Connect Pro

What Connect Pro does

ConnectPro Management Consultants Private Limited is an India-based executive search and HR recruitment consultancy headquartered in New Delhi, founded in 1997. The firm specializes in placing senior, mid-level, and junior professionals on a pan-India basis across IT and Non-IT industries, and operates primarily through three offices in Delhi, Bangalore, and Hyderabad with a team of 70+ experienced recruiters.

The company's service portfolio spans seven integrated lines: Permanent Recruitment, Contract Staffing, Training & Development, E-Recruitment Services, National Placement Services, Specialized Recruitment Services (including contingency and retained executive search, bulk/project hiring), and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO). Its technology layer is a cloud-based HR and recruitment platform supporting targeted job postings, a searchable resume database, and keyword-based candidate filtering, marketed as a single platform covering recruitment, onboarding, payroll, performance reviews, and employee analytics.

Commercially, ConnectPro operates a sales-led, direct-engagement model targeting three primary customer segments — MNCs, Startups, and Global Capability Centers (GCCs) — across verticals including Information Technology, Telecom & Engineering, Insurance, Healthcare & Pharma, Biotech, and Cyber Security. Revenue is generated predominantly through professional services fees: placement fees tied to candidate compensation for permanent roles, mark-up on contractor salaries or fixed engagement fees for contract staffing, and program fees for training and development. The firm is privately held and founder-led by YK Shrestha and Trilok Sharma, with no disclosed external institutional capital.

Name

Connect Pro

Legal name

ConnectPro Management Consultants Private Ltd.

Website

https://connectprosearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ConnectPro is an India-based executive search and HR recruitment consultancy founded in 1997, placing senior, mid-level, and junior professionals across IT and Non-IT industries on a pan-India basis through offices in Delhi, Bangalore, and Hyderabad.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Permanent Recruitment: End-to-end permanent hiring solutions placing senior, mid-level, and junior professionals across industries. Revenue generated through successful placements with fees based on candidate compensation.
2. Contract Staffing: Flexible workforce solutions providing contract professionals for project needs. Revenue generated through mark-up on contractor salaries or fixed engagement fees.
3. Training & Development: Learning programs enhancing technical and behavioral capabilities. Revenue from training program fees.
4. Specialized Recruitment Services: Contingency and retained executive search for niche roles. Includes RPO services, bulk hiring, and leadership placements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ConnectPro is a full-service HR and recruitment consultancy that places senior, mid-level, and junior professionals on a pan-India basis across IT and Non-IT industries. Its core offering combines permanent recruitment, contract staffing, training and development, e-recruitment, national placement, specialized executive search, and recruitment process outsourcing into an end-to-end talent acquisition service backed by a cloud-based candidate management platform.

Product overview

ConnectPro operates as a full-service HR and recruitment consultancy offering a unified portfolio of talent solutions rather than a modular software platform. The core offering consists of six integrated service lines: Permanent Recruitment (long-term executive placement), Contract Staffing (flexible workforce solutions), Training & Development (learning programs), E-Recruitment Services (technology-driven digital hiring), National Placement Services (pan-India hiring across IT/Non-IT sectors), and Specialized Recruitment Services (niche/executive search). Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) is offered as an extension within the Specialized Recruitment Services. These services work together as an end-to-end talent ecosystem, allowing clients to access permanent placement, contingent workforce, and outsourced recruitment capabilities through a single partner, supported by a team of 70+ experienced recruiters operating across India since 1997.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Recruitment

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Adecco India: Indian arm of global staffing leader Adecco, offering permanent placement, contract staffing and workforce solutions. Comparable across all of ConnectPro's service lines, particularly in IT and non-IT sector hiring for enterprise clients.
• Randstad India: Global staffing giant's Indian subsidiary offering permanent, contract, and RPO services. Direct overlap on ConnectPro's full service portfolio and a comparable MNC/startup/GCC customer base with broader geographic and capital resources.
• TeamLease Services: India's largest publicly listed staffing and HR services firm. Directly comparable to ConnectPro's permanent and contract staffing offerings but at much greater scale, with broader service lines (compliance, payroll, training) and pan-India reach.
• Quess Corp: Major Indian business services platform offering staffing, facility management, and recruitment solutions across industries. Comparable due to overlapping recruitment/RPO and contract staffing services and similar client base (MNCs, GCCs, large domestic firms).
• Michael Page India: Global executive search and recruitment firm with deep Indian operations. Comparable on specialized/executive search and senior-level placements for MNC clients, particularly in ConnectPro's targeted IT, telecom, insurance, and healthcare verticals.

Direct peers

• Xpheno: Specialized technology-talent staffing firm in India focused on IT and emerging tech hiring. Comparable on contract staffing and IT-focused permanent recruitment, particularly for GCCs and tech enterprises - a primary customer segment for ConnectPro.
• CIEL HR Services: India-based HR services firm offering permanent recruitment, contract staffing, RPO, and training across IT and non-IT sectors. Direct competitor on multiple products in ConnectPro's portfolio including national placement and specialized recruitment services.
• Spectrum Talent Management: India-based staffing and recruitment firm offering permanent, contract, and executive search across IT, BFSI, and other sectors. Direct comparable on multi-vertical talent placement with MNC and GCC client focus.
• ABC Consultants: Established Indian recruitment firm specializing in mid- to senior-level executive search across IT, BFSI, healthcare, and consumer sectors. Closely comparable in service mix (permanent placement, executive search) and target customer profile (MNCs, large Indian enterprises).

Emerging players

• PeopleStrong: India-focused HR technology and services firm combining HR SaaS platform with recruitment services. Tangentially comparable to ConnectPro as it overlaps on the technology-driven e-recruitment and candidate management concepts described in ConnectPro's proprietary features.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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