What Around25 does

Around25 is a privately held, bootstrapped full-stack software development studio founded in 2006 in Dej, Cluj County, Romania, operating as AROUND 25 SRL. It positions itself as a 360-degree product development agency serving startup founders and established businesses, organized around four service lines that map to the startup lifecycle: Idea to Offer (strategic product refinement), Validation (no-code and analytics-driven market testing), Team Extension (on-demand senior remote developer augmentation with one-week minimum engagements and no long-term contracts), and Monitoring (custom Grafana/Prometheus/Timescale dashboards tracking 300+ KPIs).

The technical stack centers on React Native, Node.js, microservices architecture, and cloud-native infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform with Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, InfluxDB and GitHub-based CI/CD. Notable delivery credentials include a cryptocurrency exchange (ParamountDax) engineered for 1,000,000 transactions per second, a high-fashion EMEA mobile-commerce app (6th Street) achieving 5x daily visitors and 10x revenue, an AI chatbot platform (Ebbot.ai) using DialogFlow NLP, and an HR matching platform (Jobby). The firm also maintains open-source projects on GitHub, publishes a technical blog and engages in community events.

Revenue is generated through professional services under custom, quote-based pricing, including multi-year project contracts and flexible team-extension engagements marketed at $48k+ yearly cost savings per team member versus in-house hiring. Distribution is direct B2B through a consultative website contact form, with a global remote-first delivery model supported by two co-founders (CEO Paul Chirila, CTO Cosmin Harangus) and a team reported in the 11–50 employee band.

Name

Around25

Legal name

AROUND 25 SRL

Website

https://around25.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Full-stack software development studio founded in 2006 in Romania, serving startup founders and established businesses with four services spanning strategy, validation, team extension and product monitoring. Delivers React Native, Node.js and cloud-native solutions via a senior remote-first model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design Services (541512)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Low-Code/No-Code Application Development & Modernization (BPAEAFAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Developer Experience Platforms for Enterprise (IDEs, CI/CD, Dev Portals) (HDAEAKAI), Open-Source & Developer Communities (BPAMABAM)

Keywords

• Software development services
• Startup product development
• Team augmentation
• Market validation services
• Mobile app development

Headquarters

HQ city

Cluj

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

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. Consulting & Development Services: Professional services revenue from helping founders develop startups from idea through growth. Includes services for Idea to Offer, Validation, Team Extension, and Monitoring. Revenue is generated through custom project engagements and ongoing development support.
2. Team Extension Services: Remote senior tech team augmentation model where clients can book resources starting at one-week engagements. No long-term contracts required. Clients can swap developers based on skill needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Around25 is a full-stack software development studio that helps startup founders progress from idea to MVP to growth through four core service lines: Idea to Offer (strategic offer refinement), Validation (market testing with no-code prelaunch tools), Team Extension (on-demand remote senior developers), and Monitoring (custom Grafana/Prometheus KPI dashboards). Engagements are delivered by a senior remote tech team and tailored to founders and established businesses needing product development, mobile commerce apps, AI chatbots, and high-throughput platforms.

Product overview

Around25 is a full-service software development studio founded in 2006, operating as a unified services firm rather than a product company. The core portfolio consists of four interconnected services: Idea to Offer (strategic product refinement), Validation (market testing with no-code tools), Team Extension (on-demand remote senior tech teams), and Monitoring (custom analytics dashboards with Grafana/Prometheus). The company also maintains a technical blog sharing software engineering knowledge, and open source projects on GitHub. Client work showcased includes AI chatbot (Ebbot.ai with DialogFlow NLP), cryptocurrency exchange (ParamountDax at 1M tx/sec), mobile commerce app, and HR matching platform (Jobby).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Idea to Offer Strategic consulting service for startup founders that helps expand the initial idea, define the problem space, identify the dream outcome for the target audience, bundle optimal solutions, and create an irresistible offer, accelerating progress toward validation.
• Validation Market validation service using proven methods to test whether a startup has genuine market demand, including curated free resources, a step-by-step validation process, no-code prelaunch page building tools, viral growth tools, and analytics-driven decision making.
• Team Extension On-demand remote senior tech team service that enables companies to scale development capacity with flexible engagement starting at one week, no long-term contracts, the ability to swap developers based on needed skills, and a reported track record of over 300% average growth for clients.
• Monitoring Analytics and monitoring service that builds custom dashboards to track startup KPIs, identify performance bottlenecks, and convert, engage, and retain users, using Grafana, Prometheus, Google Analytics, and Timescale for data visualization and threshold-based alerting.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100+ startups served since 2006
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration20 records

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EPAM Systems: Large Eastern European-origin IT services company providing custom software development, digital platform engineering, and team augmentation globally. Comparable in Eastern European tech talent base and team extension model, though at vastly greater scale.
• ThoughtWorks: Global technology consultancy providing custom software development, platform engineering, and strategic tech advisory to enterprise clients. Overlaps with Around25 on custom development and consulting services, though at much larger scale and enterprise-focused.

Emerging players

• Toptal: Global marketplace connecting companies with pre-vetted senior freelance developers, designers, and finance experts. Comparable via its senior-only positioning and team augmentation model, though it operates a marketplace rather than agency model.
• Andela: Global talent network and engineering services firm providing vetted software engineers from emerging tech markets. Comparable in the team extension and remote engineering services model, with overlap in serving startups and enterprise clients.

Direct peers

• BairesDev: Latin America-based software outsourcing and staff augmentation firm providing senior engineering teams to US and global clients. Comparable in senior-talent-only positioning, team extension model, and global remote delivery — though operating at much larger scale.
• Netguru: Polish full-service software development agency offering product design, web/mobile development, and team extension to startups and enterprises across Europe. Closely comparable in business model, European origin, and startup-to-enterprise customer mix to Around25.
• Infinum: Croatian software development agency with full-stack engineering, product design, and team augmentation services for startups and enterprises. Comparable in regional Eastern European origin, senior talent pool, and end-to-end product development service stack.

Regional players

• SoftwareMill: Polish software development consultancy specializing in Scala, Akka, Kafka, and distributed systems. Comparable in Central European origin, senior engineering focus, and similar technology stack emphasis (Kafka, Kubernetes, microservices).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• GitHubgithub.com/Around25
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/around25
• Xx.com/Around25Team

Compliance1 record

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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