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Ingvild Farstad

Investor

Investment Director at Viking Growth

Trondheim

About

Ingvild Farstad is an Investment Director at Viking Growth, where she leads the Operational Excellence team and manages the firm's software community. She works with portfolio companies on strategy, pricing, go-to-market and sales development, and post-merger integration, focusing on scaling B2B software businesses. Before Viking Growth, she worked in strategic and operational consulting at BDO AS, and she holds an MSc in Business Administration and a BSc in Economics from NTNU.

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Invests in

Enterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Viking GrowthInvestment Director and Head of Operational Excellencecurrent2025 — presentTrondheim, Trøndelag, Norway
  2. Viking GrowthHead of Operational Excellence2023 — 2025
  3. Viking GrowthOperational Excellence & Community Manager2018 — 2023Trondheim, Norway
  4. Liquid BarcodesBoard Membercurrent2024 — present
  5. Rosenborg BallklubBoard Member2022 — 2026
  6. TimeLogBoard Member2022 — 2024København, Region Hovedstaden, Danmark
  7. Norrøna Sport ASSalgsmedarbeider i Norrøna Concept Store Trondheim2014 — 2019Trondheim Area, Norway
  8. BDO NorgeKonsulent2017 — 2018Trondheim Area, Norway
  9. St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University HospitalPleieassistent2015 — 2017Avd. Brøset
  10. SC ReinachIshockeyspiller2014 — 2015
  11. Været ASStyreleder2011 — 2014
  12. Linköpings Hockey ClubHockey player2011 — 2014
  13. SpareBank 1 SMNSommervikar2013

Education

  1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)Master of Science - MS, Økonomi og administrasjon - Handelshøyskolen i Trondheim2015 — 2017
  2. Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA2010 — 2014
  3. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH)Idrett grunnfag, Idrett grunnfag2007 — 2008

Skills & more

Problem Solving1Public Speaking3Business Development1International Business1Project Management1Sports Coaching13Personal Training6Operant Conditioning4Strength Training10Sports Industry3Customer Service9Marketing Communications2
+1 moreMarketing Strategy

Languages English · German

From Ingvild's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)49

BirgitteInvestor at InvestinorElizabethInvestor at InvestinorJulie FormoInvestor at InvestinorKristianInvestor at InvestinorLine Svinndal LorentsenInvestor at InvestinorMikaInvestor at Investinor

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Also attended Sør-Trøndelag University College (HiST)6

EgilInvestor at InvestinorOttoInvestor at InvestinorSten-RogerInvestor at InvestinorAnders RanumPartner at Sapphire VenturesMaren StangelandInvestment Manager at Nysnø Climate InvestmentsChristian RoksethPartner at Sprettert

Shared employers

Also worked at Viking Growth10

Jostein VikPartner at Viking VentureAndreas Davies SandbuInvestment Director at Viking GrowthChristine HammerenMarketing Manager at Viking GrowthEivind BergsmyrPartner at Viking GrowthEivind MosengInvestment Associate at Viking GrowthElise MelhusFinance and Compliance Manager at Viking Growth

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Also worked at BDO Norge1

Kirill TkachenkoAssociate at Investinor

Colleagues at Viking Growth

Anders Løe
Head of Investor Relations at Viking Growth
Andreas Davies Sandbu
Investment Director at Viking Growth
Christine Hammeren
Marketing Manager at Viking Growth
Eirik Brænd Hjelmeland
Investment Director at Viking Growth
Eivind Bergsmyr
Partner at Viking Growth
Eivind Moseng
Investment Associate at Viking Growth
Elise Melhus
Finance and Compliance Manager at Viking Growth
Erik Fjellvær Hagen
Managing Partner at Viking Growth