Vrea

Vrea is an Agile-certified web agency founded in July 2011, now operating with 87 employees across 9 offices in 2 countries—India (Chennai headquarters) and Singapore. The company has logged over 421,000 hours on projects for 253 clients, pivoting from pure services delivery into whitelabel partnerships with 5 agencies. Vrea positions itself around design, web development, mobile app development, AI, data analytics, and DevOps, with stated expertise across 17 programming languages and 8 human languages.

Services and capabilities

Vrea's service menu spans web development (Angular, Laravel, React, WordPress, Drupal, Shopify, Magento), mobile apps (React Native, Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, Java), AI and machine learning (Python, TensorFlow, GPT-3 integration), data engineering (PowerBI, Tableau, Azure Data Warehouse), and DevOps (AWS, Maven, Chef, Puppet, Ansible). They also offer UI/UX design, content creation (copywriting, video editing), and automated testing. The company operates on a hourly billing model (adopted November 2016) and has introduced a whitelabel offering, positioning itself as an extension to partner agencies or in-house teams. Vrea uses Jira and Bitbucket for project management and previously ran internal tools like Pocket Watch and HipChat for team coordination.

On the AI front, they've shipped GPT-3 integrations (Houston Radar, Chatbot Ciaran, Audien Hearing) and list data warehousing and BI work as core capabilities. Their design team works in PSD, Sketch, Figma, and XD. Testing and QA uses Selenium and QTP.

Notable work

Vrea's portfolio names 13 recent projects. On the AI side: Houston Radar (GPT-3, Python, Flask), Chatbot Ciaran (GPT-3, Python, Flask), and Audien Hearing (Django, Flask, GPT-3). Web projects include Anasa Psychics (WordPress, Angular, Laravel), Loka Media (PHP, WordPress, MySQL), Ultiem Slaapcomfort (PHP, WordPress, MySQL), and WeWalkUs (PHP, WordPress, HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript). BUMPR uses MongoDB, Node.js, and React. Lhalondon, Thera Smart, DVC Resale Expert, and EmportLLC round out the listed work, each combining WordPress or Node-based stacks.

How they work

Vrea operates a distributed model across 9 cities and bills hourly. They assign account managers to clients (the team roster shows Payal Rane, Raghavendra Nayak, Ramya Sudhish, and Vigneshwaran Raghuraman in Account Manager roles) and use Agile/Scrum methodology with Kanban and Lean practices. The founder is listed as Tharun Shan. Whitelabel clients work with Vrea as an embedded extension, using the agency's processes and tools to maintain client control over time and deliverables spent. The company states it has paid out $57,699 in referral commissions, suggesting a partner/referral network.

Team and credentials

Vrea employs 87 people across two countries. The founder is Tharun Shan. The leadership includes Gautham Lakdive (Head of Operations), Tanaya S (Head of Customer Success), and Njoki Kirui (Head of Content). The team is multilingual (8 languages) and organized by function: developers (full-stack, mobile, frontend), data scientists (4 listed), designers (2), DevOps engineers (2), QA testers (1), and business development/account management roles. No ISO certifications, SOC 2, or third-party ratings (Clutch, G2) are mentioned in the source material. The company does claim Agile certification but provides no issuing body or date.