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Virtusa Corporation Raises $20M in a Series D Round
Westborough, Mass. June 1, 2004 – Virtusa Corporation, a global provider of software development and related IT services, today announced that it has raised $20 million in its Series D round of financing. Focus Ventures led the round that also included participation from existing investors Sigma Partners, Charles River Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners. The funding will be used for general corporate purposes, global expansion, and sales and marketing.

“Virtusa has made excellent progress,” said Kris Canekeratne, chairman and CEO of Virtusa Corp. “We grew revenue by 74% with profitability in our 2004 fiscal year that ended March 31st. Virtusa posted eleven consecutive quarters of revenue growth, which we believe is a solid indicator of stability and predictability of our business model.”

"Integration among numerous legacy and packaged applications in various departments and silos is challenging, expensive and cumbersome,” said general partner, Kevin McQuillan. "We invested in Virtusa because its unique services play well to the pain corporations are feeling with today's complex IT infrastructures. Our due diligence with Virtusa's customers found that Virtusa's value proposition is compelling and resonates well with customers. We believe Virtusa's strong management team, blue-chip investors and clients have helped the company achieve strong revenue growth with solid, recurring customer contribution."

Virtusa builds complex mission-critical solutions for its clients through a comprehensive array of software development and related IT services designed to increase IT efficiencies. Virtusa's Productization methodology unleashes the full potential of clients' software assets by consolidating disparate software assets and applications into one or more organization specific software platforms. These platforms are then shared across several lines of business and vertical markets to immediately reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), reduce time-to-market, and accelerate revenue creation.

"Virtusa's growth is due to its highly differentiated value proposition, an outstanding cadre of technology professionals, and its blue-chip client base. Most importantly, Virtusa's growth is a direct result of the exceptional talent, effort, and dedication of over 1900 IT professionals. We are fortunate to have an outstanding global team that relentlessly focuses on creating client delight and building long term client relationships," added Kris Canekeratne.

 
About Virtusa

Virtusa is a global provider of software development and related IT services. We deliver a measurable delta in productivity, profitability, and shareholder value to the world’s leading companies. Virtusa specializes in increasing business agility, streamlining redundancies, and achieving economies of scale for our clients through a comprehensive set of IT services. Virtusa’s blue chip client base includes Fortune 1000 enterprises and leading software product companies from the Financial Services, Telecommunications, Retail, and other industries. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Massachusetts, USA, Virtusa has offices and technology centers around the world. For more information, please visit www.virtusa.com
 
About Focus Ventures
Focus Ventures is the leading expansion stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging market leaders in the software, semiconductor and communications industries. Focus Ventures currently manages $570 million, having closed its first fund in October 1997 and Focus Ventures II in December 1999. Focus Ventures offers its portfolio companies access to high quality partners in Asia and an extensive network of resources focused specifically on driving top line revenue growth through customer introductions and by establishing distribution channels, joint ventures and licensing arrangements. Since the firm's inception, Focus Ventures has invested in 77 companies and has had 20 IPOs and seven acquisitions by public companies. A select number of portfolio companies that have gone public include: Active Software, Agile Software, Alteon WebSystems, BroadBase Software, Chordiant Software, Commerce One, Copper Mountain Networks, Corio, CoSine Communications, Interwoven, Loudcloud, Niku, Pixelworks, and Verisity. For more information on Focus Ventures, visit www.focusventures.com or call 650.325.7400.
 
 
 
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