Zest Technology Ltd has been acquired by Epassi Group
Epassi, one of Europe’s leading providers of employee benefits technology, has joined forces with Zest. This acquisition supports Epassi’s growth ambitions in the UK and expands its market-leading product offering.
Zest is a leading flexible benefits web and mobile platform helping people teams build better workplaces. Zest’s award-winning technology enables employees to personalise their benefits, understand their total reward, access policies, enjoy discounts, recognise colleagues, and receive targeted communications — all in one intuitive solution.
Trusted by over 500 organisations, Zest supports more than 300,000 employees. Recent awards include Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025, Top 25 Work Tech Vendors (Inspiring Workplaces 2024), Best Employee Benefits Technology (Corporate Adviser Awards 2024), and Workplace Tech of the Year (National Technology Awards 2024).
Founded in 2007, Epassi is a leading provider of employee benefits technology operating across Finland, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, the UK and Ireland. Epassi’s innovative, mobile and digital first platform serves around 43,000 employers and their more than 22 million employees, partnering with more than 97,000 service providers across its benefits ecosystem.
Epassi has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the fastest growing companies in Europe in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Epassi was ranked 32nd on “Europe’s Long-term Growth Champions 2025” list.
Oaklins Cavendish advised FPE Capital on the sale of leading employee benefits platform, Zest, to Epassi Group.
Dan Walker
Partner, FPE
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