Build Your Engineering Hub in the Western Balkans

Launch a dedicated, vetted engineering hub in Macedonia within 72 hours. No shared resources. No compromises.

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The Problem

Scaling engineering is slow and costly:

Finding skilled engineers in saturated markets takes months.

Employer branding in new regions is difficult to build.

Traditional outsourcing means shared resources and limited control.

Expanding abroad requires time, capital, and infrastructure.

Our Solution

At International Growth Agency, we make expansion effortless with our Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model.

72h to First Candidates – Vetted profiles in 3 days.
Dedicated Teams – Your engineers, your culture, no shared resources.
Employer Branding – We position your company as a top employer locally.
End-to-End Setup – Recruitment, hardware, alignment with your processes.
Seamless Transfer – After 12 months, the operation becomes fully yours.

Why the Western Balkans?

Highly skilled engineering talent at competitive cost.
Cultural alignment with EU and US work practices.
Strong English proficiency.

Strategic location for time-zone overlap with both Europe and the US.

How BOT Beats Other Models?

Traditional Outsourcing (Nearshoring)

Pros: Quick start, lower upfront investment.

Cons: Shared resources, high churn, no real culture fit, limited control.

Why BOT Wins:

BOT gives you dedicated engineers, aligned with your processes, fully embedded as your team.

M&A (Acquisitions)

Pros: Full ownership, immediate market entry.

Cons: High upfront cost, long due diligence, cultural friction, integration risks.

Why BOT Wins:

BOT provides a low-risk entry: you test, build and operate first and transfer only when ready.

BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer)

Pros: Fast setup, dedicated teams, scalable, buyout option.

Cons: Requires 12-month engagement before transfer.

Why BOT Wins:

Combines the speed of outsourcing with the ownership of M&A, without the downsides.

In short: Outsourcing gives speed but no control. M&A gives ownership but high risk. BOT gives you both speed, control and ownership.

Our Business Model

Transparent fee structure:

Management fee on top of operational costs.

Flexibility:

Scale teams up or down as needed.

Ownership path:

After 12 months, transfer the operation seamlessly.

Satisfaction

Success Rate

Early Delivery

GROWTH

Who We Work With

IT product companies:

Scaling engineering fast.

CTOs and Heads of Engineering:

Who want control without hassle.

Founders and CEOs:

Expanding into new markets while retaining IP, culture, and ownership.

SUCCESS STORIES

For almost two years now, we have been using International Growth Agency services to extend our IT/Software Development capacity with contractors from the Western Balkan region, enabling us to access previously unexplored talent pools. This has helped us at Mentor Mate quickly scale up some of our key accounts.

Stefan Tzanev

CFO/VP of OPS

As a channel partner of International Growth Agency (IGA), Codesta has had the pleasure of working with the IGA team to find top-quality software engineering contractors for our clients. The team at IGA has been incredibly professional and efficient in helping us find the right fit for each project.

Mikael Salamela

CTO

Melon Technologies has had the pleasure of working with the IGA team, using IT Recruitment as a Service, to find top-quality software engineers for our projects. They’ve been fast in helping us find quality engineers to grow our team.

Petar Bakoski

CTO / MD SEE

OKOMO chose IGA as a channel partner for IT staff augmentation because of delivery and speed. From the beginning of our collaboration, they've been easy to work with and brought us good and motivated engineers who joined our team.

Philip Rutz

CEO

The collaboration between IGA and Lunatech Labs started in 2021 and since then it’s been a success! We are very satisfied and it is a pleasure to work with IGA and the team. We are happy with the outcome, with good, motivated engineers joining our teams.

Maaike (Roel) Bugeat

CHRO

IT Quarks / AuroraLabs relied on IGA’s Staff Augmentation Service to grow local operations in Macedonia for a specific R&D initiative for building innovative products for the automotive industry.

Stojan Gancev

R&D Manager