Viking Venture Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Growth Capital Firm Profile

In the last 3 years, Viking Venture has acquired 1 company. It has also invested in 1 other.

Viking Venture’s most common sectors for investment areinternet software and services (37%) and information technology (37%) . The Firm’s most common investment types include growth capital (46%) and buyout (lbo, mbo, mbi) (28%). In total, Viking Venture has invested in 4 different countries.

The Firm’s most common exit type is secondary buyout (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity12
    • M&A Buy Activity11
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 4
  • Total Countries Invested 4

Viking Venture

Kongens Gate 8,
Trondheim, 7011
Norway
www.vikingventure.com

Viking Venture is a early to later stage investment firm that looks to invest in fast-growing Scandinavian start-ups. The Firm has a preference for B2B software companies looking to expand operations globally. Viking Venture was formed in 2001 and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.


Investment Criteria

Sectors of Interest: Information Technology, Internet Software and Services, Software

Target Transaction Types: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI), Growth Capital, Stake Purchase, Venture

Geographic Preferences: Scandinavia

Transaction Criteria Min Max
Target Revenue - -
Target EBITDA - -
Investment Size - -
Enterprise Value - -

M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.6/yr) # 8 1 2 - - - 11
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
  12

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Heeros Oyj 2022-12-08 - Stake Purchase
Helsinki, Finland · www.heeros.com
WorkPoint A/S 2022-01-06 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Esbjerg, Denmark · www.workpoint365.com
Grade AB 2021-07-09 - Secondary Buyout
Lund, Sweden · www.grade.com
Encodify A/S 2020-12-29 - Growth Capital
Odense, Denmark · www.encodify.com
TimeLog A/S 2020-11-13 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Frederiksberg, Denmark · www.timelog.com
FotoWare AS 2020-06-30 - Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Oslo, Norway · www.fotoware.com
Flowbox AB 2020-02-05 - Growth Capital
Stockholm, Sweden · www.getflowbox.com
Tamigo 2019-12-05 - Growth Capital
Copenhagen, Denmark · www.tamigo.com
Asolvi AS 2019-09-05 - Secondary Buyout
Trondheim, Norway · www.asolvi.com
Humly 2019-01-01 - Venture
Gothenburg, Sweden · www.humly.io
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M&A by Sector

Sector Current # Value All-time # Value
Information Technology 4 (36%) - 4 (36%) -
Internet Software and Services 4 (36%) - 4 (36%) -
Software 2 (18%) - 2 (18%) -
Education 1 (9%) - 1 (9%) -
Total 11 - 11 -

Acquisitions By Geo

State/Country Current # Value All-time # Value
Denmark 4 (36%) - 4 (36%) -
Norway 3 (27%) - 3 (27%) -
Sweden 3 (27%) - 3 (27%) -
Finland 1 (9%) - 1 (9%) -
Total 11 - 11 -

Acquisitions by Deal Type

Type Current # Value All-time # Value
Growth Capital 5 (45%) - 5 (45%) -
Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) 3 (27%) - 3 (27%) -
Secondary Buyout 1 (9%) - 1 (9%) -
Stake Purchase 1 (9%) - 1 (9%) -
Venture 1 (9%) - 1 (9%) -
Total 11 - 11 -

Exits by Deal Type

Type Total # Value
Secondary Sale 1 (100%) -
Total 1 -

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
9%
1 (9%)
Exited to
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Investor Summary

Investor Type

Growth Capital Firm

Size

Large

PE Assets

2.5B USD

Established

2001

Specialist/Generalist

Specialist

Leadership

Erik Fjellvaer Hagen

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Jostein Vik

Co-Founder & Partner

Eivind Bergsmyr

Partner

Joar Welde

Partner

Hege Kristine Kvitsand

CFO

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