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Panaya Inc. is a privately held company backed by leading hi-tech venture capital firms.

Benchmark Capital

Benchmark Capital was founded in 1995 with the mission of helping talented entrepreneurs build major technology enterprises, focused on long-term growth. Managing more than $2.3 billion in committed venture capital, Benchmark invests in technology-driven companies in the areas of enterprise software and services, networking equipment and services, semiconductors, mobile computing, consumer services and financial services. The firm's portfolio includes such franchise companies as eBay (EBAY), Handspring (HAND), Juniper Networks (JNPR) and Red Hat Software (RHAT).

For more information about Benchmark Capital, see www.benchmark.com.

Hasso Plattner Ventures

Hasso Plattner Ventures was founded in July 2005 in Potsdam, near Berlin, with a goal to invest in the area of information technology. In 2008, a second fund was created, which has widened the focus to include clean-tech as well as firmly established companies. SAP Co-Founder, Prof. Dr. h. c. Hasso Plattner, supplies the lion's share of investment capital, followed by InvestitionsBank Brandenburg, CMEA Capital, Shai Agassi and Arnon Katz. The portfolio companies benefit not only from financial support but also from the skills and experiences of the highly qualified team. With the latest investment, Panaya, the portfolio now comprises nineteen companies.

For more information about Hasso Plattner Ventures,
see www.hp-ventures.com.

Battery Ventures

Since 1983, Battery has been investing in technology and innovation worldwide. The firm partners with entrepreneurs and management teams across technology sectors, geographies and stages of a company's life, from start-up and expansion financing, to growth equity and buyouts.

Battery has supported many breakthrough companies around the world, including: Airespace (acquired by Cisco), Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM), Cbeyond (NASDAQ: CBEY), LIFFE (acquired by Euronext), MetroPCS (NYSE: PCS) and Neoteris (acquired by Netscreen). Its current portfolio includes emerging and more established firms such as Angie's List, Bazaarvoice, Exact Target, Fingerhut, GreenBytes, Groupon, ITA Software, and Modular Wind Energy.

From offices in Boston, Silicon Valley and Israel, Battery manages nearly $4B in committed capital, including its current fund of $750M.

For more information about Battery Ventures, see www.battery.com.

If you are an investment professional and would like further information or to arrange a meeting with the company's management team, please contact info@panayainc.com.

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"Eighty to ninety percent of our potential problems were taken care of by Panaya."

Sanjeev Sharma, SAP Regional Support Manager

Mercedes-Benz USA

Kingspan

"I don't think the users noticed an upgrade had even happened"

Barry Finn, IS Applications Project Manager

Kingspan

Central Vermont Public Service

"How does anyone implement support packages without Panaya?!"

Shelly Hendee, SAP Support Team Manager

Central Vermont Public Service

TravelCenters

"It's not just the time saved, it's the results."

Jeff Obrzut, Manager of SAP Development

Travel Centers of America

AlleghenyEnergy

"Panaya was our one-stop shop for the project's analysis and task management."

Michael Eckert, General Manager of SAP Applications

Allegheny Energy

SummitElectricSupply

"Whether you’re doing your upgrade in-house or outsourcing it, Panaya allows you to hone in on the areas of SAP you need to be paying attention to."

David Wascom, CIO, Summit Electric Supply

mps

"No exaggerations, Panaya saved us 80 percent of our project time."

Syed Yaseen, SAP Programmer

Minneapolis Public Schools

RoyalResorts

"We saved around 73 percent of what was originally budgeted for ABAP development."

Carlos Gomez, SAP Manger

Royal Resorts

AlumaForm

"Without Panaya, I wouldn't have had a good idea of what to change; I wouldn't have known what was going to break."

Joan Waddell, ABAP Programmer

Aluma-Form

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"We even had some senior managers asking us whether we actually went live – several of them expressed their amazement at how quiet it was."

Mike Kemp, SAP Operations Manager, Centrica

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"Panaya looks too good to be true – but it really is that good!"

Marie-Claude Alary, Manager of Business Process Systems Improvement

Agropur

femsa

"Panaya enabled us to spend much less time in the testing cycle than what we have done in the past."

Francisco Flores, SAP Project Manager

FEMSA Empaque

foschini

"Thanks to Panaya, our upgrade was a non-event."

Gerhard Mitton, Senior Department Manager

The Foschini Group

NewellRubbermaid

"We were not only on time, we slipped the upgrade in a year early."

Glen Griffin, Global Director of Application Development

Newell Rubbermaid

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"The money that we spent with Panaya was more than justified."

Bob Oldrati, Controller and IT Director

Powell Electronics

ColdwaterCreek

"It was like we were floundering around in the forest, and when we got Panaya, it was like all of a sudden we were given night vision goggles."

Rose Clark, Senior Project Manager, Coldwater Creek

jysk

"Panaya gave us a crystal clear idea of what we would have to change."

Rune Skovsgaard, IT Director

JYSK