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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.
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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 |
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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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