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Sanjiva Weerawarana on the WSO2 50x Exit

Sri Lanka-based open-source software company, WSO2, will be acquired by EQT, a Swedish private equity firm, at a valuation equivalent to six times its revenue and for its founding investors a 50X exit. WSO2’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sanjiva Weerawarana says the valuation multiple vindicates the founding vision of building software products, and doing so based out of Sri Lanka.