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.
Bjorn Orvar the founder and chief scientist of ORF Genetics will be a keynote speaker in Startup Iceland 2022.
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.
Gunnar S. Magnússon is partner and head of the sustainability & climate at Deloitte Iceland and also part of the …
Dr. Alexandra Leeper with the Iceland Ocean Cluster will speak in Startup Iceland about the 100% Fish and other Blue Ocean Innovations
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
His Excellency Gudni Th. Johannesson, President of Iceland will open Startup Iceland 2022. You can get your early bird tickets now
I think Venture Investing is misunderstood. There are a lot of people who wanna be VCs and then there is Fred Wilson. I share my own experience of working with founders and share what I think VC investing is all about
After a 2 year hiatus, Startup Iceland is back on the calendar this year. The event will be on June …
Haraldur Diego (Haddi) my good friend, pilot and Volcano Pilot passed away last week in a bizarre accident. I will always remember him as a warm and generous friend. Rest in Peace my friend, I know you will always be flying over Iceland!
Hempcrete. Hempcrete (hemp concrete) is one of the most environmentally friendly solutions worth considering when choosing a future material for …
How often do you as a leader take time off? Not as in “watch Netflix for one night” or even …
Thoughts and ideas are based on what we expose our senses to, original thought is quite rare. If you are …
Startup Iceland hosted the 2nd CASSINI Hackathon in Iceland and the Iceland winning Team went on to Win the overall Hackathon. The team’s idea was to use space imaging technology to solve land erosion globally.
In our newest edition of the FutureCast we talk to recovering politician Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson. Helgi is a software developer …