Sofia, Bulgaria  ·  Venture Building Studio

Ideas don't ship.
Builders do.

BalkanBit is a venture building studio. One founder, a shared engineering core, and studio-funded capital — turning validated ideas into shipped mobile products at speed.

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How BalkanBit Operates

Build · Fund · Scale

TikTok signals the gap. React Native ships the app. Studio capital buys the users. Scale what sticks. Every product follows the same machine.

Ideation phase
01
Ideation

Mining TikTok for trending apps and underserved niches — we validate demand with real user behavior before writing a line of code.

TikTok Research
Engineering phase
02
Engineering

One React Native + Expo codebase shipping to both iOS and Android — cutting dev time in half while native apps take months.

React Native & Expo
Capital phase
03
Capital

Studio funds deploy directly into Meta & TikTok ad campaigns — systematic testing to find product-market fit with real paying users.

Paid Acquisition
Scale phase
04
Scale

Winning campaigns get more capital. Losing ones get killed. A data-driven flywheel that compounds spend behind what already works.

Scale What Works
Portfolio

Proof the Model Works

Live — In-Studio Scaling

ZeroShots.app

Tinder for Your Screenshots

The Problem

Hundreds of screenshots piling up. You'll never look at most of them again — but deleting them one by one is tedious.

The Solution

Swipe right to keep, left to delete. ZeroShots turns your screenshot backlog into a fast, satisfying swipe session — and tells you exactly how much space you freed. Delete 200 screenshots. Five minutes. Done.

ZeroShots screenshot stackZeroShots recap screen
View on App Store
PlatformiOS-first (iPhone)
CategoryUtilities / Productivity
Core MechanicSwipe to delete screenshots
Studio RoleDesign · Engineering · Capital

Pipeline: Product #2 is in early-stage development. Back the studio now and get in before the next launch. Request Limited Partner Deck.

For Investors

What's Already De-Risked

The studio model only works if the infrastructure works. Here's what BalkanBit has already proven — before you write a check.

One Product Already Live

ZeroShots.app is on the App Store — proof the studio model works end-to-end, from concept to shipped product.

Proprietary Core Shipped

A shared engineering "Core" for auth, payments, and analytics is built and running. Every new product starts at 60% completion.

Lean Cost Structure

Based in Sofia, Bulgaria — senior engineering talent at a fraction of coastal US rates, without compromising quality.

Back the Studio. Own the Pipeline.

BalkanBit partners with angels and micro-VCs who want operating leverage — not just a bet on one product, but a stake in every product the studio ships.

Request Limited Partner Deck
The Founder

One Builder. Full Stack.

Manol Trendafilov

Manol Trendafilov

Founder & General Partner, BalkanBit

linkedin.com/in/man0l
Angel-Backed FounderFull-Stack EngineerFundraising OperatorAI & Mobile
1

trak.ink — From Zero to Angel Investment

Co-founded trak.ink, a dropshipping arbitrage SaaS. Pitched, secured angel funding, and navigated the full fundraising cycle — pitch deck through term sheet. The fundraising playbook BalkanBit uses was built here.

2

Multi-Discipline Operator

Deep engineering work, NLP coaching, real estate investment — each a different lens on building products and managing risk. BalkanBit is the synthesis: a studio that builds, funds, and scales mobile-first products.

3

Now: Shipping AI Products Full-Time

Operating as a software engineer contractor while building BalkanBit's product pipeline. ZeroShots is live on the App Store. The shared Core is built. The studio machine is running — now it needs capital to compound.