Ibibo

Ibibo which stands for iBuild, iBond, is an Indian social networking site. It is an umbrella site that offers a variety of applications under its social network.

Ibibo was founded in January 2007 by Ashish Kashyap who had formerly served as the Head of Indian Sales and Operations for Google. Kahsyop currently serves as the company's CEO.

Ibibo is funded by the electronic media arm of South African company Naspers, MIH. China-based Tencent has expressed interest in a long term capital deal.

The company has recently tied up with Fashion TV for a photography competition.

Ibibo's iScream is a real-time product that allows ibibo users to broadcast their messages directly to all online ibibo users, via an SMS sent to 5676746 (India only), with MA as a prefix.

Ibibo's tool iFreshface lets aspiring models feature and promote their modelling portfolios within the social network.

Website: www.ibibo.com