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IMVU

Founded in 2004, IMVU Inc. (www.imvu.com) is an online destination where adults and teens meet new people in 3D. IMVU won the 2008 Virtual Worlds Innovation Award and was also named a Rising Star in the 2008 Silicon Valley Technology Fast 50 program. Still in public beta, the company has already reached major milestones, including 25 million registered users, 100,000 registered developers and $1 million in revenue each month. Members of IMVU have fun meeting new people with similar interests and expressing themselves through personalizing their 3D avatars, digital rooms, music, and home pages. IMVU offers the world’s largest digital goods catalog with over 1.8 million items. Over 90 percent of IMVU’s revenue is from the direct sale of virtual credits, used to purchase digital products. IMVU is backed by top venture investors Menlo Ventures, Allegis Capital and Bridgescale Partners and is located in Palo Alto, CA.

You can find a sample video of IMVU here and information about other virtual applications here and here.

Milestones

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  IMVU added David Fleck as VP Marketing. (4/15/10)
  Posted 3/26/12 at 6:06pm
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  IMVU added Shawn Carolan as Board Member. (10/1/05)
  Posted 3/9/11 at 1:18pm
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  IMVU added Shawn Carolan as Board Member. (10/1/05)
  Posted 3/9/11 at 9:29am
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  IMVU added Greg Jagiello as Senior Interaction Designer. (2/1/09)
  Posted 4/30/10 at 4:38pm
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  IMVU added Brett G. Durrett as Vice President, Engineering & Operations. (8/1/05)
  Posted 4/29/10 at 9:20am
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  IMVU added Cary Rosenzweig as President, CEO.
  Posted 11/5/09 at 2:48pm
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  IMVU added Lee Clancy as SVP Product Management, GM Direct Revenue. (1/1/08)
  Posted 11/5/09 at 1:41pm
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  IMVU added James Joaquin as Board Member.
  Posted 10/20/09 at 10:01am
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  IMVU added Eric Ries as CTO.
  Posted 6/5/09 at 11:40am
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  IMVU added Cary Rosenzweig as CEO.
  Posted 3/13/09 at 11:40am
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  IMVU added Steve Blank as Board.
  Posted 11/28/08 at 1:32am
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  IMVU added Will Harvey as Founder; Former CEO.
  Posted 2/9/08 at 7:08pm
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  IMVU received $9M in Series A funding. (3/1/06)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 10:58am via tradevibes.com
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  IMVU received $9M in Series B funding. (4/24/07)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 10:58am via businessweek.com
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  IMVU received $10M in Series D funding. (1/22/09)
  Posted 1/22/09 at 10:55am via tradingmarkets.com
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  IMVU received $1M in Angel funding. (2/1/06)
  Posted 8/6/07 at 10:52pm via venturebeat.com

Videos

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Above: IMVU
Uploaded: 10/8/09

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Sources

1. The youth beat goes on — Phonebites and IMVU score funding (venturebeat.com) []
2. tradevibes.com []
3. IMVU Inc. announced that it has received $9 million in funding from Allegis Capital amd Menlo Ventures. (investing.businessweek.com) []
4. IMVU Closes $10 Million Financing Led by Best Buy Capital (tradingmarkets.com) []