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FTVentures Commits $30 Million to Mu Sigma
Investment Will Fuel Expansion of Pure-Play Data Analytics Outsourcing Firm
CHICAGO, IL - September 24, 2008 - Mu Sigma, the leading independent provider of high quality
analytical decision support services, today announced that FTVentures, a growth capital investor
with over $1 billion in assets under management, has committed $30 million to the Company. The
funding will support the further expansion of Mu Sigma's high end analytics capabilities delivered
from its Bangalore, India delivery center.
"Mu Sigma is at the forefront of helping corporate clients cost-effectively deliver analytics within
their firms," said Brad Bernstein, FTVentures Partner and new member of the Mu Sigma board of
directors. "The company recruits and trains the best and brightest mathematicians in India and
provides cutting edge analytics and a client partnership approach to business decision support.
Mu Sigma's capabilities have been vetted by some of the most successful companies in the world
and are in high demand by FTVentures' strategic limited partners, who are seeking a long-term partner
to help more efficiently analyze and leverage the massive amounts of data being generated by their
organizations. Mu Sigma integrates quantitative analytics and deep domain expertise to provide more than
a dozen fortune 500 clients, such as Microsoft, Wal-Mart, and Pfizer, insightful and actionable results."
"FTVentures brings highly relevant expertise and an extensive network in the financial services
industry, as well as a successful track record in helping to grow offshore outsourcing companies,"
said Dhiraj Rajaram, Chief Executive Officer at Mu Sigma. "Analytics is the next significant frontier
in outsourcing; at Mu Sigma, we are leveraging the exceptional talent available in India and offering a
convincing value proposition to leading global corporations. The investment by FTVentures will help Mu Sigma
continue its momentum in penetrating the financial services, health care, retail/consumer packaged goods, and
technology verticals. Mu Sigma currently employs 400 highly educated and well trained analysts and we are
looking to more than double in size over the next two years."
About Mu Sigma
Mu Sigma is a knowledge process outsourcing firm that provides high quality analytical decision support services
to its clients in a cost effective manner. Mu Sigma is headquartered in Chicago, IL, with an offshore delivery
center in Bangalore, India. Mu Sigma helps clients institutionalize analytics in their organizations through a
global delivery model, augmenting a client’s internal decision-making leadership with an onshore team of domain
experts and business professionals and a dedicated offshore team of mathematicians and scientific practitioners.
Mu Sigma recruits from the best universities in India (IITs, IIMs, ISI) providing their clients access to world
class quantitative talent cost effectively. The Company leverages best-in-class processes and domain expertise in
statistics, econometrics and operations research to provide advanced analytics and business intelligence specializing
in areas like marketing, risk and supply chain. For more information, please visit www.mu-sigma.com.
About FTVentures
FTVentures provides growth capital to companies seeking to finance organic expansion,
recapitalizations, build-ups and buyouts. The firm invests in business services and software
companies that derive value from its unmatched Global Partner Network, which includes the
world's leading financial institutions. FTVentures' Global Partner Network provides the firm with a
unique vantage point into the business driven and operating challenges of the global enterprise.
Founded in 1998, FTVentures currently has over $1 billion under management with offices in San
Francisco and New York. For more information, please visit www.ftventures.com.
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