• BW|BUSINESSWORLD

    March  4, 2023

    Watch: Season 1 of Conversations on Business of Retail - Episode 2 featuring Satya Prabhakar is the Founder and CEO of Sulekha and an Indian & American entrepreneur, engineer, and writer discusses, the Retail industry with Mr. Ved Shukla, Ceo & Founder Mylomart & Advisor BW Retail World.

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  • BW|BUSINESSWORLD

    January  23, 2023

    What Is Google E.A.T For Local Businesses? According to ProManage, Sulekha’s Hyperlocal marketing service, Search rankings are affected mainly by Proximity, Reviews and rating. An improvement with 1 extra star rating results in up to 9 per cent increase in revenues

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  • IndianRetailer.com

    December  9, 2022

    How Hyperlocal Marketing can Give Retail Industry an Edge in 2023. Companies that get on board with hyperlocal marketing now will be industry leaders in the coming future and enable a majority of innovations on the horizon. According to audit research by ProManage, Sulekha’s Hyperlocal marketing service, brands that use hyperlocal marketing are more likely to attract and convert 70 percent of searches into location/store visits.

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  • ReTail

    November  18, 2022

    Grabbing the digital consumer: Hyperlocal marketing and the local F&B business. ??It is a great time to be a food and beverage (F&B) business as more people are choosing to eat and drink outside. Right from the nearby quick-serve, to an international franchise, or fast food, casual chain, to nearby restaurants, pubs, cafeterias, people are eager to have new experiences. While there will always be walk-ins, a F&B business can now tap into an additional channel of consumers - the silent and ‘invisible’ digital customer in the neighbourhood.

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  • CxoToday

    November  10, 2022

    ProManage unlocks key opportunities for growing businesses Optimizing hyperlocal listings is estimated to have a remarkable impact on growing businesses. A brand is considered to be 2.7x more reputable when hyperlocal marketing is put into action. Audit research by Sulekha says brands with hyperlocal marketing are likely to attract and convert 70% of the searches into location/store visits.

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  • Business Standard

    September  30, 2022

    Internet firm Sulekha says will focus on ed-tech, Saas businesses Sulekha.com, one of India’s earliest internet companies and a marketplace for expert services, has said it will push its new businesses in education technology (ed-tech) and software as a service (SaaS)

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  • Free Press Journal

    September  5, 2022

    Retain the mind of a beginner, says Satya Prabhakar of Sulekha.com In this first-person account, Satya Prabhakar, Founder & CEO, Sulekha.com, talks of starting an Internet-based business way back in 2007, and plans to grow Sulekha.com and the new Capshine app now

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  • Spotify

    April  21, 2021

    Satya Prabhakar is the CEO of Sulekha, an Indian firm funded by GIC, Norwest and Mitsui . He worked at Honeywell as an engineer and AT&T as a business manager before founding Sulekha with Sangeeta Kshettry. Having been a founder for over a decade in the Indian Startup Ecosystem, he brings insights about working with SMBs, the secret to a long living business, building for Bharath and more in this episode.

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  • inc42

    April  14, 2021

    Founded in 2007, when classifieds services were seeing massive traction in India, Chennai-based Sulekha was an early entrant in this space. Sulekha pivoted in 2018 to become a SaaS platform for businesses and a marketplace connecting consumers with small businesses, expert service providers. For Sulekha, marketing automation was crucial as it helped deal with the problem of retention on both the demand and supply side of the marketplace.

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  • Spotify

    April  1, 2021

    Satya Prabhakar is an Indian/American entrepreneur, engineer, writer and the Founder & CEO of Sulekha, India’s leading tech-AI platform for expert services offering SME Service Providers (SPs) the best mobile-SaaS medium to grow their business through matched prospects and market intelligence....

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  • SME STREET

    March  18, 2021

    The Top 3 home interior service categories that have seen a spike in online searches include Furniture Repair services, Interior Designers & Decorators and Architects, key findings of Sulekha study.

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  • India Tech Online

    February  20, 2021

    A study undertaken by Sulkha.com, leading Indian AI-driven tech platform for expert services, has unveiled interesting trends and insights about the service categories that have seen an increase in January 2021. This study is based on visits and searches by nearly 3,00,000+ users across top 8 cities that landed on Sulekha in January 2021.

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  • Business Line

    January  25, 2021

    Sulekha.com findings reflect unemployment scenario and the need for employees to upskill themselves

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  • DATAQUEST

    December  28, 2020

    A study undertaken by Sulekha.com, an AI-driven tech platform for expert services, has unveiled interesting trends and insights about the service categories that have seen an increase

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  • india

    October  21, 2020

    Nip in the air, the warm union of two souls- it’s that time of the year again! Wedding season is finally here and has us excited as ever.

