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Sulekha is a leading digital platform for local service businesses in India. 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.

30+ MHappy Users 200+ KVerified Experts 200+Categories

Our Journey

Growing through innovation and meaningful connections

  1. Our Beginnings

    Sulekha.com began its journey in the United States as an online community and social blogging platform, evolving into a leading digital destination for the Indian diaspora. Today, we continue to stand out across local services, roommates, and events etc and most popular among Indians in USA.

  2. 2007

    Launch in India

    Began our journey in the Indian digital marketplace, expanding our mission of connecting customers and businesses.

  3. 2011

    Expanding Our Network

    Crossed 10,000 paid service partners across India, strengthening our growing network of local service providers.

  4. 2015

    Technology-Driven Transformation

    Introduced a technology-driven platform focused on making service discovery accountable, actionable, transparent, flexible and simple.

  5. Focused Service Categories

    Streamlined our platform around 200 high-value service categories, strengthening our focus on local service discovery and customer-service connections.

  6. 2018

    Leadership and Scale

    Reached a significant milestone with 65,000 paid service partners and 20 million buyers annually, strengthening our position in the local services marketplace.

  7. Expanding Across Borders

    Strengthened our international presence across the US and Canada, expanding our reach and establishing a dedicated presence in Austin, Texas.

  8. 2020

    Empowering Service Partners with Technology

    Moved 50,000+ paid service providers to the dedicated Sulekha Business App, enabling them to manage customer enquiries and business interactions digitally.

  9. 2020–2021

    Supporting Businesses During COVID-19

    Driving Digital Visibility During Challenging Times

    • During the COVID-19 pandemic, strengthened the online visibility of essential and online service categories, including healthcare, hospitals and domestic help, helping customers access important services while enabling SMEs to maintain business continuity.
    • Extended our support to small businesses affected by the pandemic by helping them improve their digital visibility, reconnect with customers and regain business opportunities.
  10. 2021–2022

    Enhancing Customer-Service Matching

    Building Smarter Connections Through Technology

    • Introduced multidimensional customer-service mapping and enriched service information attributes to better understand customer requirements, improve service matching and deliver more relevant, high-quality conversions for service providers.
  11. 2022

    Expanding into New Technology Solutions

    Expanded beyond our core services marketplace into EdTech and SaaS solutions, introducing platforms such as Capshine for English learning and ProManage for business growth.

  12. 2025

    Expanding Business Visibility Across Digital Platforms

    Beyond Lead Generation – Building Digital Presence

    • Expanded our focus beyond the Sulekha platform to help businesses strengthen their digital visibility across multiple platforms, including Google Business Profile, social media, online directories and listing platforms.
    • Also began helping businesses establish their own websites, enabling SMEs to build a stronger digital presence, reach more customers and grow their businesses across digital channels.
  13. 2026

    Connecting Millions

    Today, we continue to connect customers with service professionals through technology, reaching 30M+ happy users, 200K+ verified experts and 500+ service categories.

Investors

Sulekha has raised money from reputed investors including USA-based Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Japan-based Mitsui & Co, Singapore-based GIC and USA-based Indigo Monsoon Group.

Board

Sulekha's board of directors includes Param Parameswaran (Chairman, Sulekha and Chairman, Indigo Monsoon Group), Promod Haque (Senior Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners) and Harish Raghavan (Chairman, Gracie Point)

Param Parameswaran, Chairman of Sulekha
Param ParameswaranChairman
Param ParameswaranChairman

Param has been with Sulekha almost since its founding, helping grow the company to its current position as a leading broad-based digital commerce company. Param began his career with McKinsey & Company, Inc, in New York. He served clients in the industrial, service, telecommunications and financial service sectors. Later, after a short stint on Wall Street as the Director of Corporate Finance of a boutique investment bank, he co-founded and was President of Integra Technology, a database software and application development products company. When Integra was sold to IKON, a Fortune 500 company, it was a technology leader in its space and its products enjoyed worldwide critical acclaim and market presence. Param later served IKON as part of their Mergers and Acquisition team, formulating and implementing their acquisition program. He is also Chairman of Indigo Monsoon Group, an investment firm; and sits on the Board of eShakti, an online customized women's fashion apparel company.

Param is a graduate of St. Xavier's College College of Calcutta University, a C.A., and obtained his MBA from the Wharton School of Business. He helped in founding the TiE organization in Seattle.

Promod Haque, Senior Managing Partner, Norwest Venture Partners
Promod HaqueNorwest Venture Partners
Promod HaqueNorwest Venture Partners

Promod has more than 20 years of experience in the venture capital industry and currently serves as managing partner at Norwest Venture Partners (NVP). Promod joined NVP in 1990, and has invested in more than 60 companies since he began his venture career, producing nearly $30 B in exit values to date. More than 20 of his portfolio companies have gone public and nearly 35 have been acquired (or have gone public and been acquired). Promod was ranked as a top investor on the annual Forbes Midas List for nine years, and in 2004, Forbes named him as the #1 venture capitalist based on performance over the previous decade. In 2006, Promod was presented with a Global Leadership award from NASSCOM, and he was recently honored with the 2011 SV Forum Visionary Award based on his outstanding achievements and contributions to the technology industry.

Prior to Norwest Venture Partners, Promod spent 18 years in various operational roles ranging from product development, marketing, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer at various public and private companies including Siemens International, Thorn EMI, Emergent Technologies and Dimensional Medicine, Inc.

He received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Delhi, India. He holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Northwestern University and an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where he serves on the advisory board.

Harish Raghavan, Chairman, Gracie Point
Harish RaghavanGraciepoint
Harish RaghavanGraciepoint

Harish Raghavan is the Chairman of the Board of Gracie Point LLC, a specialty finance company that is a leader in structuring financing solutions for the acquisition of life insurance by its clients who, in general, are ultra high net worth individuals. Gracie Point owns a licensed premium finance lender in the U.S., and insurance broker licenses in all 50 states.

Prior to his current role, Harish was the Global Head of UBS Investment Bank's Structured Products and Strategic Solutions Group. He joined UBS from Merrill Lynch where he was the Global Head of New Business/Product Development. Harish worked at Merrill for 16 years.

Harish holds the Series 7, Series 24 and Series 63 licenses.

He is a graduate of the Wharton School and on the Board of Trustees for the Orpheus Chamber Music Orchestra. Harish lives in Manhattan, New York with his wife Ramaa and their two children Sachin (16) and Ananth (13).