Hacking Hekla 2020: the first rural hackathon in Iceland
Hacking_Hekla: Creative Eruptions Hacking_Hekla is the very first hackathon in the Icelandic countryside. It is a marathon to “hack” the …
Seed Investing is like arranged Indian Marriage
… other deep insights from investing for over a decade in Startups from Iceland and world over. I only wish …
Startup Cities – Reykjavik
Reykjavik is the place to be if you are startup founder. Innovation, Creativity and Technology comes through inspiration. Watch the video to see how cool is Iceland
Experiments with Truth
Experimenting with the truth is the journey of startups and technology. Grinding day in day out and asking yourself are you fooling yourself is the job at hand.
Kria – the Icelandic Yozma fund announced
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, the Minister of Industry, Innovation and Tourism announced yesterday the first policy proposal to come from …
Building and Nurturing a Cybersecurity Culture in Iceland and Beyond
Building and nurturing a Cybersecurity Culture in Iceland and Beyond
Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing is becoming accessible for anyone. IBM is leading the way in giving access to their quantum computer, documentation and platform to build. Qiskit is what AWS was in 2006.
Arctic Circle – Lessons from Startups and Innovation Ventures in Arctic
Arctic Circle Assembly 2019 is happening this week. I will be speaking in a panel on lessons from startups and innovation ventures in the arctic
Constitutional Document of Innovation Land – Iceland
Last friday was an important day for those of us who have been working on developing the startup community focused …
Must-Have Apps and Technologies for Your Small Business
Photo via Burst In today’s technology-driven world, every business needs the right tech in order to succeed. However, that’s easier …
Reboot: Leadership and the art of growing up
Reboot: Leadership and the art of growing up is a book written by Jerry Colonna, my friend, mentor and coach. He has condensed decades of wisdom of working with founders and also being an investor. I recommend this book for everyone, as everyone is a leader.
Accelerate Alaska
I spoke about lessons learnt in the journey of building the startup community in Iceland through Startup Iceland in the Accelerate Alaska Conference.
Soft Landing to Scale
Startups need scale. Iceland is perfect to test and validate ideas and India is perfect market to scale. We are launching a new “Soft Landing to Scale” collaboration between Iceland and India for startups.
Work.In.Iceland
Work.Iceland.is is a new one-stop-shop for professionals wanting to migrate to Iceland or companies looking to hire professionals. It is very positive step and a power law moment.
Greenvolt – Decentralization of Energy
Greenvolt is a Nano battery material technology company. Iceland Venture Studio invested in Greenvolt. Investment thesis – decentralized energy storage.
YC Startup School 2019
YC Startup School 2019 is in Session and all the portfolio companies of Iceland Venture Studio are participating. Are you?
Techstars Startup Week Torino
Participated in Techstars Startup Week in Torino Italy. $100 million was spent in refurbishing an old train repair factory for a co-working space for entrepreneurs. It was great to talk about the vibrant startup community that is developing in Iceland
Startup Iceland 2019 – Done
Startup Iceland 2019 is done. I am thankful to all the sponsors and people who have helped make this event happen one more time.
