BlueChilli launches Vumero, the Global marketplace for Spreadsheet and Financial Model expertise.

7th DECEMBER 2011  - Vumero today announced the Beta launch of its new global marketplace for Excel Spreadsheet and Financial Model expertise. Vumero is the most reliable way to  outsource tasks and exchange templates with  finance professionals,  freelancers and  advisers from around the world. Vumero addresses a major problem  - that many businesses and  entrepreneurs lack the time, knowledge or capabilities to make quality “numbers-based” decisions.  

Every year over 500 million people use Excel spreadsheets and financial models (Microsoft, 2010) to understand complex problems and make better decisions for the future. Vumero is an online  global  marketplace for  businesses and entrepreneurs to hire professionals  from around the world  to custom-build, improve and review Excel spreadsheets and financial models.  Vumero is an affordable way for businesses and entrepreneurs to also buy and request quality Excel spreadsheets and financial models from leading Professionals.  Vumero creates new innovative possibilities for millions of people worldwide.  

Businesses and entrepreneurs benefit as they save time, reduce risk and gain flexibility with a global workforce at their fingertips.  An estimated 90% of Businesses and Entrepreneurs using Microsoft Excel are self-taught and twice as likely to search online for assistance rather than asking a work colleague (Vumero 2011).  

Professionals  can  share  their  talents, expand knowledge, find  rewarding projects and exchange Excel Spreadsheets and Financial Models to make their life better.   The Vumero marketplace builds trust across its Community  via  quality rating systems, independent verifications, secure Escrow processes, effective dispute resolution, transparent user profiles and strict confidentiality procedures.   

Vumero is headquartered at the York Butter Factory in Melbourne, Australia. The Vumero leadership team includes former mergers & acquisition and management consultant, John Persico (Chief Executive Officer); three-time Australian young entrepreneur of the Year, Sebastien Eckersley Maslin (Chief Technology Officer); SME Corporate Finance specialist, Johann Odou (Chief Operations Officer); and international financial modeling specialist, Joseph McDaid (Chief Modeling Officer). 

Vumero is a major co-organiser of the 2012 Modeloff Financial Modeling World Championships. In November 2011, Vumero was awarded a scholarship and presented at the Global Creative Innovation Conference 2011. The company recently returned from an invitational trip to Silicon Valley. Vumero has carefully selected 1,000 users from 73 countries as part of initial Beta Community. 

The long-term vision is to create the world’s most trusted and value-adding Professional Services marketplace