2019 Keynote Speakers
First Lady of Iceland
Union Square Ventures
Founder and CEO of Funderbeam
Founder of Travelocity.com and founding Chairman of Kayak.com
Senior Startup Business Development Manager for Nordics and Baltics at Amazon Web
Services (AWS)
Services (AWS)
Founder and a former senior writer for GigaOM. Partner at True Ventures.
Founder and CEO of GRID
Co-founder of Oculis and
Retina Risk
Retina Risk
Svana Gunnarsdóttir
CEO Frumtak Ventures
The Guru of Silicon Valley
What is Startup Iceland?
Our agenda is to build an antifragile entrepreneurial ecosystem through best practice tools,resources and advice for Iceland.
How do we build sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems?
We are sure every country, city and town is asking this question given the devastation the financial crisis of 2008 has left on the world economies. History has shown that founders and entrepreneurs are builders and creators of valuable resources for their communities. Small entrepreneurial companies create more productive jobs than large companies, and productive jobs are the economic engine of every society.
With that background we asked ourselves, are there best practices, methods and learning strategies that we could apply in our community here in Iceland?
We at Techstars believe that people should be able to build their global businesses from where ever they live.
Mark Solon
Managing Partner Techstars
Who make this happen?
Platinum sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Silver sponsors
Partners
Meetup Sponsors
Reykjavík, Iceland
Known for its vibrant nightlife, Reykjavík is a melting point of ideas, art and innovation, drawing
inspiration from both sides of the Atlantic.
Harpa Center
A crystalline marvel by the harbour, Harpa is an award wining music and conference hall designed by
Icelandic-Danish artist Ólafur Elíasson.
