HiveTech

What HiveTech does

HiveTech is a privately held Croatian custom software development and IT consulting firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Zagreb, with additional offices in Bjelovar (Croatia) and Dubai (UAE). The company delivers bespoke software solutions across banking, government, telecommunications, IT infrastructure, and marine/tourism verticals, serving enterprise clients such as Asseco, Aktivis (King ICT Group), Alpha Capitalis, NIL, Euminia GmbH, and Croatian government agencies. HiveTech employs 50+ staff and offers three engagement models: Dedicated Development Team, Time & Materials, and Fixed Cost/Scope Based, with project budgets ranging from under €20,000 to over €100,000.

The company's technology stack centers on Java/Spring Boot, NodeJS, Python, React, Angular, and React Native/Flutter/Ionic, with a microservices architecture foundation. HiveTech owns and operates two proprietary platforms: OdinHR, a 25+ microservices HR, project management, CRM, and invoicing platform with web, desktop, and mobile applications, and HiveMeet, a collaboration suite built on WebRTC, SpringBoot, NodeJS, Electron, and React. Additional productized offerings include the MySea berth booking platform, GTF Mobile agricultural tracking app for government agencies, NetBanking application, AktivManager DMS, Services Orchestration Portal (SDN/NFV), Aircraft Management Portal, and Datacenter Cloud Automation (VMware-based). The firm has an AI/ML team with 6+ years of experience spanning NLP, computer vision, and time series prediction, cooperating with the national scientific community.

HiveTech's go-to-market is enterprise sales-led with a direct contact model, supported by content marketing (technical blog), social media (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter), and earned media through three consecutive years (2021-2023) on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Central Europe List, including a 3rd place Croatia ranking and 29th overall in Europe in 2023. Revenue derives primarily from professional services (custom software development engagements) with a secondary product licensing stream via OdinHR. The company is founder-led (CEO Nikica Škunca, COO Hrvoje Pek) with no disclosed external institutional investors or parent company.

Name

HiveTech

Legal name

Hivetech d.o.o.

Website

https://hivetech.hr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

HiveTech is a Croatian custom software development and IT consulting firm founded in 2018, headquartered in Zagreb with offices in Bjelovar and Dubai. It delivers bespoke software, AI/ML, and cloud automation solutions to enterprise and government clients across banking, telecom, IT infrastructure, and government sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

MLOps/LLMOps & Model Lifecycle Management Services (BPAEAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital Experience Monitoring & Management (DEX/DEM, AIOps for EUC) (BPAEAIAF)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Enterprise software engineering
• AI machine learning services
• Web mobile development
• DevOps infrastructure services

Headquarters

HQ city

Zagreb

HQ country

Croatia

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom Software Development Projects: Project-based professional services revenue generated through custom software development engagements across various industries including banking, government, agriculture, and enterprise sectors. Revenue is generated through three engagement models: Dedicated Development Team (billed by number of professionals and duration), Time & Materials (billed for total scope of work with flexibility), and Scope Based/Fixed Cost (fixed price for agreed range of work).
2. Software Product Licensing (OdinHR): HiveTech owns and licenses the OdinHR platform, a comprehensive HR and business management solution based on microservices architecture that can be deployed for other businesses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HiveTech provides custom software development, web and mobile application development, AI/ML solutions, DevOps, QA/testing, and IT consulting services to enterprise, banking, telecom, and government clients. The company also owns and operates two proprietary platforms: OdinHR, a 25+ microservices-based HR and business management suite, and HiveMeet, a WebRTC-based collaboration platform. Engagements are delivered through three contractual models: Dedicated Development Team, Time & Materials, and Fixed Cost/Scope Based.

