# Olav Folkestad

> Olav Folkestad is a seed investor at Bekk Consulting AS backing Blockchain. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Bekk Consulting AS
- Location: Oslo, Norway
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olav-folkestad-69a1a6

Olav Folkestad is a seed investor at Bekk Consulting AS in Oslo focused on Blockchain and Service Industry. Olav Folkestad

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Service Industry | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vipicash | Vipicash is a financial services startup that locks cash into goods and services to eradicate corruption and mismanagement of funds sent to Africa, Asia and Latin America. | $264.4K | Seed | Nov 30, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders Fund AS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund-as) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bekk Consulting AS

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Bekk Consulting AS.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Olav Folkestad | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/olav-folkestad |

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## FAQ

### What does Olav Folkestad invest in?

Olav Folkestad invests primarily in Blockchain, Service Industry and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Norway. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Olav Folkestad last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Olav Folkestad closed in Nov 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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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