Acquisitions in Uusimaa, Finland

Funds advised by TA Associates and Warburg Pincus completed a majority investment in Helsinki-based Epassi Group (acquiring the stake from Bregal Milestone). Simultaneously, Epassi announced the strategic acquisition of Exercite (owner of Hansefit, Bedrijfsfitness Nederland and Fitbase) from Waterland and the Exercite founders, expanding Epassi's footprint into Germany and the Netherlands and materially increasing its merchant and corporate customer network.

Providence Equity Partners agreed to make a €200 million majority investment in Smartly.io, a Helsinki-based digital advertising and creative automation platform. The Smartly.io founders will continue to lead the company and retain significant ownership while Providence partners with management to accelerate growth through organic investment and acquisitions and to expand the company's global and U.S. presence.

DoubleVerify acquired Helsinki-based contextual intelligence and semantic AI provider Leiki Ltd. in an all-cash, all-stock transaction completed December 27, 2018 to strengthen DoubleVerify's contextual content classification and brand-reputation capabilities globally.

Thermo Fisher Scientific has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Finnzymes, a Finland-based provider of PCR enzymes, reagents, instruments and consumables. The acquisition expands Thermo Fisher's molecular biology and diagnostics portfolio by adding Finnzymes' proprietary DNA polymerases, miniaturized thermal cyclers and consumables; Finnzymes is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and had about 90 employees and $20 million revenue in 2009.