Sulekha

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Sulekha
Sulekha company logo.png
Type of site
Digital Platform
Available inEnglish
Founded2007 [1]
Headquarters Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Area served India, United States, Canada, UK, UAE
Owners Norwest Venture Partners, Mitsui Co, Indigo Monsoon Group, GIC
Founder(s)
  • Satya Prabhakar
ChairmanParam Parameswaran
CEOSatya Prabhakar
Products Sulekha app
Employees450
URL sulekha.com
Advertising Online
RegistrationOptional
Current statusActive

Sulekha is a digital platform for local service businesses in India, [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] matching 20+ million consumers with 50,000 service professionals across 200 categories in about 40 cities. [7] Sulekha focuses on expert services clustered around Home, Life and Self and where the user need is customized. Using technology and domain intelligence, the platform seeks to understand the user need in detail and matches it to verified service professionals who are profiled. [8] [9] The service is free to use for consumers and service professionals pay the platform for performance in the form of verified, matched service requests. [10] ] [11]

Business

Sulekha, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India started its digital classifieds operations in the year 2007. [12] [1]

Sulekha is one of the largest services platforms in India. [13] Sulekha is one of the earliest internet companies to come up in India. [14] It has evolved from a local business listings site to a technology-driven matchmaking platform from 2017 to now. [15] [ when? ]

In April 2015, GIC, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Singapore, led a round of investment along with Mitsui and Norwest Venture Partners into the company. [16]

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