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  • dailyhunt

    September  10, 2020

    New Delhi: A study undertaken by Sulekha.com, India's leading AI-driven tech platform for expert services has unveiled interesting trends and insights about the service categories that have seen an increase during Unlock 3.0 in August.

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  • medianews4u

    August  12, 2020

    Mumbai: A study undertaken by Sulekha.com, India’s leading AI-driven tech platform for expert services has unveiled interesting trends and insights about the service categories that have seen an increase during Unlock 2.0 in July.

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  • The NEWS Minute

    July  15, 2020

    Home appliance repair, domestic workers’ services, and job training were among the top three service categories that were searched on Sulekha during this period.

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  • ZEE BUSINESS

    June  4, 2020

    A study undertaken by Sulekha.Com, a digital platform for expert services, has revealed that among the top three service categories searched by people during the lockdown were AC dealers, packers and movers and mobile phone services.

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  • The Economic Times

    April  2, 2020

    Because of the national lockdown due to Covid-19, Sulekha.com, a match-making platform, which matches more than 2 million service requests with 1.30 lakh professionals is witnessing a drop in demand on most of the services offered.

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  • The New Indian Express

    February  29, 2020

    HYDERABAD: A study by an AI-driven tech platform has unveiled interesting trends and insights about the spending capacity of users of home and office interior services across Indian cities.

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  • QUARTZ

    February  27, 2020

    How an old-school classifieds website reinvented itself for the era of Zomato and Ola

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  • THIS WEEK INDIA

    February  21, 2020

    Study reveals that Mumbai and Bangalore spend the most on Interior services

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  • Business Line

    February  17, 2020

    Sulekha.com uses artificial intelligence to connect small/medium service providers to customers

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  • IMPACT

    January  27, 2020

    In the last few years, Sulekha has re-engineered its business platform to become the digital platform for service sector entrepreneurs.

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  • Financial Express

    January  25, 2020

    Budget 2020: 'Handicapped' service MSMEs must be offered these schemes for $5 trillion GDP vision

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  • Financial Express

    January  21, 2020

    The CEO of Sulekha.com shares with Sushila Ravindranath how the company’s focus on expert service listings has pushed it headlong into competition with Google, and it is fighting a war without fighting to win.

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  • THIS WEEK INDIA

    January  9, 2020

    Sulekha study reveals that Chennai and Bangalore led the demand for wedding services in 2019.

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  • Exchange4Media

    January  6, 2020

    Sulekha moves 50,000+ paid service providers to business app

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  • The Indian Express

    December  4, 2019

    Tier-III cities have the highest search for coaching institutes at 1.60 lakh online requests in a year followed by Tier-I studies at 1.32 lakh.

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  • India Today

    December  2, 2019

    A recent study unveiled that Delhi and Chennai lead the demand for competitive exam coaching in India while UPSC, UGC Net and Teaching are the top 3 exam coaching categories. Here are other key findings

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  • CIO.Com

    November  26, 2019

    Srini Vasan, Vice President of Engineering & CTO at Sulekha.com has deployed prediction engines to get a better understanding of customer needs.

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  • inc42

    November  23, 2019

    Technology platforms that cater to expert services will have to measure their success based on the quality of "matchmaking"

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  • Mumbai News Network Latest News

    November  22, 2019

    A study undertaken by Sulekha, India’s leading tech-AI platform for expert services has unveiled interesting insights about demand for home interior services in the Tier II and III Indian cities

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  • Telangana Today

    November  21, 2019

    A significant part of the company’s future AI-related efforts will be focused on better utilising data generated during interactions between consumers, service partners and the platform.

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  • The New Indian Express

    October  31, 2019

    This study is based on visits and searches by nearly 25,000 consumers across Indian cities that landed on Sulekha between January to October 2019

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  • The New Indian Express

    October  17, 2019

    A recent study reveals that Bengaluru is one of the top five cities leading the demand to study abroad.

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  • The Times of India

    October  15, 2019

    Chennai ranks second in the number of queries for overseas eductaion according to a study by Sulekha.

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  • Entrepreneure India

    September  9, 2019

    Using Artificial Intelligence Technology to Find the Right Service Expert!

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  • THEWEEK

    August  30, 2019

    A study undertaken by Sulekha, India's leading tech-AI platform for expert services has unveiled interesting insights about how Indians love spending on their homes especially during festive season

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  • Deccan Chronicle

    August  24, 2019

    Dreamers and doers of Chennai-Five Chennai based startups who continue to scale new heights!

