Scale Up marks 10 years, launches Gapstars Group
View(s):Scale Up 2026 has marked 10 years of Gapstars building high-performance embedded teams from Sri Lanka and introduced a new chapter with the formal launch of Gapstars Group.
Held from February 2-6, the week brought together more than 50 international partners representing leading European technology and finance organisations. For many, it was not their first visit. Several have spent years building embedded Sri Lankan teams that now play a central role in product innovation, enterprise systems, and financial operations across Europe and beyond, Gapstars said in a media release.
Scale Up was not designed as a traditional conference. Instead, it functioned as a working summit – combining AI workshops, agile collaboration sessions, intercultural leadership modules, and teambuilding activities. Founders, CTOs, IT directors, and finance leaders worked side by side with their Sri Lankan counterparts to review roadmaps, refine financial structures, and accelerate delivery.
The main announcement of the week was the launch of Gapstars Group, uniting its established technology vertical with its expanding finance capability under one integrated structure. After a decade focused on engineering and product teams, the organisation has formalised its finance vertical, embedding Sri Lankan professionals into European companies across reporting, compliance, controls, and forecasting functions.
“Our first decade was about proving that distributed engineering teams from Sri Lanka could operate at global standards,” said Hugo Hemmen, Co-Founder of Gapstars. “The next decade is about scale, across technology and finance. We are not building support functions; we are building high-performance teams that operate at the heart of our partners’ organisations.”
Brompton, the UK-based certified B Corp and globally recognised brand, was recognised as Partner of the Year for its sustained collaboration and growth within its Sri Lankan engineering team. “What makes this partnership strong is ownership,” said Dilraj Sura, Head of Analytics for the Brompton team in Sri Lanka. “Our team is not working on isolated tasks, we’re contributing to decisions, architecture, and long-term product direction. Scale Up strengthens that alignment face-to-face, but the performance is consistent throughout the year.”
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