IGP (e-gifting retailer) IGP (e-gifting retailer) IGP (formerly known as IndianGiftsPortal) is an Indian online gifting company based in Mumbai, India founded in 1999. IGP claims to be the largest platform for Indian ethnic products and gifts and has the largest collection of products that caters to Indian festivals and events. IGP has five warehouses, including one in the US. IGP earlier known as IndianGiftsPortal was founded in 1999 by B2B e-commerce company IndiaMART and Manan Sharma. In 2009, IndiaMART, prior to raising Series A funding, hived off IGP (B2C part of their business) into a separate entity. In 2012, Tarun Joshi bought
Flipkart Sofina SA, and Vulcan Inc., with participation from existing investor Tiger Global. On 26 May 2014, Flipkart announced that it had raised US$210 million from Yuri Milner's DST Global and its existing investors Tiger Global, Naspers and Iconiq Capital. In early July 2014, it was also highly speculated that Flipkart was in negotiations to raise at least $500 million, for a likely listing in the US for 2016. On 29 July 2014, Flipkart announced that it raised US$1 billion from Tiger Global Management LLC, Accel Partners, and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, and a new investor, Singapore sovereign-wealth fund GIC. In