# Jostein Vik

> Jostein Vik is a private equity investor at Viking Growth (Trondheim) backing FinTech and Security. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Viking Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/viking-venture-management)
- Location: Trondheim, Norway
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2019
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josteinvik

Jostein Vik is a private equity investor at Viking Growth in Trondheim focused on FinTech and Security. Jostein is Partner and co-founder of Viking Venture. He is passionate about technology and his expertise in business strategy and commercialization has time after time driven results for fast-growing software scale-ups. Jostein has over 20 years of experience from the software industry. He has lived and worked in Sweden and the US.Before joiningViking, Jostein worked with business development and M&A at Carlsberg Breweries, Lilleborg, Orkla Media and Orkla ASA.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Security | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| E-Signature | 1 | 25% |
| Cloud Security | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asolvi | Asolvi is the provider of service management software for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field service industry.With nearly 100 years of combined experience developing solutions for a broad array of field service sectors, Asolvi is the supplier of choice for companies seeking greater flexibility, scalability and profitability.Their three powerful products — Evatic, Tesseract and WinServ — are used in 30 countries by 800 customers, managing thousands of engineers, millions of contracts, and tens of millions of service tasks.Their mission is to continue creating, developing and honing new functionality and solutions for the largely under-served SME market, through collaboration and close relations with their customers. By understanding the issues, needs and preferences of SMEs, they’re in a prime position to deliver the robust and intelligent solutions that their increasingly service-oriented economy demands. |  | Private Equity | Sep 05, 2019 |  |
| Signicat | Signicat is a digital identity service provider (DISP) and one of the leading providers of e-ID and e-signature solutions in Europe. The company delivers online trust based services to the public and private sector globally.The solutions fulfill operational capabilities in line with international standards and requirements, such as Privacy,Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorist legislation and regulations, as well as Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements for onboarding of new users.Signicat offers some of the most advanced solutions for electronic identity and electronic signatures. The goal is to enable customers to do business more effectively by delivering great user experiences for the end users and at the same time reduce the risk by using advanced security technology.The Signicat solutions are used by banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, government agencies and large corporations as well as small and medium sized businesses. Customers trust Signicat with the responsibility of authenticating users, providing electronic signing, identity proofing and document preservation.Banking grade SLAs are offered, matching customers need for scalability and reliability.Signicat was founded in 2006 as Kantega Secure Identity, a spin-off from Kantega (www.kantega.no). It is owned by Secure Identity Holding (SIH), Viking Venture and the employees.Signicat has offices in UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Portugal (Lisbon), Denmark (Copenhagen), Sweden (Stockholm), Finland (Helsinki) and Norway (Trondheim and Oslo). | $1.4M | Series B | Jul 16, 2016 |  |
| Signicat | Signicat is a digital identity service provider (DISP) and one of the leading providers of e-ID and e-signature solutions in Europe. The company delivers online trust based services to the public and private sector globally.The solutions fulfill operational capabilities in line with international standards and requirements, such as Privacy,Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorist legislation and regulations, as well as Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements for onboarding of new users.Signicat offers some of the most advanced solutions for electronic identity and electronic signatures. The goal is to enable customers to do business more effectively by delivering great user experiences for the end users and at the same time reduce the risk by using advanced security technology.The Signicat solutions are used by banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, government agencies and large corporations as well as small and medium sized businesses. Customers trust Signicat with the responsibility of authenticating users, providing electronic signing, identity proofing and document preservation.Banking grade SLAs are offered, matching customers need for scalability and reliability.Signicat was founded in 2006 as Kantega Secure Identity, a spin-off from Kantega (www.kantega.no). It is owned by Secure Identity Holding (SIH), Viking Venture and the employees.Signicat has offices in UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Portugal (Lisbon), Denmark (Copenhagen), Sweden (Stockholm), Finland (Helsinki) and Norway (Trondheim and Oslo). |  | Series B | Dec 10, 2014 |  |
| Signicat | Signicat is a digital identity service provider (DISP) and one of the leading providers of e-ID and e-signature solutions in Europe. The company delivers online trust based services to the public and private sector globally.The solutions fulfill operational capabilities in line with international standards and requirements, such as Privacy,Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorist legislation and regulations, as well as Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements for onboarding of new users.Signicat offers some of the most advanced solutions for electronic identity and electronic signatures. The goal is to enable customers to do business more effectively by delivering great user experiences for the end users and at the same time reduce the risk by using advanced security technology.The Signicat solutions are used by banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, government agencies and large corporations as well as small and medium sized businesses. Customers trust Signicat with the responsibility of authenticating users, providing electronic signing, identity proofing and document preservation.Banking grade SLAs are offered, matching customers need for scalability and reliability.Signicat was founded in 2006 as Kantega Secure Identity, a spin-off from Kantega (www.kantega.no). It is owned by Secure Identity Holding (SIH), Viking Venture and the employees.Signicat has offices in UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Portugal (Lisbon), Denmark (Copenhagen), Sweden (Stockholm), Finland (Helsinki) and Norway (Trondheim and Oslo). |  | Series A | Oct 16, 2008 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SIH - Secure Identity Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sih-secure-identiy-holding) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Volpi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volpi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## 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 Jostein Vik invest in?

Jostein Vik invests primarily in FinTech, Security and Software startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jostein Vik last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jostein Vik closed in Sep 2019. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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