July 2, 2018, Helsinki – Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced that trading in Nixu Corporation shares (short name: NIXU) will commence today on the main market of Nasdaq Helsinki. Nixu is a small cap company within the Technology sector. The company got listed on Nasdaq First North Finland in December 2014. Nixu is the 70th company to transfer from Nasdaq First North to Nasdaq Main Markets in the Nordics* over the years. Nixu is the 52nd company to list on Nasdaq’s Nordic markets* in 2018, and it represents the eight listing on Nasdaq Helsinki in 2018.
Nixu is a cybersecurity services company on a mission to keep the digital society running. The company’s passion is to help organizations embrace digitalization securely. Partnering with the clients they provide practical solutions for ensuring business continuity, an easy access to digital services and data protection. They aim to provide the best workplace to our team of over 300 cybersecurity professionals with a hands-on attitude. With Nordic roots, but based in four continents, they serve enterprise clients worldwide. For more information, please visit www.nixu.com
”In order to work properly, digital society will need cybersecurity services. This need will grow exponentially in the future. Nixu wants to take the position as a first choice in cybersecurity for building future European digital services. Transfer to the Official List will give us wider opportunities in reaching out for international funding, which enables us to uphold the fast growth speed”, said Petri Kairinen, CEO of Nixu Corporation.
“We warmly welcome Nixu to Nasdaq Helsinki main market after being listed on First North for three and a half years”, said Henrik Husman, President of Nasdaq Helsinki. “During that time Nixu’s market cap has grown remarkably: from 25 million euros to close to 100 million euros. We are also excited to see the sixth company to transfer from Nasdaq First North Finland to Nasdaq Helsinki main market. This manifests that the concept of First North offering a stepping stone to the main market works well also for Finnish companies.”
*Main markets at Nasdaq Copenhagen, Nasdaq Helsinki, Nasdaq Iceland and Nasdaq Stockholm
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