nordiska catalyst
Advisory and ventures · Colombo, Sri Lanka

Working in Sri Lanka, with a plan.

We help you set up, build a team or modernise a public service — with the plan and cost clear before anything is signed.

What brings you here?
I want to set up in Sri LankaMarket entry ↓I want a senior tech team in ColomboBuild ↓I run a public service and want to modernise itPublic service transformation ↓I want to see what you are buildingVentures ↓
§ 01 — Advisory

Three services, fixed fees.

For organisations entering Sri Lanka and public bodies modernising. Clients from the Nordics, Europe, the Gulf, the UK and Sri Lanka. Fees are fixed and tied to deliveries.

Service 01

Market entry

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Who it's for
Companies and institutions setting up in Sri Lanka
How long
Scoped per client
What you get
  • Market and cost case, with a clear go or no-go
  • Company and banking
  • People and payroll
  • Premises and partners
Service 02

Build

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Who it's for
Companies that need senior engineers they will own
How long
About four months
What you get
  • Plan before anyone is hired
  • About three senior engineers
  • Ready on day one
  • Yours to keep
  1. 01
    Blueprint
  2. 02
    Set-up
  3. 03
    Hiring
  4. 04
    Onboarding
  5. 05
    Delivery
  6. 06
    Handover
Fig. 01.1 — The Build path · about four months
~4 months
to a working team
~3
senior engineers
Fixed
fee per phase
Yours
contracts transfer to you

Not sure yet? Start with Blueprint: a few weeks to set the plan, cost and hiring profile before any commitment.

Packages: Blueprint · Build · Build with ongoing support. Done before: a Colombo team built from zero to fifteen for a Swedish company.

Service 03

Public service digital transformation

Nordic public-sector practice, for Sri Lankan services.

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Who it's for
Ministries, agencies, local authorities and state-owned enterprises
How long
Scoped per institution
What you get
  • Service review: how a service works today across counter, phone, web and app
  • Roadmap: what to digitise first, in what order, at what cost
  • Sovereign platforms: open-source workplace tools, hosted in Sri Lanka
  • Delivery and handover: built with local teams, run by the institution
§ 02 — Ventures

Four ventures, one system each.

Each venture makes one Sri Lankan system easier to see — capital, energy, public services and food.

ConceptIn buildLive
Capital

How a project is really doing, for the people financing it

bankable
by nordiska catalyst
MVP in build
Energy & climate

Whether Sri Lanka is on track for net zero, from real grid data

netzero ↗
by nordiska catalyst
Phase 1
Public services

How well agencies and state-owned enterprises serve people, channel by channel

doge
by nordiska catalyst
Concept
Food & agriculture

An agro catalyst for Sri Lanka's food system

openagro
a nordiska catalyst venture
Concept
§ 03 — About

Who you will work with.

L

Lishni

Build

Product strategist and designer; built a Swedish company's Colombo team from zero to fifteen.

RD

Roshan Dissanayake

Market entry and ventures

Software and data engineer; years of building Nordic–Sri Lanka links across climate, capital and food logistics.

How we work
01

Plan first

Nothing is hired or signed until the plan and cost are clear.

02

Small and senior

A small senior team, with agents doing the running.

03

Paid on delivery

Fixed fees, tied to things delivered.

04

Honest about stage

Every venture shows where it actually is.

§ 04 — Start here

Start with a fit check.

One to two weeks: a cost case and a plain answer on whether Sri Lanka makes sense for you.

  1. 01
    Tick the quick check

    See which service fits you best.

  2. 02
    Write to us

    A few lines on what you need is enough.

  3. 03
    Get a plain answer

    Cost case and a go or no-go, within two weeks.

  4. Public bodies: skip the quick check and write to us directly.
Quick check · tick what is true

Tick at least one statement to see where to start.