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 …
Funding
The Challenge of the Future
“Of all the many things people value and care for in the world, the mind is the most precious. In …
$9 computer raises $1.1 million in less than a week on Kickstarter
This impressed me a LOT! Read about this tiny $9 computer that raised $1,162,573 in less than 7 days and what I think it’ll make in 24 days!
It never rains but it pours – Another $40 million for growth stage Startups in Iceland
Yes, you heard me. Frumtak closed their Frumtak II fund (In Icelandic) and they will be investing in growth stage startups. …
$50 million to be invested in Icelandic startups
I am really happy to report that Eyrir Invest has closed a fund with Arion Bank to invest approximately USD …
How startups get acquired
I wanted to shed some light on how startups get acquired. When I talk to entrepreneurs and startup founders in …
Islandsbanki Entrepreneur Grant
I was invited to give a talk in an event organized by Islandsbanki to award grants to 6 entrepreneurial companies. …
Iceland is a Black Box
Iceland is a black box when it comes to business reporting in english. I got a reference to an article …
Be So Good that no one can ignore you
I just finished watching the 9th lecture in How to Start a Startup class. The guests today were Marc Andreeseen …
Sustainable fishing and Renewable Energy Entrepreneurship Fund
It is great to see many options for startups and entrepreneurs in Iceland to get Seed funding to get started with …
Building Startup Communities
Every city was once a startup, famous words spoken by Brad Feld when I have seen him position his book …
Traction brings money; Money does not bring traction
I was at the Seed Forum this year, but I could not participate for the whole day but I attended …
Plain Vanilla Games
It was great to see Plain Vanilla Games, an Icelandic Game Development company raise $2.4 million Series A round with …
Bootstrapping vs Raising capital
I had planned to do a meetup this week and discuss the above topic. Never got around to it, but …
We have a big exit in Iceland – DeCode Genetics
We finally have a big exit in Iceland for a startup that started it all in the Genetics space. This …
Organic Growth vs Get Big Fast
Fred Wilson shared the talk Joel Spolsky gave to the Y Combinator Startup School session. Joel wrote about it in …
Why Startups Create more Jobs than big companies
The malaise that we have started to notice in the world around of the protracted recovery from the 2008 financial …
Local Capital
My partners and I took a long bet on Iceland right after the financial collapse in 2008. Our first investment …
Angel and Seed Investor Awards – Guest Post
This is the first post of the “Welcome to Post on Wednesdays!” blog post in Startup Iceland. This post is …
Investors, Term Sheets and Win-Win Deals
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