Product overview

HiveTech is a custom software development company that offers a portfolio of proprietary products and professional services. Their core products include: OdinHR (a 25+ microservices-based HR and business management platform with web/desktop/mobile apps for time tracking, project management, CRM, and invoicing), HiveMeet (collaboration platform with chat, video, and conferencing), MySea (berth booking and cruising guide app), GTF Mobile (agricultural tracking app for government agencies), NetBanking Application, AktivManager DMS, Services Orchestration Portal, Aircraft Management Portal, and Datacenter Cloud Automation. They complement their products with professional services including Custom Software Development, Software Product Engineering, Web/Mobile Development, AI & Machine Learning, QA & Testing, DevOps, Network & Security, Data Analysis, Business Analysis, UI/UX Design, Maintenance & Support, Market Research, and Backend Development. The company has been recognized on the Deloitte Fast 50 CE list for three consecutive years (2021-2023).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OdinHR Platform HiveTech-owned platform based on 25+ microservices that combines web, desktop, and mobile applications for time and cost tracking, project management, HR and hiring, surveys, company intranet, time off management, CRM, invoicing, and detailed employee, finance, and business operations reporting. Designed for businesses needing integrated HR and business operations tools.
• HiveMeet Platform Set of web, mobile, and desktop applications for internal employee collaboration and communication, integrated with OdinHR but usable independently. Features chat, voice, video, conference calls, screen sharing, file sharing, to-do lists, and document collaboration, built on WebRTC, SpringBoot, NodeJS, Electron, and React.
• Custom Software Development Development and delivery of custom software solutions across various industries, including corporate systems, business function software, departmental software, and customer self-service applications for enterprise and growth-stage clients.
• Software Product Engineering Full-cycle software product development from requirements definition through architecture, MVP development, testing, release, and maintenance with quality assurance and DevOps support, intended for clients building or scaling software products.
• AI & Machine Learning Services End-to-end AI solutions with 6+ years of experience in data science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, specializing in text processing, computer vision, and time series prediction, packaging state-of-the-art ML models into REST API-based providers.
• Mobile Development Native and cross-platform mobile application development for Android and iOS using React Native, Flutter, and Ionic frameworks for enterprise and consumer-facing business applications.
• DevOps & Infrastructure DevOps processes and tools for continuous integration, automation, and infrastructure management, including integration of existing projects and processes into a new DevOps stack.
• QA & Testing Quality assurance and software testing services including functional, end-to-end, API, regression, smoke, and exploratory testing with test automation using Cypress, Selenium, and Playwright, in compliance with international professional standards.
• Network & Security Network security services with 24/7 threat detection and prevention, IP/MPLS network experience with Cisco, Huawei, and Juniper equipment, and real-time threat-intelligence software.
• UI & UX Design User experience and interface design services that create products with the highest quality experience, including branding, design, usability, and function integration.
• Maintenance & Support Full spectrum software maintenance and support including adaptive, preventive, corrective, and perfective maintenance for continuous software optimization.
• Data Analysis Data analytics services that transform raw data into valuable business information through methodology definition, systematic analytical approaches, and best-practices implementation.
• Business Analysis Business analysis services for project requirements identification, problem detection, solution creation, and consistency verification with market demands.
• Market Research Market research and analysis providing key metrics, demographics, customer segmentation, and strategic guidance for business growth.
• Backend Development Backend development services using Java (Spring Boot), Python, and NodeJS for building enterprise, microservices, modular applications, and APIs.
• Datacenter Cloud Automation Solution Cloud and services automation solution built on VMware technologies (vSphere, vRealize Orchestrator, NSX, IPAM) for enterprise hybrid-cloud environments, providing self-service capabilities for internal customers. Demonstrated in a project for NIL, a global data center and network solutions provider.

Quantifiable outcome

• Third consecutive year recognized as one of the 50 fastest-growing tech companies in Central Europe by Deloitte (2021 Fastest Growing Stars, 2022 Companies to Watch, 2023: 3rd in Croatia, 29th in Europe)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Aktivis (King ICT Group)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAktivis specializes in document management systems development, founded in 2006 and since 2008 part of the KING ICT group. Core business is Digital Transformation. HiveTech collaborated on frontend and backend development for AktivManager DMS, with HiveTech team quickly mastering business rules of DMS.
• Euminia GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuminia is an innovative rating system for charter yachts providing objective and authentic information. HiveTech developed MySea berth booking platform for Euminia - web and mobile application with backend for berth booking including ratings and cruising guide functionality.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• EPAM Systems: Global S&P 500 digital engineering and custom software services giant with major Central/Eastern European delivery centers. Operates in the same space as HiveTech but at vastly larger scale; relevant as the dominant incumbent bearing on pricing and enterprise competition.

Direct peers

• Coing: Croatian software solutions provider delivering custom enterprise applications, web/mobile development and IT consulting. Direct domestic peer for both talent and clients; comparable in size and service mix to HiveTech.
• Pentalog: European IT services firm (French-headquartered, Romanian delivery) offering dedicated development teams, custom software, and digital transformation. Highly comparable in size, Dedicated Team / T&M engagement models, and EU enterprise client base.
• Endava: London-listed IT services firm with deep Central and Eastern European delivery (including Romania, Serbia, Croatia). Competes with HiveTech for outsourced custom development, digital transformation, and AI/ML engineering engagements across banking and telecom verticals.
• Ciklum: Global digital solutions and software engineering provider with significant Eastern European engineering centers. Offers custom software, AI/ML, and DevOps services to enterprise clients — comparable capability stack and engagement models to HiveTech, though at materially larger scale.
• Comtrade Group: Slovenia-headquartered IT services and software solutions company with operations across SEE and Western Europe. Comparable as a regional custom software and digital transformation peer serving enterprise and government clients.
• Devot Technology: Croatian/Bosnia-based custom software development and AI/ML firm serving U.S. and European enterprise clients. Closely comparable in geography (Western Balkan engineering talent), service portfolio (custom dev + data/AI), and private mid-market positioning.
• Netconomy: Austrian software development and digital transformation consultancy serving enterprise clients in DACH and CEE. Comparable in offering (custom enterprise software, cloud, integrations) and target client profile.
• Infinum: Croatia-headquartered software design and development agency serving enterprise clients with custom digital products. Closely matches HiveTech in geography, vertical mix (banking/telecom/enterprise), and service portfolio (mobile, web, AI/data). Same-tier direct competitor for Croatian and European enterprise contracts.

Others

• King ICT (Aktivis parent): Croatian IT systems integrator and parent of Aktivis, with which HiveTech has co-developed the AktivManager DMS (per partnership). Adjacent ecosystem participant — a Croatian enterprise IT buyer/partner rather than a direct dev-services competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hivetechdoo
• Facebookfacebook.com/hivetechdoo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hivetech-d-o-o
• Instagraminstagram.com/hivetech.ltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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