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HackerEarth shifts focus to talent management and hackathons

The Bengaluru-based startup recently raised Series A funding of $4.5 million

Pavan Soni
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Pavan Soni, Innovation evangelist and founder of Inflexion Point

Gireesh Babu
Bengaluru-based HackerEarth, which started as a recruitment facilitator, has changed its focus to talent management and hackathons, says Gireesh Babu

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Launch date: November 2012

Area of business: Innovation and talent management

Founders: Sachin Gupta and Vivek Prakash

Funding: Series-A funding of $4.5 million from DHI Group; It has raised a seed round of $500,000 from Prime Ventures in February, 2014. GSF Global accelerator funding of $120,000 in 2013

Target: To add 1,500 paying customers in next 3-4 years

The Bengaluru police and the Metropolitan Transport Corporation, along with Nasscom, asked HackerEarth to conduct