# Joar Welde

> Joar Welde is a funding round investor at Viking Growth backing Software and Medical. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Viking Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viking-venture-management)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joar-welde-278563/

Joar Welde is a funding round investor at Viking Growth focused on Software and Medical. Joar is Partner at Viking Venture. His extensive experience in M&A and business modelling are important resources for Viking’s portfolio companies. In addition to this, Joar has broad experience from building sales engines, pricing projects and financing. He has more than 15 years’ experience from the software industry. Joar has lived andworked in the UK and the US.Before joining Viking, Joar worked in M&A at Ernst & Young and as a consultant at DNB.Joar has a BBA from the Norwegian Business School and a MBA from the University of Warwick, UK.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Medical | 1 | 33% |
| Health Care | 1 | 33% |
| Real Estate | 1 | 33% |
| Building Material | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Norway | 2 | 67% |
| Sweden | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Checkproof | CheckProof is the ideal tool for digitizing your work with preventive maintenance, quality and health & safety. Let’s secure value. Digitally. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| HR-Friend | HR-friend is building a best of breed group within HR software which will offer customers solutions for talent acquisition, onboarding and talent management | $19.3M | Private Equity | Jul 09, 2021 |  |
| Ørn Software | Ørn Software develops digital solutions that give you a full overview of all business-critical processes in your own business. Its solutions ensure efficient operation, better collaboration, and help you save time, environment and money. |  |  |  |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## About Viking Growth

VC Fund · Trondheim, Norway

Viking Venture makes growth equity investments in scale-up companies in the Nordics and the Netherlands. Our investment focus is business to business software companies with international growth potential. Founded in 2001, Viking Venture currently has over NOK 3.5 billion under management and is headquartered in Trondheim, Norway.

5 contacts available at Viking Growth.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joar Welde | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joar-welde |
| Jostein Vik | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jostein-vik |
| Andreas Davies Sandbu | Head of Operational Excellence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-davies-sandbu |
| Andreas Loktu | Senior Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-loktu |
| Eivind Bergsmyr | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eivind-bergsmyr |

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## FAQ

### What does Joar Welde invest in?

Joar Welde invests primarily in Software, Medical and Health Care startups, most often at Funding Round and Private Equity stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joar Welde last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joar Welde closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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