Saint D

What Saint D does

Saint D is a private, founder-led custom software development consultancy headquartered in Sremska Kamenica, Serbia, with a secondary office in London, United Kingdom. The company provides five core service lines: Consulting, Team as a Service, Mobile Development, Web Development, and Custom Development. It serves a horizontal mix of clients including startup founders, established companies, and enterprise organizations across at least 15 industries, including healthcare, fintech, banking, payments, supply chain, digital security, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The "Team as a Service" model positions Saint D as an embedded development partner rather than a traditional outsourcing vendor, with client testimonials framing the relationship as a true extension of the client's team.

The company's underlying technology is a broad, mainstream modern stack covering Python and JavaScript/TypeScript as primary languages, with Django, Node.js, React, Angular, Express, Next.js, Flask, and Nginx for web; Kotlin, Swift, Flutter, and React Native for mobile; and PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, and Elasticsearch for data. Cloud infrastructure spans AWS, Firebase, and DigitalOcean, with DevOps tooling including Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and Linux. Disclosed client work includes NLP and chatbot development for a US reproductive health nonprofit, data aggregation and visualization for a market intelligence firm, and real-time data analytics for an investment-industry financial data software provider.

Saint D operates a sales-led, direct-engagement go-to-market model, converting prospects via free consultations and relationship-based outreach. Revenue is generated through professional services engagements (consulting, dedicated team augmentation, and project-based custom development) with quote-based, multi-year contract pricing and no publicly disclosed rates. The company holds the Cyber Essentials Plus certification and is a member of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The company is owned and led by CEO and founder Dragana Čalija, who received the IWEC Foundation 2022 Award alongside extensive Serbian business media recognition. No external funding, headcount, or revenue figures are disclosed.

Name

Saint D

Legal name

Saint D

Website

https://saintdi.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Saint D is a founder-led custom software development consultancy headquartered in Serbia with a London office, offering consulting, team-as-a-service, mobile, web, and custom development to startups and enterprises across 15+ industries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Expert consultants offer strategic guidance, industry insights, and technical expertise for business growth and digital navigation
2. Team as a Service: Dedicated professional resources integrated into client projects on an ongoing basis
3. Mobile Development: Custom mobile applications connecting businesses with clients through modern, intuitive interfaces
4. Web Development: Comprehensive web-based software development services to accelerate company growth
5. Custom Development: Innovative, cutting-edge custom software products tailored to specific client needs

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Saint D is a custom software development consultancy that delivers consulting, team-as-a-service, mobile development, web development, and custom development services. The company integrates skilled developers and consultants into client projects to build tailored software solutions across industries such as healthcare, fintech, banking, payment, supply chain, digital security, AI, and machine learning.

Product overview

Saint D is a custom software development consultancy offering a portfolio of services including consulting, team-as-a-service, mobile development, web development, and custom development. The company operates as a technology partner for startups and established companies, providing skilled developers and strategic guidance rather than a predefined product platform. Services are delivered through flexible engagement models tailored to client needs.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consulting

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Andela: Andela provides vetted engineering talent from emerging markets as extended team members for enterprises, directly comparable to Saint D's embedded developer model across web, mobile, and cloud stacks.
• Toptal: Toptal operates a global network of vetted freelance software engineers sold on an on-demand, team-extension basis. It is the closest direct comparison to Saint D's Team-as-a-Service model for custom development talent.

Regional players

• HTEC Group: HTEC is a Serbia-origin custom software development and digital product engineering firm serving global clients, highly comparable in geography, service mix, and team-extension model.
• BHT Solutions: BHT Solutions is a regional custom software development and consulting firm serving enterprise clients across web, mobile, and cloud — a comparable CEE-based services peer.
• ING Software (ING-Hub Serbia): ING Software is the Serbia-based engineering arm of ING Bank, a regional employer of Serbian developers at scale. As a competitor in the same Serbian tech talent market, it represents the local hiring competition Saint D faces.
• Levi9 IT Services: Levi9 is a Netherlands-headquartered IT services firm with major Serbian engineering centers offering nearshoring and dedicated development teams — a regional peer in the same CEE delivery model Saint D operates.

Broad incumbents

• EPAM Systems: EPAM is a large, publicly listed IT services firm with deep roots in Eastern Europe delivering custom software, consulting, and digital engineering to enterprise clients — overlapping with Saint D's full-stack custom development positioning at a much larger scale.
• Cognizant: Cognizant is a global IT services incumbent offering custom application development, consulting, and digital transformation across all of Saint D's served verticals (healthcare, fintech, banking, supply chain).

Others

• Upwork: Upwork is the largest freelance marketplace for software developers and is an adjacent/competing channel for the same clients Saint D targets with Team-as-a-Service, rather than a direct service delivery competitor.

Emerging players

• Seven Bridges: Seven Bridges is a Serbia-rooted software engineering firm providing custom development and data engineering services to international clients, overlapping with Saint D's data analytics and custom development work.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SaintDCompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/saintd
• Instagraminstagram.com/saintdicompany
• Xx.com/SaintDiCompany

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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