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Jostein Vik

Partner at Viking Venture

Trondheim, Trøndelag

Overview 

Jostein Vik is a Partner at Viking Venture, specializing in venture capital and private equity investments, particularly in SMB software companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a Master's Degree from BI Norwegian Business School, he holds key leadership roles in various companies like Heeros, FotoWare, Asolvi, and more, demonstrating a strong track record in strategic partnerships and business development within the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Partner

    2001 - Current

    Viking Growth invest in fast-growing scale-up companies in the Nordics. Our investment focus is business to business software companies with international potential. Viking Growth has over 2.5 billion under management and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway. Further information is available at www.vikinggrowth.com.

  • Chairperson of the Board

    2024

    Penneo is a public listed company providing signing and KYC workflow platform for anti-money-laundering regulated B2B companies to optimise and automate critical business processes throughout the client lifecycle, from onboarding to document signing and on-going risk assessment.

  • Board Member

    2024

    LeadDesk is public listed company in Helsinki providing a cloud-based contact center for sales outreach and customer service.

  • Chairperson of the Board

    2024

    Onix provides a software platform for managing equipment data and documentation for equipment suppliers, inspectors and owners.

  • Chairperson of the Board

    2023

    Heeros is a Helsinki public listed company specialising in cloud-based business management solutions. Heeros solutions are already used by more than 18 000 companies and other organizations in 20 different countries. Roughly 500,000 invoices are processed every month using the Heeros software.

  • Chairperson of the Board

    2020

    FotoWare offers digital enterprise asset management software solutions either on-premise or through a Cloud Based system, which enables people and organizations to exploit their content even more. The company has over the past 20 years become a global pioneer and innovator in Digital Asset Management with more than 250,000 users and 4,000 customers in a wide range of industries worldwide.

  • Board Member

    2019

    Asolvi provides field service management (FSM) software for small and medium-sized enterprises in a range of industries including document management; fire and security alarms; and heating, ventilation, & air conditioning systems. Founded in Norway, the company now employees nearly 100 people and has grown to reach over 1,500 customers, establishing itself as the go-to provider of FSM software for SMEs in its focus verticals across Europe.

  • Board Member

    2021

    Keystone help students make one of the most important decisions of their lifetime, finding the right study program. At Keystone, we actively build bridges between prospective students and institutions on our global network of 420 websites.

  • Chairperson of the Board

    2020 - 2021

    Keystone help students make one of the most important decisions of their lifetime, finding the right study program. At Keystone, we actively build bridges between prospective students and institutions on our global network of 420 websites.

  • Chairperson of the Board

    2021 - 2022

    House of Control was a public listed company delivering the cloud based service Complete Control which provides oversight and control of assets, contracts and agreements and other liabilities. Assets of more than USD 20 billion is monitored through Complete Control. House of Control has users in more than 60 countries. The company was taken private in 2022 by Visma. The company was sold to Visma ASA during the autumn 2023 as a public to private process.

  • Board Member

    2015 - 2021

    House of Control delivers the cloud based service Complete Control which provides oversight and control of assets, contracts and agreements and other liabilities. Assets of more than USD 20 billion is monitored through Complete Control. House of Control has users in more than 60 countries.

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2021

    EcoOnline is a public listed company in Oslo offering a SaaS based chemical information management system for users, distributors and producers of chemical products. EcoOnline has revolutionised the way Safety Data Sheets are distributed through the value chain.

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