Netvibes, a site that allows users to easily create customizable homepages, doubled its audience last year to more than 10 million. Even P. Diddy uses it. This spring the company launched Netvibes Universe, which lets you drag and drop any media-enriched feature you can think of onto your homepage. A hodgepodge of widgets, RSS feeds, podcasts and videos can be rearranged onto a single page. In two months, Netvibes landed partnerships to serve up Universe pages on 500 sites, including CBS.com, Time.com and USAToday.com.
CEO: Tariq Krim
Location: Paris, France
URL: netvibes.com
Launch: 2005
Funding: $16.5 million (Series B from Accel Partners and Index Ventures)
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