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We are happy to announce that Capassa was awarded the SkatteFUNN R&D tax incentive scheme for 2020 and 2021 from The Research Council of Norway last week. This enables Capassa to keep focusing on innovation and development. We are grateful that there is such an arrangement supporting innovative companies in Norway. The SkatteFUNN R&D tax incentive scheme is a government program designed to stimulate research and development (R&D) in Norwegian trade and industry.

Thank you to Sander J. Tufte and Bjørn Harald Pedersen for great assistance with the application!

Congratulations to the Capassa Team and thank you for the great work and dedication! Also thank you to all the people and companies that have helped us on this incredible journey.

Sanath Nandasiri Thushara Manchanayake Rajith Chathunga Ameer Najath Thisara Ranasinghe Kishan Sandanayake Atheek Razick Jan.Roar Bråten Kenneth Skjervold Per MC Svarstad Ronja Ek Roar Nilsen Magnus Kirkerud Aage Thorsen Marit Wetterhus TIQRI Microsoft The Simula Garage PowerOffice AS Fiken AS Visma eAccounting Signicat Athene SG Finans AS Kult Byrå Innovation Norway Norges forskningsråd Experian TheFactory – The Nordic Accelerator & Incubator KPMG Lindorff OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities TietoEVRY Diakonhjemmet

It was an honor to participate in high-level discussions on how to help SMEs with digitalization globally, states Capassa’s CEO Marit Wetterhus. Accelerating digitalisation is important to Capassa, a fintech startup devoted to helping SMEs by using new technology. COVID-19 has shown that digital SME’s are more resilient and have resisted the global shutdown better – digitalisation is more important than ever. Great discussions and input by OECD – OCDE Director Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Minister of Small Business, Revenue, Police and Fisheries of New Zealand Mr Stuart Nash, Mr Tancrède de Lalun, Global Merchandising Director at Maison Margiela, Mr Didzis Dejus, Managing Director at Baltics 3D Ltd. in Latvia, Ms Siobhan Cummiskey, Director of Public Policy, Campaign and Programs, EMEA at Facebook and Professor Michael Luca at Harvard Business School and Ms Sandrine Kergroach, Senior Senior Economist at OECD – OCDE.

Thanks to Lamia Kamal-ChaouiMarco BianchiniBianchinion Madison Lucas at the OECD for hosting such a great event.

Congratulations to the Capassa Team for getting top score on the Tiqri Delivery Maturity Index in Q1. The audit is based on improvements in the following key processes:

• Process & organization
• Technology
• Quality assurance & improvements
• Deployment routine
• Configuration management
• Build & continuous integration

We are excited about the score and will use this as an incentive to improve project development processes even further.

Sanath Nandasiri Thushara Manchanayake Rajith Chathunga Ameer Najath Thisara Ranasinghe Kishan Sandanayake Atheek Razick Jan.Roar Bråten Kenneth Skjervold Per MC Svarstad Ronja EK Magnus Kirkerud Aage Thorsen Marit Wetterhus

The Capassa team is excited to have Ronja Ek onboard as a Summer Intern. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science in computer engineering at NTNU and will be a great asset for Capassa going forward.

Capassa won award for best team! We are proud to announce that Capassa won the Annual TIQRI Award for the best team in 2019. Thank you to Danushka Silva, Thushara Manchanayake, Dhara Jayasinghe, Rajith Chathunga, Sameera Dayananda, Sanath Nandasiri, Ameer Najath, Thisara Ranasinghe, Suram Siriwardena, Aage Thorsen, Magnus Kirkerud and Marit Wetterhus. Congratulations also to Sanath Nandasiri, Dhara Jayasinghe and Rajith Chathunga for being awarded Tech Gurus. The awards are very well deserved by a team that works tirelessly every day to ensure that Capassa deliver the best services to customers.

Another great trip to Sri Lanka last week with our development team. We are super excited to invite two new members, Ameer Najath and Thisara Ranasinghe to the team. Thank you also to Suram, Danushka, Thushara, Dhara, Rajith, Sameera and Sanath for another super week !

The Capassa team is excited to have Kenneth Skjervold on-board. He has been working with network for years and is now going to work closely with several of Capassa’s customers.

It was such an honor for the CEO of Capassa, Marit Wetterhus to participate at the First Roundtable of the OECD Digital for SMEs (D4SME) Global Initiative at the OECD in Paris. Marit Wetterhus was the main speaker for the Fintech session. Thank you to OECD Secretary General Angel Gurríaa, the Minister for small Business Stuart Nash of New Zealand and Chair for the OECD Digital for SME initiative, the Minister of SMEs and Startups of Korea Young Sun Park, the Minister of State for Trade and EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection of Ireland Pat Breen, as well as Director OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities Lamia Kamal-Chaoui and her great team for a fantastic event. Thanks also to all the other participants that made the day such an incredible experience.

CEO of Capassa Marit Wetterhus and all the other participants at the First Roundtable of the OECD Digital for SMEs (D4SME) Global Initiative at the OECD Headquarters in Paris

The First Roundtable will be chaired by the OECD Secretary General and co-chaired by the Minister of Business of New Zealand, the Minister of SMEs of Korea, and the Minister of State for Trade and EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection of Ireland.

It is a real honour to be asked to participate in such high-level discussions on how to help SMEs with digitalization globally. The focus areas, which are all very important to Capassa, are access to digital infrastructure, AI, blockchain and fintech. Capassa – Your Digital CFO is a Fintech company that aims to help SMEs make better financial choices. SMEs are important for growth globally and it is paramount that they take part in the digital transition. At the Roundtable, Capassa will join policy makers from governments and public institutions, entrepreneurs, business representatives and representatives of private sector associations across the OECD and beyond.