Ravn Development

What Ravn Development does

Ravn Development is a US-headquartered software services firm founded in 2017 in American Fork, Utah, with nearshore delivery centers in Arequipa, Peru and San Salvador, El Salvador. The company provides cross-functional, embedded engineering, design, and applied AI teams to enterprise clients and growth-stage companies, positioning itself as a digital acceleration partner that augments client product and engineering capacity rather than delivering standalone software products. Service offerings span Agentic Software Development, Experience Design, Applied AI, and Software Testing, supported by a proprietary six-month paid apprenticeship program called The Nerdery that has trained 105+ junior engineers and designers since 2021 with a graduation rate held below 60%. Ravn also publishes open-source design systems, including Pretine (a Figma companion for Mantine, copied 4,000+ times in the Figma community) and a Shadcn/ui Figma UI Kit, and holds a flagship 2023 pilot partnership with Google Material Design for the Relay design-to-code tool.

The firm's core technology stack spans modern cross-platform frameworks (React, Node.js, Swift, Kotlin, Python, Ruby on Rails, .NET), and it maintains certified partner status with Stripe, Google Cloud, AWS, Shopify, Microsoft, and Figma. Ravn monetizes exclusively through professional services engagements structured as quote-based, project-based or multi-year retainer arrangements; all new business is sourced through direct enterprise sales with inside-sales support for mid-market and growth-stage clients, and there is no self-serve or marketplace channel.

Ravn's client portfolio of 40+ named logos includes Fortune 500 enterprises (Walmart, Best Buy, Sephora, Fanatics, MyFitnessPal, Lucid, Nelnet, Pinterest, Skullcandy) alongside growth-stage and startup clients (GuideCX, How We Feel, Dime Beauty), spanning retail, financial services, consumer electronics, mental wellness, and enterprise software. Management is founder-led, with Co-Founders David Haynes, Rick Roberts, Micah Lisonbee, and Brandon Pluim; Troy Lauritzen and Donovan Hiland serve as Heads of Technology. The company is privately held with no disclosed venture capital, private equity involvement, or acquisition history.

Name

Ravn Development

Legal name

Ravn

Website

https://ravn.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Ravn Development is a US-headquartered software services firm that delivers embedded cross-functional engineering, design, and applied AI teams to enterprise and growth-stage clients, supported by nearshore delivery centers in Peru and El Salvador.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Application Platforms (HDAEAKAA)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Embedded engineering teams
• Applied AI services
• Experience design services
• Software QA testing

Headquarters

HQ city

American Fork

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Embedded Software Development Teams: Ravn provides cross-functional engineering teams that embed within client organizations. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements, likely structured as project-based work or retainer arrangements for ongoing team augmentation.
2. Full-Cycle Project Delivery: End-to-end software delivery from concept to launch, encompassing design, development, AI implementation, and testing services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ravn provides cross-functional, AI-native embedded software development teams that deliver full-cycle digital product development for enterprise clients and growth-stage companies. Services span Agentic Software Development (scalable engineering team augmentation), Experience Design, Applied AI (LLM integration and agentic workflows), and Software Testing/QA. Engagements are delivered from US headquarters in American Fork, UT with nearshore delivery centers in Arequipa, Peru and San Salvador, El Salvador.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Nerdery: Ravn's elite training and evaluation program for junior developers and designers. A six-month paid program with foundational training and production phase components.

Products and services

• Agentic Software Development Provides embedded cross-functional engineering teams that build scalable, high-performance software tailored to client business needs. Teams move fast and adapt to client goals across full-cycle development for enterprise and growth-stage clients.
• Experience Design Designers craft intuitive, user-centered digital experiences that blend aesthetics with functionality, creating products end users love and businesses are proud to ship. Targeted at enterprise and growth-stage clients needing design support alongside engineering.
• Applied AI Integrates intelligent LLM solutions, agentic workflows, generative AI, predictive analytics, and machine learning models to help clients unlock value from their data and drive smarter decisions and business growth. Used for conversational interfaces, document analysis, and automation.
• Software Testing Ensures reliability and performance through rigorous QA processes combining automation and manual testing to catch issues early and keep releases smooth. Demonstrated outcomes include 3x QA automation increasing test coverage and reducing manual testing time.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3x increase in engineering output for embedded teams
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 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

AI capability10 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Google Material DesignflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 April 2023Ravn was selected as a pilot partner for Google's Relay design-to-code tool. Google wrote a case study about the partnership. Ravn provided expertise around design-to-code handoff tools and processes.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationCertified Stripe Implementation Partner. Ravn has demonstrated expertise in implementing Stripe payment solutions for clients, evidenced by being a sponsor at Stripe Sessions.
• Google CloudcoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial Google Cloud Partner providing cloud infrastructure services to clients and likely utilizing Google Cloud Platform for client solutions.
• AWScoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial AWS Partner. As a multi-cloud services provider, Ravn leverages AWS infrastructure for client projects.
• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial Shopify Partner. Ravn builds e-commerce solutions on the Shopify platform for retail and commerce clients.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationOfficial Microsoft Partner. Ravn utilizes Microsoft technologies (.NET, Azure, etc.) for enterprise client solutions.
• FigmacoreTechnology or IntegrationRavn maintains active presence in Figma community with open-source design systems (Pretine, Shadcn/ui kit), demonstrating deep Figma integration expertise.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EPAM Systems: EPAM is a large IT services firm specializing in product engineering, digital platform development, and AI/ML services for enterprise clients — a broad incumbent in Ravn's competitive set.
• Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy providing custom software development, design, and AI services to enterprises, overlapping heavily with Ravn's full-cycle product engineering offering.
• Insight Global: Insight Global provides IT staffing and digital services to enterprise clients, including team augmentation and project-based software development engagements that overlap with Ravn's offering.
• SoftServe: SoftServe is a large IT services company with nearshore delivery from Eastern Europe and Latin America, providing software development, design, and AI services to enterprise clients comparable to Ravn's model.
• Slalom: Slalom is a global consulting firm delivering technology and digital transformation services, including embedded software engineering teams, competing with Ravn for similar enterprise mandates.
• Globant: Globant is a large global IT services and digital transformation firm serving Fortune 500 enterprises, often competing with Ravn on AI implementation and digital product engineering engagements.

Direct peers

• BairesDev: BairesDev is a large nearshore software development firm based in Latin America providing dedicated teams and full-cycle development to US enterprises — directly comparable to Ravn's nearshore embedded-team offering.
• Toptal: Toptal is a freelance talent marketplace focused on the top 3% of software engineers, designers, and product managers, directly competing with Ravn for premium enterprise team-augmentation work.
• Andela: Andela provides vetted nearshore and remote software engineering talent to enterprises, matching Ravn's embedded-team model and target buyer (engineering leaders at large companies). Both compete for AI-era software team augmentation mandates.
• Turing: Turing operates an AI-powered platform matching enterprises with remote software engineers globally, competing with Ravn for the same AI-driven, distributed engineering team-augmentation engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/ravnhq
• Facebookfacebook.com/ravnhq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ravnhq

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 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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