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  • YOURSTORY

    August  20, 2019

    These large tech enterprise founders show that you don't need IIT or IIM tag to succeed.

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  • Exchange4Media

    June  22, 2019

    Sulekha launches digital campaign highlighting an array of expert services

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  • medianews4u

    June  19, 2019

    Sulekha launches new digital ad campaign “Fast, free way to get experts” focusing on expert Services

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  • YESBANK

    May  14, 2019

    SMALL CITIES ARE THE NEXT BIG FOCUS FOR SULEKHA

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  • YOURSTORY

    April  26, 2019

    With its AI-powered match-making, Chennai based Sulekha connects 20 million users with expert service providers every year.

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  • TECHXTY

    April  26, 2019

    Usage of Big Data becomes vital to analyse & grow multiple platforms – Satya Prabhakar

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  • SME STREET

    January  17, 2019

    e-Commerce Sector’s Expectations From The Upcoming Interim Budget 2019.

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  • Exchange4Media

    December  29, 2018

    Sulekha, digital platform for local services, forges alliance with The Times Group Move to help Sulekha expand service partner footprint & The Times Group to provide digital buyers to classifieds advertisers

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  • ET Tech

    November  15, 2018

    Sulekha expands to Australia, Southeast Asia and West Asia

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  • Business Today

    November  9, 2018

    With the evolution of digital ecosystem and exponential increase in smart phone user base in India, Sulekha has moved from being a service-based platform to a complete cloud-mobile SaaS player in the last 12 months.

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  • pitch

    October  29, 2018

    Nearly eight million consumers use the internet each month to discover and transact with top service providers in the home services, education services and business services. Leading digital platform for local services Sulekha recognized the potential in this space and currently boasts having over 24 million visitors each month and over 66,000 paid service providers on its platform. In an interaction with Pitch, Satya Prabhakar, CEO & Founder of Sulekha discussed about the changing technological landscape and the need to evolve with the same.

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  • LIVEMINT

    October  25, 2018

    Sulekha scaled as a local search service, providing city-category targeted exposure to lakhs of service businesses across India. We invested in ensuring the listings are accurate, verified and useful. We set up a nationwide network of offices with multilingual staff to serve customers across hundreds of city categories.

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  • Business Line

    September  12, 2018

    Digital platform Sulekha, which has been helping SMEs grow their business with matched prospects and market intelligence, is now looking to encourage individuals and part-time businesses to pursue their dream.

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  • The Economic Times

    July  10, 2018

    Sulekha started as a peer-to-peer classifieds platform focused on used-product buying-and-selling and rentals.

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  • THIS WEEK INDIA

    May  25, 2018

    Sulekha, India's largest and fastest growing digital platform for local services, today announced it has carved out its range of wedding services into a new platform that aggregates portfolios, blogs and 5-star rated wedding vendors in its new wedding hub site.

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  • tvnews4u.com

    May  25, 2018

    Technology Company Sulekha.com, which serves as a digital platform for local businesses, will be launching a platform for wedding-related services by the middle of next month, its chief executive, Satya Prabhakar, told ET.

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  • BRANDEQUITY

    May  24, 2018

    Sulekha, India's largest and fastest growing digital platform for local services, today announced it has carved out its range of wedding services into a new platform that aggregates portfolios, blogs and 5-star rated wedding vendors in its new wedding hub site.

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  • The Economic Times

    May  24, 2018

    Sulekha, India's largest and fastest growing digital platform for local services, today announced it has carved out its range of wedding services into a new platform that aggregates portfolios, blogs and 5-star rated wedding vendors in its new wedding hub site.

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  • YOURSTORY

    May  2, 2018

    Technology Company Sulekha.com, which serves as a digital platform for local businesses, will be launching a platform for wedding-related services by the middle of next month, its chief executive, Satya Prabhakar, told ET.

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  • TECHCiRCLE

    March  30, 2018

    Let's rewind to a few years ago. A time when HouseJoy, Commonfloor, Delhivery, or Quikr were not even ideas and there was only one online go-to platform for house hunting or pre-owned goods: Sulekha.

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  • DT NEXT

    January  31, 2018

    'Financial Boost & Regulatory Streamlining Expected for MSMEs from Budget 2018' says Satya Prabhakar of Sulekha.com, while sharing other important suggestions for Mr. Arun Jaitley ahead of Union Budget 2018.

