WHO has published a new report on the status of Mental Health and Mental Healthcare around the world and the result is not good. Most countries are falling short and the need is only growing rapidly. There are several solutions in the market that can help but they are not part of the mainstream healthcare.
Startup Iceland 2022 Mentoring Session Gallery, one of the most valuable activities that founders can do is engage with a diverse group of mentors to share their ideas and get insights.
Gunnar Holmsteinn Co-founder and CEO of Quest Portal will join the Founders Panel in Startup Iceland 2022. It has been almost 13 years since I first met Gunni and it is fantastic to see him grow and build and create.
The 4th part of the Circular Economy in Action we talk to James Hall of Stolt Sea Farm, a land based fish farm that utilizes the unique water and resources in Iceland to grow fish for export to the US
Brad Burnham will participate in Startup Iceland 2022. Brad is the other VC who came to Iceland on the inaugural event in 2012. Brad is a friend of Iceland and has shared a lot of insight on how policy matters for innovation and I am excited to listen to him
Brad Feld is participating in Startup Iceland 2022. The idea of building a startup community started with me reading Brad’s blog in 2012 and writing to him and as they say the rest is history.
Carbon Recycle International was started over 16 years ago to take CO2 from a geothermal power plant and convert that into Fuel to be used. In the 3rd part of Circular Economy in Action, we cover CRI
We will be allowing Founders and Entrepreneurs to setup booths during Startup Iceland 2022. However, access to the event and …
Beth Kolko will moderate the Founders Panel in Startup Iceland 2022. Beth is an educator, researcher, entrepreneur and investor.
Startup Iceland is a way to build an international network for founders and investors. Mentoring sessions are facilitated by the Startup Iceland Organizing team to enable a first-come-first-served-one-on-one mentoring session with the speakers and mentors
Sustainable technologies like what Orf Genetics in Iceland has created can dramatically reduce the cost of producing protein and even more exciting is that no animals are killed to produce these proteins.
Fertram Sigurjonsson, the founder and CEO of Kerecis will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland 2022
There is a circular economy in action in Iceland. We produced a 4 part FutureCast episode on that. The first part is our conversation with HS Orka and Blue Lagoon. Startup Iceland 2022’s theme this year is Circular Economy and Sustainability.
Tugce Ergul the founding partner of Angel Labs will be a speaker in Startup Iceland 2022. Tugce has overseen more than $100m in investments in over 40 countries and an evangelist for Angel investing.
Star Simpson the founder and CEO of ThereCraft will be a speaker in Startup Iceland 2022. ThereCraft is YC company and Star has been in Iceland building the company since 2018.
There is plenty of things to be optimistic about the future. The energy transition is happening, transportation transition is happening and more importantly founders are focusing on solving these challenges.
Om Malik partner emeritus with True Ventures will speak in Startup Iceland 2022. Om loves Iceland and he has taken some stunning pictures of Iceland while he has been here. I am delighted to get him back.
Bre Pettis the founder of MakerBot and Investor in Iceland Venture Studio will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland.
Dr. Edda Sif Ping Aradottir, the CEO of Carbfix the winner of 2 separate Milestone Prizes in the first 2 rounds of the $100M XPrize Carbon Removal incentive award funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation will speak in Startup Iceland 2022
The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation of Iceland Aslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdottir will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland 2022
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