Shekar Gives Backing to Former Employee's Firm

Indian start-up ResearchSuite Technologies has secured angel funding from serial entrepreneur and Krea founder Pravin Shekar, who joins the Board of Directors as non-executive Chairman.

Launched in February in Chennai by former Krea exec Arindam Bhattacharya (pictured), ResearchSuite offers survey programming, translations, data analytics and SaaS fieldwork management solutions. The new funds will be use to create solutions automating a number of research processes, and for marketing and expansion.

Shekar, whose title at Bhattacharya's former company is 'kreator-in-chief', says of his new investment: 'Arindam has a fantastic business model that has gone live and gained client traction within months of launch. ResearchSuite has a low-overhead cost model and is vigorously tapping into the need for tech-based automation. This investment will assist in quickening the hockey-stick growth that I foresee.'

The new firm is online at www.theresearchsuite.com .