IMVU, creator of the world’s largest avatar-based social network, has been recognized as a winner of the 2020 Bay Area Best Places To Work, an awards program presented by the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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Select employers from the Bay Area were named winners of the award on April 24, 2020. These winning organizations were honored for having created exceptional workplaces that their employees value highly.
“We’re thrilled to receive this honor from the San Francisco Business Times and the Silicon Valley Business Journal,” said Michael Smith, Vice President of People and Talent at IMVU. “Every day we help people from around the world build friendships on IMVU. We have taken those same insights about friendship and used them to create a workplace environment where our team members can build positive relationships with each other, empowering their best work and creativity.”
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The award comes as IMVU is experiencing unprecedented growth. IMVU is designed to foster friendships and authentic human connection and is gaining even more relevance during this time of social isolation. IMVU has seen a 76% increase in daily registered users and 47% increase in daily active users across platforms in the past month.
“The fantastic work our teams are doing from home to support the meteoric growth of IMVU is a testament to the strong culture we have created at our company. The auspicious timing of the Best Places to Work award as our team members are pushed to manage new workloads during this crisis is a great boost for us all,” added Daren Tsui, CEO, IMVU. “Beyond our current circumstances, we are a part of an overall culture shift that has been supporting the growth of the IMVU platform for years as people look for new ways to connect with one another. We’re proud to continue this work as we support each other.”