Njini Secures $13 MILLION, Gears Up For Growth In US And Europe
Njini Press Release, 10 July, 2006


Njini Inc has secured $13 million in a third round of financing led by Intel Capital, with contributions from existing investors Accel Partners and Add Partners. The funding is the latest for a software company that is setting the pace in the emerging category of Information Asset Management. Proceeds of the round will be used to continue the expansion of Njini’s sales, product development, and customer support operations in the United States and Europe.

Njini is a pioneer in Information Asset Management. This market is forecast to grow to a billion dollars within the next five years as companies invest in solutions to help them manage their growing mountains of unstructured data – files created by knowledge workers, such as Microsoft ® Office documents, pdf files and emails.

Njini plays an important role in helping companies to optimize, secure and manage this data so that they can derive greater value at less cost from their investment in network storage. Njini does this by classifying data at its point of creation (identity@origin tm) and then applying policies to ensure the files are stored, secured and managed appropriately.

By using the Njini software an organization can reduce their annual cost of storage by 20%-40% by applying policies to prevent unintended file duplication, intelligently move files to the appropriate tier of storage based on content and automatically archive files according to corporate policy in a manner that is transparent to end-users. Njini also significantly reduces the risk of regulatory breach brought on by stricter corporate governance regulations which require companies to actively manage data integrity and security and ensure that they can quickly make information available to outside parties.

Ian Cooper, Senior Investment Manager at Intel Capital, said: “Intel sees opportunity for Njini as organizations struggle to cope with the rapid growth of unstructured data. Njini has a new approach to solving this problem that delivers tangible and immediate cost savings.”

“Njini has made significant strides in all aspects of our business over the last year,” said David Jones, chief executive officer of Njini. “Existing customer deployments validate the business value delivered by Njini software and we are ready for broad-scale, commercial roll-out. We are fortunate to have attracted one of the leading technology investors to join us as we enter this exciting next phase of growth.”

Brad O’Neil, Senior Analyst and Consultant at Taneja Group Inc commented: “Njini provides an entirely new level of content-driven intelligence to enterprise data management. This intelligence then translates into some significant ROI impact. This is important technology.”

About Njini Inc.
Coping with the ever-increasing influx of data is one of the biggest challenges facing corporations today. Njini solves this problem through Information Asset Management. Information Asset Management automatically tags files with business relevant information in real-time and automates file management to significantly reduce the cost of storage and improve information security, integrity and compliance.

Founded in 2003, by Phil Tee and Mike Swoboda, successful serial entrepreneurs, Njini is headquartered in the UK and backed by venture capitalists Accel Partners, Add Partners and Intel Capital. With a combined experience of over 100 years in the storage, networking and systems management industries, the Njini management team brings intensive business and technical know-how to bear on this revolutionary new IT category.

About Intel Capital
Intel Capital, Intel’s venture capital organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet and semiconductor manufacturing. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$4 billion in more than 1,000 companies spanning more than 30 countries. During this time, about 160 portfolio companies have been acquired and another 150 have gone public on exchanges around the world. In 2005, Intel Capital invested about US$265 million in about 140 deals with approximately 60 percent of funds invested outside the United States.
For more information on Intel Capital and its differentiated advantages, visit www.intelcapital.com.

About Accel Partners
For over 25 years, Accel and its entrepreneurs have shared a common vision: be first. First to see the opportunity, first to define a category, and first to transform the industry. Accel partners with entrepreneurs around the world who have unique, breakthrough ideas and the courage to be first.
For more information on Accel visit www.accel.com

About Add Partners
Add Partners, a leading venture capital firm investing in Europe’s most promising and ambitious IT and Communications businesses.
Our investing style is unique. Unlike most VCs operating in Europe today, Add Partners brings together a highly productive Silicon Valley-style emphasis on creating the maximum value in its investments and an unmatched, practical knowledge of the challenges and opportunities Europe’s technology businesses face in realising their global potential.

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