IGP (e-gifting retailer) Karamchand Appliances and Tarun Joshi, Director, PE firm, 3i. In December 2017, the company raised an undisclosed amount of Pre Series funding from the VC firm, Venture Catalysts. 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
Great Online Shopping Festival day that follows the U.S. Thanksgiving. Cyber Monday started in 2005 and the concept has spread to several countries including Canada, Japan, Australia, Colombia, and the U.K.. In China a similar day of online shopping is observed on November 11, which is known as "Singles Day". The first Great Online Shopping Festival in 2012 was advertised on YouTube and via posts on Google Plus. For the event, Google partnered with a number of ecommerce sites such as Flipkart, HomeShop18, Snapdeal, Indiatimes shopping, Infibeam and Makemytrip, which would participate in the GOSF. The ecommerce sites created dedicated landing pages for GOSF.