News Facts

VALU VALU is a Washington Coporation, incorporated on July, 1st, 2009
VALU VALU released the public beta of its dynamically priced marketplace on February 2009
It is the first time ever a 'scientific pricing' algorithm will be offered to small businesses and individuals. Previously such technology could only be afforded by Fortune 500 corporations
VALU VALU's pricing engine required more than 2 years of R&D
At start, VALU VALU focuses exclusively on Video Games, but will progressively expand to other markets
As of February 2009, VALU VALU dynamically prices several thousands of different Video Games. It comprises the following platforms: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS. Other platforms will be included in the future, and based on user demand
After Video Games, VALU VALU plans to progressively expand to other markets, such as Consumer Electronics.

Team

Emmanuel MAROT, President and CEO: Graduated from leading French Business School ESCP with a major in Computational Finance. Co-founder and manager of three startups, all in the Internet field, and all with successful exits. Previous venture was a mobile search engine, named MotionBridge. The company was acquired by Microsoft Corp. in 2006, where Emmanuel then acted as Director of Mobile Search.
Bruno Botvinik, Vice-President and CTO: Graduated from French Engineering school, Grande École, ESME Sudria. Over 10 years in the Internet and Mobile Internet industry. As co-founder and CTO of MotionBridge, he designed and architected a search platform serving more than 1 billion queries in 10 countries. Post-acquisition, Bruno held a position at Microsoft Corp. of Senior Development Lead in Windows Live Search, and managed the development team of the Operator Mobile Search platform.
Garrett van Ryzin, Advisor: Leading authority on scientific pricing. Ph.D. MIT, chaired professor Columbia University. 20 years of experience as researcher, consultant and industry advisor. Lanchester prize winner (The Theory & Practice of Revenue Management) and author of numerous research publication on pricing methodology.

Attributed to Emmanuel MAROT, CEO of VALU VALU:

We aim to combine ultimate efficiency in commerce with the smoothest, simplest, most agreeable marketplace ever.
Listing items for sale per cities comes from the newspaper days, and is painfully restrictive. Unlike any other classifieds website, Valu Valu simply shows all items on a map with their distance from the buyer.

Attributed to Garrett van Ryzin, leading authority on scientific pricing, and advisor of VALU VALU:

What's exciting is that VALU VALU brings the power of scientific pricing to the masses. Small web retailers and individual on-line sellers can now benefit from the same science and technology previously available only to Fortune 500 airlines and retailers. The potential to create value in this sector is enormous.

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