or institutional investors are disclosed; ownership remains founder-led.

Name

Crea

Legal name

Crea, Inc.

Website

https://creainc.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Crea is a private, founder-led software development-as-a-service firm in San Jose, California, providing AI-empowered end-to-end product development, feature expansion, and ad-hoc engineering solutions via dedicated Product Development Pods to Fortune 500 enterprises and VC-backed startups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Software Development Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

CRM Implementation & Customization Services (BPAEAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Customer Service/Support CRM & Contact Center Platforms (BPAFAFAK)

Keywords

• Software development services
• Product development as a service
• Dedicated engineering teams
• Agile software outsourcing
• AI-empowered development

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product/Software Development Services: Development-as-a-service model spanning from fully-managed autonomous teams to individual software engineers. Services include end-to-end product development, feature development and product expansion, and ad-hoc technology solutions. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements, likely structured as time and materials or dedicated team arrangements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Crea provides product and software development-as-a-service spanning fully-managed autonomous agile teams to individual software engineers. Core offerings include End-to-end Product Development (turnkey builds from concept to deployment), Feature Development and Product Expansion (customized teams collaborating with in-house engineers), and Ad-hoc Technology Solutions (subject matter experts addressing specific technical challenges). Services are delivered through a Product Development Pod model providing CTO leadership, backend/frontend engineers, project managers, QA teams, and subject matter experts to Fortune 500 companies and VC-backed startups.

Product overview

Crea is an AI-empowered product and software development-as-a-service company offering three core service offerings: End-to-end Product Development (autonomous agile teams handling full turnkey development), Feature Development & Product Expansion (customized teams working alongside in-house teams for specific requirements), and Ad-hoc Technology Solutions (subject matter experts solving specific technical challenges). Services span from fully-managed teams to individual software engineers, serving both Fortune 500 companies and VC-backed startups. The company operates a Product Development Pod model providing CTO leadership, dedicated backend/frontend engineers, shared project managers, QA teams, and subject matter experts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• End-to-end Product Development Turnkey product development service in which autonomous agile teams handle full build efforts from concept to deployment for clients that want end-to-end ownership of product delivery.
• Feature Development and Product Expansion Customized development teams collaborate with clients' in-house engineers to expand existing products with specific feature development requirements, augmenting internal capacity.
• Ad-hoc Technology Solutions Targeted consulting service in which subject matter experts address specific technological challenges and problems to deliver scalable and sustainable solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3K+ enterprise users for Lemin Captcha product developed by Crea
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Strada Education NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdVisorly's strategic partner driving change in the American workforce and education systems. Crea is the technology partner of EdVisorly, which has Strada Education Network as a strategic partner for its student transfer success platform.
• ECMC FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdVisorly's strategic partner focused on education transformation. Crea develops technology for EdVisorly which collaborates with ECMC Foundation.
• JFFcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdVisorly's strategic partner driving change in the American workforce and education systems. Crea is the technology partner powering EdVisorly's platform.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy providing custom software engineering, digital transformation, and product development for enterprises — same core service offering as Crea but at vastly larger scale and brand recognition.
• Globant: IT and digital transformation firm offering software engineering pods and product development services to Fortune 500 companies, directly comparable to Crea's enterprise-focused delivery model.
• EPAM Systems: Large-scale software engineering services provider with dedicated development teams serving enterprise clients across verticals, mirroring Crea's product development pod approach.
• SoftServe: IT services and software development company providing dedicated teams and end-to-end product engineering to enterprises, comparable to Crea in delivery model if not scale.

Direct peers

• Iflexion: Boutique software development agency offering custom application development, AI/ML solutions, and dedicated teams to startups and enterprises — closely matched in size, model, and target client profile to Crea.
• Andela: Talent marketplace and engineering-as-a-service platform providing vetted developers and full product teams to enterprises and startups — closest functional peer to Crea's AI-empowered development-as-a-service model.
• BairesDev: Nearshore software development company offering dedicated engineering teams and end-to-end product development for US-based enterprises and startups, directly competing with Crea for similar engagements.
• Toptal: Vetted freelancer network specializing in software developers, designers, and finance experts — overlaps with Crea's premium individual-engineer-to-team offering targeting startups and enterprises.
• Turing: AI-powered platform matching companies with pre-vetted remote software engineers — competes directly with Crea for engineering-as-a-service engagements from startups and mid-market firms.

Regional players

• N-iX: Eastern European software development services firm providing dedicated engineering teams to North American enterprises and startups — competes with Crea in the same services category from a different geography and cost base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/creainc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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