It is a non-governmental organization that allows people to lend money via the Internet to students in the developing world. It focuses on student’s loan which is difficult to get in developing countries. Lenders browse through a list of students and select who they wish to fund in the range of $200 to $1500. The recipient of the loan can repay the loan after getting a job.

The loans are helping 10,000 students to complete their higher education by 2015. Ironically, Vittana’s loans are being backed by Amazon.com.

1. Yellowleg.com

Founder: Aashish Gupta, ex-Developer

Yellowleg.com is an e-commerce company headquartered in Bangalore. It is an online bookstore that specializes in offering a wide selection of travel books. Yellowleg.com also lets users return the books they buy for in-store credit. In late 2011, the company also launched a marketplace for travel planners and consultants to offer their services from the Yellowleg.com site.