CEO & Founder
Nilan Meegoda
BSc (Hons) IT in Software Engineering, SLIIT
ABOUT SOFTSORA
The partner you keep,
not the vendor you replace.
We're 45+ engineers in Colombo who decided to compete on one thing: being right about hard problems. Over three years that made us a team Japanese enterprises trust with work they can't afford to get wrong. We're bringing that same standard to Europe.
- ENGINEERS
- 45+
- FOUNDED
- 2023
- MODEL
- FOUNDER-LED
- STANDARD
- ONE
Our approach
One standard. It doesn't bend between markets.
We don't bill hours or rent headcount. We take on problems that touch the physical world, the regulator and the balance sheet — and own them end to end, from the first whiteboard to the version still running in production a year later.
- 01
Ownership, not hours
We don't bill hours or rent headcount — problems we take on, we own.
- 02
End to end
First whiteboard to the version still running in production a year later.
- 03
One standard
The bar doesn't bend between markets.
The floor
Where the work happens
One office in Colombo, one engineering standard. Trade floors in Tokyo and Hannover, community days, and the day the new headquarters finally opened.
LEADERSHIP
Founder-led, by engineers who still build.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Colombo to Osaka to Hannover.
Four years, from a two-person partnership in Hokkaido to IPD-verified delivery across Europe.
- 2022
A partnership begins in Hokkaido
- 2023
SoftSora is founded in Colombo
- 2025
45+ engineers; Japan, US and UK clients
- 2026
Verified for Europe under Germany's BMZ
WHERE WE WORK
One office. Six markets.
Everything ships from the Colombo engineering floor. The clients don't — Japan first, then the Gulf, the UK, Germany and the Nordics.
- Sri LankaHQ
- Japan
- Gulf
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Nordics
Sri LankaJapanGulfUKGermanyNordics
- ENGINEERS
- 45+
- MARKETS
- 6
- IN-MARKET SINCE
- 2023
- VERIFIED BY
- JICA · IPD
WHAT BACKS THE WORK
Not claims. Verification.
The commitments are written into the contract. The verifications are independent — JICA in Japan, IPD for Europe.
Standards & IP
- ISO 9001 & 27001-aligned engineering framework
- GDPR owned end to end · DPA-ready · EU hosting on request
- Your IP is yours: full handover, no lock-in
Market verification
- JICA-verified market partner in Japan
- IPD-verified for Europe (German BMZ initiative)
- Bilingual delivery, nothing lost in translation
GOOD TO KNOW
Questions we're asked a lot.
One engineering floor, in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Every project is built and shipped from there — the clients are in Japan, the Gulf, the UK, Germany and the Nordics.
45+ engineers, designers and delivery leads, led by the two founders — Nilan Meegoda and Mohammed Rishard — who still build.
We take on outcomes, not hours. We own problems end to end, from the first whiteboard to the version still running in production a year later, and we're judged on getting hard things right.
You do — full handover, no lock-in. GDPR is owned end to end, with a DPA ready and EU hosting available on request.
Yes. JICA verified us as a market partner in Japan, and IPD verified us for Europe under Germany's BMZ initiative. Our engineering framework is ISO 9001 and 27001-aligned.
Both. Delivery is bilingual, so nothing is lost in translation between your team and ours.
A short conversation. Tell us the problem; we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right team and what a first phase looks like.
Let's talk