IMVU
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 IMVU facts

• , (/ˈɪmvjuː/) is an online metaverse and website
• IMVU was founded in 2004 and was originally backed by venture investors Menlo Ventures, Allegis Capital, Bridgescale Partners and Best Buy Capital
• IMVU members use 3D avatars to meet new people, chat, create, and play games
• IMVU has over 3 million active users and currently has the largest virtual goods catalog of more than 30 million items
• The business is located in Mountain View, California, and has 120 full-time employees
• It is also known as one of the leading practitioners of the lean startup approach
• The company name is neither an acronym nor an initialism
• IMVU co-founder Eric Ries described the accidental process by which the company acquired its meaningless name, and stated "It's not an acronym; it doesn't stand for anything"
• IMVU contains its own economy with a currency system based on IMVU "credits" and "promo credits"
• A third form of currency also exists for creators, known as "developer tokens", which are earned when a user purchases an item with "promo-credits"