Investment Summary

Viking Venture Invests In LeadDesk

On March 27, 2023, growth capital firm Viking Venture invested in internet software and services company LeadDesk

Investment Highlights
  • This is Viking Venture’s 5th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Viking Venture’s 2nd transaction in Finland.

Investment Summary

Date 2023-03-27
Target LeadDesk
Sector Internet Software and Services
Investor(s) Viking Venture
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

LeadDesk

Helsinki, Finland
LeadDesk is an international software company, operating in the cloud-based software market in Europe. The company offers the LeadDesk cloud service for high volume sales and customer service and has grown to a leading cloud service vendor in sales and customer service in the Nordics. LeadDesk was founded in 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Viking Venture

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2001
PE ASSETS 4.0B NOK
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

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.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 18
Sector: Internet Software and Services M&A 5 of 8
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 3 of 4
Country: Finland M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2023 M&A 2 of 5
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-03-14 Agillic

Copenhagen, Denmark

Agillic is a provider of an omnichannel marketing automation platform that enables brands to work with data-driven insights to create, automate, and send personalized communication across channels and devices in Denmark and internationally. Agillic was founded in 1999 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2023-05-15 Onix

Stavanger, Norway

Onix is a business-to-business software company helping companies manage and oversee lifting equipment to promote safety and compliance. Onix was founded in 1995 and is based in Stavanger, Norway.

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