Feb. 11, 2010 -
PRLog -- Just in time for Valentine’s Day, IMVU Inc., an avatar-based social network and virtual world where people meet and interact in 3D, today announced that the company has partnered with Zoosk, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing online dating services, to bring the popular dating service to IMVU. The two partners have integrated Zoosk into the IMVU Web site, making it easy for adult singles who are IMVU members to join Zoosk.
“The majority of IMVU members are over 18 – in fact, the average age is 22 – and we wanted to partner with a leading dating service to give them a way to meet people offline,” said Kevin Dasch, VP of Finance and Business Development. “Our partnership with Zoosk affords both companies the opportunity to grow our membership bases and to increase the range of service we provide to our adults; however, we will not expose the dating service to our teen members.”
To join the Zoosk service within IMVU, members age 18 and over will simply click the "Dating" link under the Community tab. From there, they will follow the step-by-step instructions to create an account.
“IMVU is an excellent candidate for us to partner with, given that IMVU members already socialize and get to know new people in a fun and entertaining setting,” said Jeff Titterton, VP of Marketing at Zoosk. “Zoosk gives IMVU adult members the opportunity to scan our online database of more than 50 million singles around the world to develop friendships and relationships.”
About IMVU
IMVU Inc. (www.imvu.com)
is an avatar-based social network and virtual world where people meet and interact in 3D. IMVU has reached 40 million registered users, 6 million unique visitors per month and a $25 million revenue run rate. IMVU has the world's largest virtual goods catalog of more than 3 million items, almost all of which are created by its own members. Founded in 2004, IMVU is backed by venture investors Menlo Ventures, Allegis Capital, Bridgescale Partners and Best Buy Capital and is located in Palo Alto, CA. IMVU is currently hiring for a number of positions, log onto www.imvu.com/
jobs for more information.
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About Zoosk
Zoosk Inc. (www.zoosk.com)
is one of the largest and fastest growing online dating services in the world, with more than 50 million registrants to date, and over 100 thousand new people joining daily. Originally taking advantage of opportunities on social networks Zoosk has evolved into an easy, fun and safe online dating experience that today enables singles to connect with each other from the web, phone or any of the major social networks. Built on a ‘freemium’
model it allows users to join, browse and flirt for free, while providing a host of added-value services that can be paid for with a subscription or virtual currency. The service is offered in 20 languages and has users in more than 60 countries. Based in San Francisco and founded by Shayan Zadeh and Alex Mehr, the company is backed by venture investors Canaan Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners and ATA Ventures.