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  • SME STREET

    January  29, 2018

    Sulekha.com, a digital classified platform for local services, expects to post an operating profit for 2017-18 after racking up massive losses over the past two years due mainly to investments made in technology to fend off new rivals.

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  • DT NEXT

    January  5, 2018

    India has 10 to 15 million service MSME's who run a wide variety of businesses. The challenges in growing their businesses are financial, customer acquisition, and regulatory compliance.

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  • The Hindu

    November  5, 2017

    The 11-year old Chennai based outfit returned to profitability in 2017, thanks to significant enhancements to the platform, including moving the infrastructure to the cloud.

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  • moneycontrol.com

    October  24, 2017

    Business beckons as users open their doors and minds to Net-savvy carpenters, cleaners, beauticians

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  • HRKatha

    August  23, 2017

    Digital platform for local services Sulekha is betting equally on growth and profitability and claims to be growing its revenue 40 percent year on year even as the local services market is seeing the growth of aggressive new age companies such as Urbanclap

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  • SME STREET

    July  19, 2017

    Sulekha has completely changed its local services platform in the last 18-24 months compared to its services prior to 2015. Today, Sulekha helps over 60,000 small and medium businesses get targeted prospects.

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  • The Data Driver

    July  19, 2017

    Sulekha has won the award for the 'Best App' at the Global Mobile App Summit Award (GMASA) in the Lifestyle category. With 210 million users and 18 million user needs per annum Sulekha has now emerged as the largest digital Local Services firm.

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  • faceinews

    July  19, 2017

    Sulekha, India's largest and fastest growing digital platform for local services has won the award for the 'Best App' at the Global Mobile App Summit Award (GMASA) in the Lifestyle category.

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  • Chennai Live News

    July  19, 2017

    Sulekha's robust and fair performance management system, strongly linked to its talent management, led to a lot of women automatically emerging as high performers.

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  • DT NEXT

    July  1, 2017

    With the GST, the ambiguity around prices due to multifarious taxes gets eliminated. Consumers cannot be taken for a ride anymore. States are not deprived of revenue through stock transfers.

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  • The Indian Express

    June  28, 2017

    The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will come into force from July 1 and the country is bracing for one of its biggest tax overhauls in history. GST will bring in a uniform indirect tax system by subsuming various central, state and local indirect taxes and levies.

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  • Business Standard

    June  1, 2017

    India's largest and fastest-growing digital platforms for local service Sulekha on Thursday announced its strategic partnership with Axis Bank to provide the bank's SMB and SME customers special access to Sulekha's local services marketplace.

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  • techobserver

    June  1, 2017

    Online listing firm Sulekha has entered into a strategic partnership with Axis Bank to provide the bank's SMB and SME customers access to Sulekha’s local services marketplace

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  • India Tech Online

    April  26, 2017

    Leading digital platforms for local service need fulfilment Sulekha, has shared the online search trends in local services market in the first quarter of 2017.

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  • BW|BUSINESSWORLD

    April  26, 2017

    Sulekha, one of India's largest and fastest-growing digital platforms for local service need fulfilment today revealed the online search trends in local services market in the first quarter of 2017.

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  • TMC NEWS

    April  26, 2017

    Sulekha sees an overall growth of 74% in business registration from service partners in the first quarter of 2017 (Y-O-Y), indicating growing trust in the brand

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  • Press Trust of India

    April  26, 2017

    Sulekha, one of India's largest and fastest-growing digital platforms for local service need fulfilment today revealed the online search trends in local services market in the first quarter of 2017.

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  • Digital Terminal

    April  25, 2017

    Sulekha revealed the online search trends in local services market in the first quarter of 2017. Sulekha's reports show that searches for Homecare and Education categories have seen more than 200% growth in Q1 2017, when compared to Q1 2016.

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  • news18.com

    April  21, 2017

    Sulekha has partnered with Truecaller to reinforce its "Zero-Spam Assurance". With the Truecaller app, Sulekha's users will be able to identify calls from service partners during their search for a variety of local services.

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  • BW|BUSINESSWORLD

    April  20, 2017

    Sulekha, India's largest digital platform for local service need fulfilment has partnered with Truecaller, one of the leading communication apps in the world, to re-inforce its "Zero-Spam Assurance".

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  • INDIANtelevision

    April  20, 2017

    Sulekha, one of India's largest digital platform for local service need fulfilment, has partnered with Truecaller, one of the leading communication apps in the world, to reinforce its 'Zero-Spam Assurance.'

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  • ESTrade

    January  2, 2017

    Sulekha, India's largest local services fulfilment platform, today unveiled a study indicating the key trends and changing dynamics of the Local Services industry in India through 2016.

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