What Damilah does

Damilah is a privately-held, founder-led nearshore software development services firm operating a 'partner-shoring' delivery model, with its commercial entity (Damilah Technology Limited) registered in the United Kingdom and its primary engineering delivery arm (Damilah Technology DOOEL) based in Skopje, North Macedonia. The company embeds autonomous engineering teams — led by a 'three amigos' triumvirate of product manager, architect, and delivery manager — into client in-house functions, targeting UK-based enterprise and high-growth B2B SaaS clients with a specialisation in workforce management/rostering platforms (notably Totalmobile), HR and payroll software (Zellis), and EdTech (ParentPay, Teacher Booker, Valve Space). The senior-led sales motion is anchored by CEO Iain Bishop and CTO Aleksandar Karavasilev, with demand generation driven by CTO Breakfast Roundtables, the CTO Craft partnership, and the jointly-published 'Engineering 2028' annual research report.

Damilah's technology stack is cloud-native (primarily .NET Core, React, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure), and the firm has invested in proprietary AI tooling beyond off-the-shelf adoption. The DMAP (Damilah Multi-Agent Platform) orchestrates agentic workflows across requirements, design, development, testing, and validation with explicit human-in-the-loop checkpoints, full audit trails, and cost/token monitoring. Engineers use commercial AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor IDE, Qodo, Tabnine), and Damilah has published controlled experiment data documenting 44% faster coding, 51% faster unit tests, and 83% more edge case coverage when AI-assisted engineers are measured against a human-only control group.

Revenue is generated exclusively through bespoke professional services engagements — time-and-materials or fixed-scope contracts on multi-year terms — pricing for which is not publicly disclosed. The firm has no packaged software products, marketplace, or self-serve channel; all revenue originates from direct enterprise sales. The company supports a 4-month graduate programme to feed its engineering talent pipeline and reports approximately 2% annual employee churn, materially below the 25-30% cited at large Indian offshore competitors — a metric referenced by clients as a key retention and continuity argument.

Name

Damilah

Legal name

Damilah Technology Limited

Website

https://damilah.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Damilah is a UK-headquartered nearshore software development services firm that embeds engineering teams into enterprise and B2B SaaS clients, with specialisation in rostering, HR/payroll, and EdTech, leveraging proprietary DMAP multi-agent AI tooling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Software Development Services: Damilah provides contracted software development services as a nearshore delivery partner, supplying skilled engineering teams (developers, QA, automation QA, delivery managers, architects) that integrate with clients' in-house teams. Revenue is generated through time-and-materials or fixed-scope professional services engagements. The company describes itself as operating since 2024 with Totalmobile and since early 2024 with Zellis, indicating ongoing retainer-style engagements.
2. Advisory & Consulting Services: Decades of experience at CTO level and above enables Damilah to offer advisory, consulting, and mentoring services for technology leaders and their teams. This covers technology modernisation, AI adoption, and practice improvement.
3. Graduate Programme (Talent Pipeline): A 4-month structured graduate programme provides full employment and benefits to final-year students or recent graduates in Computer Science/IT. This programme serves as a talent pipeline for the company's professional services delivery, ensuring a supply of skilled engineers for client engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Damilah provides nearshore software development services, embedding skilled engineering teams (developers, QA, automation QA, delivery managers, architects) from its North Macedonia office as a seamless extension of UK-based clients' in-house teams. The company delivers full software development lifecycle support including cloud migration, legacy replatforming, product discovery and design, and advisory consulting, enhanced by AI-augmented development practices and a proprietary multi-agent orchestration platform (DMAP). Revenue is generated through professional services engagements structured around client requirements.

