NetMagic Secures $20M
Byte and Switch, February 12, 2008

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- NetMagic, India's leading managed IT services provider, today announced that it has acquired $20 million in private equity financing. This round of funding was led by the Indian proprietary venture and growth capital arm of Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and India's leading venture capital firm, Nexus India Capital. The company will use proceeds of the financing to accelerate business growth and expand its footprint domestically and internationally. Nexus India Capital is a prior investor in NetMagic. (See today's related release entitled "NetMagic Extends Remote Data Center Management Services to North America").

Over the years NetMagic has established itself as a leader in the managed hosting services space for a diverse range of industries including financial services, telecom, online commerce, online media, gaming and manufacturing. NetMagic plans to use the new round of funding to expand its service portfolio, to introduce new data center locations in India and to establish its presence in North America and other geographies.

"The latest round of funding demonstrates our investors' confidence in our management team, our strategy and roadmap," said Sharad Sanghi, chief executive officer and managing director, NetMagic Solutions. "Over the last few years, we have built a blue chip client base in the financial, telecom, media and Internet sectors. This is the right time to invest more aggressively and scale our business to the next level and roll out new locations and services."

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