Confrere
AcquiredOslo, NO · 1 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors
Confrere offers a browser-based video calling service where professionals such as physicians, consultants, and tutors meet clients over video via a personalized link (YOURBRAND.confrere.com). It includes a virtual waiting room where visitors check in and wait to be called from the professional's dashboard, supporting back-to-back meetings.
Also known as Confrere AS
Investors · 3
Also in the syndicate · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Confrere is an Oslo, Norway-based provider of browser-based video calling aimed at professionals who meet clients one-on-one, including physicians, psychotherapists, consultants, tutors and sales staff. Visitors join a call by opening a link on a smartphone or computer, without downloads, usernames or passwords; the professional is notified on a dashboard and by text message when a visitor arrives. Calls support up to 30 participants and are described by the company as encrypted, with end-to-end encryption and adherence to industry standards and privacy regulations.
The product is positioned for treatment, therapy, counselling and advisory settings, with features including visitor identity verification, branding customization (logo, colour, images and own domain), accessibility, and an API and integrations that let other services embed video calling. The company reports over 1 million completed meetings with 99% reliability.
Founding story
Confrere was founded in July 2017 by Svein Willassen, who had spent four years as founder and head of the video calling service appear.in (later renamed Whereby), together with Dag-Inge Aas, appear.in's former tech lead, and Ida Aalen, a UX design and social media specialist. Willassen concluded that existing video tools targeted either social settings or internal company use, leaving no good option for professionals such as doctors, financial advisers and lawyers who typically meet clients one-on-one.
Business model
Subscription-style software-as-a-service sold to professionals and professional practices, with a free trial as the entry point and an API for organizations that want to build video calling into their own services.
Software service offered on a free-trial-to-paid basis, complemented by API access for embedding video calls in third-party services.
Traction
The company reports more than 1 million completed meetings at 99% reliability, and describes a roughly hundredfold increase in sign-ups and total calls following the arrival of COVID-19 in Norway in March 2020.
Latest developments
Confrere is part of Compodium International AB, and an acquisition of Confrere by Daily was recorded in June 2022.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positioned as a Nordic-built, privacy-first alternative to video tools designed for social or internal corporate use, focused specifically on professional client consultations, particularly in healthcare.
One-click, download-free joining for clients, privacy and regulatory compliance with end-to-end encryption, visitor identity verification, and white-label branding on the professional's own domain.
Technology
Browser-based video calling requiring no downloads or accounts: participants join through a link, with dashboard and SMS notification of arriving visitors, calls for up to 30 participants, end-to-end encryption, visitor identity verification, brand customization including custom domains, accessibility features, and a public API and integrations.
Go-to-market
Self-serve online sign-up with a free trial and a direct sales contact channel; early growth relied on hands-on, in-person onboarding of doctors' offices by employees across roles, later supplemented by product-led adoption during the COVID-19 shift to remote consultations.
Professionals conducting one-on-one or small-group client meetings: physicians and other health professionals, therapists, consultants, tutors, financial advisers, lawyers and sales teams.
Geography
Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with a Nordic customer focus, particularly Norwegian healthcare providers.
History
After launching, the team found the product particularly suited to physicians, but entering healthcare proved challenging: during the first two years employees across roles visited doctors' offices in person to explain and set up the product, an approach that produced loyal but few customers and detailed feedback that shaped the product. The company raised $1.5 million in seed funding in September 2018 led by Point Nine Capital, with Nordic Makers, The Nordic Web Ventures and Fathom Capital participating. When COVID-19 reached Norway in March 2020, sign-ups and total calls increased sharply, and in June 2020 Confrere raised a further $1.0 million led by Snö with participation from Point Nine Capital and other existing investors. Confrere is a part of Compodium International AB, and a Nordic deal tracker recorded an acquisition of Confrere by Daily in June 2022.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsNordic9 deal record stating Confrere was acquired by Daily; deal value not disclosed.
Additional funding of $1.0 million led by Snö with participation from Point Nine Capital and other existing investors, following a sharp increase in usage during the COVID-19 pandemic.
$1M source ↗
Seed funding of $1.5 million led by Point Nine Capital with participation from Nordic Makers, The Nordic Web Ventures and Fathom Capital, as reported by TechCrunch.
$1.5M source ↗
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Confrereconfrere.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Confrere do?
- Nordic video calling platform for one-on-one professional consultations by doctors, therapists, advisers and consultants.
- Who are Confrere's investors?
- Confrere's investors include Point Nine, SNÖ Ventures.
- Where is Confrere headquartered?
- Confrere is headquartered in Oslo, NO.