Type of site Web Portal Chairman Param Parameswaran Alexa rank 1493(27 April 2015) CEO Satya Prabhakar (1998–) Founded 1998 Type of business Venture-Funded | Available in English Website www.sulekha.com Customer service 60004050 Founder Satya Prabhakar Number of employees 1,300 | |
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Sulekha is a best digital business in India. Sulekha has 14 offices and 1,300+ employees across India.
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History
Satya Prabhakar and Sangeeta Kshettry founded Sulekha as a platform enabling interactions among Indians. Sulekha raised its initial investment from Indigo Monsoon Group when Param Parameswaran (as Chairman) and Harish Raghavan joined its Board. Param Parameswaran actively advised and helped focus the company on its India expansion in 2007, and expand its digital and mobile platform to connect users and businesses for local services. At this time, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) invested in the company, and Promod Haque, Senior Managing Partner of NVP, joined Sulekha’s Board. In 2011, Mitsui & Co. (Tokyo), a Global Fortune 200 company, led the Series B round of investment with NVP also participating. In April 2015, GIC, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Singapore, led a further round of investment along with NVP into the company.
Sulekha commissioned an animated commercial called "Arjuna the Archer" from J. Walter Thompson which emulated the style of Patta Chitra Katha, a traditional form of leaf painting folk-art. The advertisement won the 2008 Cannes Lions Bronze Award for "Animation under film craft".
Satya Prabhakar
Satya Prabhakar was born on 3, November 1963 in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. He received Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from National Institute of Technology, TIruchirappalli in 1984. He received his Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees in 1987 and 1989 respectively from University of Florida.