Product overview

Damilah is a software development services company — not a SaaS product vendor. Its offering consists entirely of professional services delivered by nearshore engineering teams based in North Macedonia, working as an embedded extension of clients' own software teams. Services include application migration to the cloud, nearshore team scaling (partner-shoring model), technology advisory and consulting, product discovery and design, and legacy system replatforming. Damilah also publishes educational content including an eBook on software delivery, a Tech Talks video/podcast series, and research reports on AI in engineering (Engineering 2028). The company has no packaged software products, modules, or platform offerings sold to end customers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Application migration to the Cloud Cloud migration service for enterprise clients moving applications to cloud-native architectures; covers assessment, planning, and execution of cloud transformations.
• Scaling Up (Nearshore Team Extension) Nearshore engineering team extension service providing skilled developers, QA, automation QA, delivery managers, and architects that integrate with clients' in-house teams using Damilah's partner-shoring model.
• Advisory & Consulting Technology advisory and consulting services for technology leaders and their teams, drawing on CTO-level experience. Covers technology modernisation, AI adoption, and practice improvement.
• Product discovery & design Product discovery and design services supporting the early stages of software product development, from concept through to detailed design artefacts.
• Replatform a legacy product Legacy software replatforming service modernising outdated systems to current technology stacks, including rostering platform unification projects.

Quantifiable outcome

• AI-assisted engineers complete coding 44% faster and unit tests 51% faster than human-only teams, with 83% more edge case coverage. Experienced AI users achieve 4–6x speed improvements.
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CTO CraftflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Damilah partners with CTO Craft (a community and conference series for technology leaders) on joint research production ('Engineering 2028: Leading Human + AI Teams Responsibly' survey report), speaking engagements at CTO Craft Con London 2026, and CTO Craft Leadership Masterclasses. CEO Iain Bishop serves as a panellist and presenter, and Damilah's CTO Aleksandar Karavasilev has demonstrated the DMAP platform at CTO Craft events. The partnership positions Damilah's leadership as industry thought leaders among senior technology decision-makers and drives high-quality enterprise sales leads.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Endava: UK-listed nearshore IT services firm delivering custom software development across geographies, with a similar delivery-led model to UK and European enterprise clients. Closely comparable in go-to-market (enterprise field sales, embedded teams) and target customer profile.
• Thoughtworks: Global technology consultancy providing custom software engineering and advisory to enterprise clients, with a strong reputation for engineering culture and thought leadership. Overlaps with Damilah on embedded delivery, CTO-level advisory, and premium positioning vs. traditional offshore body shops.
• Ciklum: Global digital services company with major delivery in Eastern Europe, providing nearshore engineering teams to UK and European enterprises. Comparable to Damilah's North Macedonia-based delivery model and enterprise customer base.
• SoftServe: Large Eastern European-headquartered digital services firm offering nearshore software engineering and consulting to enterprise clients in the US and Europe. Overlaps with Damilah on nearshore delivery model and enterprise custom software focus.
• N-iX: Eastern European software development services provider with delivery centres in Ukraine, Poland, and elsewhere, serving UK and European enterprise clients. Comparable to Damilah's nearshore engineering model and enterprise target segment.
• Andersen Lab: Eastern European-headquartered custom software development and IT consulting firm serving clients in the UK, EU, and US. Comparable to Damilah's nearshore delivery model and enterprise software engineering focus.

Broad incumbents

• EPAM Systems: Large global IT services and digital engineering provider with deep Eastern European roots, serving enterprise clients across industries. Broader and more generalist than Damilah, but directly comparable on nearshore engineering, AI-augmented delivery, and enterprise custom software development.
• GlobalLogic: Hitachi-owned global digital engineering services firm with strong Eastern European and Asian delivery, serving large enterprise clients across industries. Comparable to Damilah on nearshore engineering and enterprise custom software, but at much greater scale and broader scope.

Emerging players

• DOIT Software: Boutique Eastern European software development and consulting firm offering nearshore engineering teams with a delivery culture and quality emphasis. Comparable to Damilah's partner-shoring, low-churn, quality-led positioning, though smaller scale.
• Belitsoft: Eastern European software development company providing dedicated development teams to UK, EU, and US clients. Comparable to Damilah on nearshore embedded engineering, though Belitsoft is more generalist with less domain specialisation in rostering or AI-augmented delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@DamilahTechnology
• Facebookfacebook.com/damilahtechnology
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/damilah
• Instagraminstagram.com/damilah_technology

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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