Ardoq
Ardoq sells enterprise architecture software that uses AI to model how a company's people, processes and technology connect. It has raised $163M, most recently a Series D in 2022, and employs 303 people.
The growth story
Ardoq grew from 163 to 303 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $163M along the way, most recently a Series D in March 2022.
About
Ardoq's software helps large organizations map and analyze their internal systems, showing how different parts of the business interact. Customers use it to manage risk, track changes, and guide AI adoption decisions.
The company has produced 14 spin-off startups through alumni, including ROEST (22 staff) and PLAATO (20 staff). Its $163M funding suggests strong investor confidence in its approach to enterprise modeling.
Founders and leadership
Sales is Ardoq's largest department with 49 employees. The leadership team appears focused on scaling go-to-market operations given this sales-heavy structure.
The Ardoq org chart
Erik Bakstad (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 59 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
- Senior Executive Assistant to the CEO and CRO & President of the AmericasExecutive
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 81 (+25% YoY), Sales 50 (+6% YoY), Information Technology 33 (+22% YoY), Customer Success and Support 22 (+57% YoY), Marketing 17 (+13% YoY), Business Development 15 (+7% YoY).
Talent flow
Ardoq recruits heavily from enterprise software firms, with SAP LeanIX (9 hires), IBM (7) and Accenture (6) as top sources. Employees frequently move to other architecture software companies like Orbus Software (4 departures).
Most common previous employers of Ardoq staff: SAP LeanIX (9), IBM (7), Miles AS (6), Accenture (6), Dataminr (5), Deloitte (5). Former Ardoq employees most often moved to Orbus Software (4), Optio Incentives (4), Spoor (3), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (3), Microsoft (2), Monil (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Ardoq mafia
Ardoq alumni have founded 14 companies, most notably ROEST (22 employees) and PLAATO (20 employees), showing an entrepreneurial culture that spins out new ventures.
14Nick Peters, was Chief Operating Officer until 2025Magnus Valmot, was Executive Advisor until 2021Mathieu Gauthron, was Senior Software Engineer until 2021Kiran Ramaiah, was Partner Account Management until 2024Alexandra Leisse, was Head of User Experience and Design until 2017Ally Gilbert, was Partnerships Development Manager until 2023
Natalia Meléndez, was Growth Marketing Manager until 2023
Joe DiRico, was Enterprise Account Executive until 2021
Alan Goldstein, was Customer Solutions Consultant - North America until 2022
Amaka Unamba, was Marketing Intern until 2014
Troels Rendbæk Sørensen, was Head of partners, EU until 2026
Linn Birkeland, was Strategic sales director until 2023
Bård Bergersen, was General Counsel until 2025
Shivam Bhasin, was Business Development until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 40% direct, 48% search, 3% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Ardoq: Project Management (94), Leadership (92), Microsoft Office (76), Communication (74), Microsoft Excel (68), Python (Programming Language) (66), Management (66), Customer Service (62).
Where the team actually sits
Ardoq people are concentrated in Oslo, Norway (71), England, United Kingdom (23), New York, United States (18), Norway (12). 3 offices on record.
Search footprint
Ardoq attracts about 5,081 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $59K a month if bought through ads. It gained 860 ranking keywords and lost 1,600 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Ardoq has 303 employees as of September 2026.
Ardoq has raised $163M in total, most recently a Series D round in March 2022.
Ardoq was founded in 2013 by Erik Bakstad.
Erik Bakstad (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Ardoq's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Ardoq staff are SAP LeanIX (9 people), IBM (7 people), Miles AS (6 people).
Former Ardoq employees most often move to Orbus Software (4), Optio Incentives (4), Spoor (3).
At least 14 companies have a founder who previously worked at Ardoq, including ROEST, PLAATO, Verana.
Ardoq attracts about 5,081 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $59K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Ardoq staff are Project Management, Leadership, Microsoft Office, Communication, Microsoft Excel.
Ardoq staff are concentrated in Oslo, Norway (71), England, United Kingdom (23), New York, United States (18).
Ardoq has about 81 people in Engineering, up 25% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Ardoq has about 50 people in Sales, up 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 224 current and 208 former Ardoq profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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