Orca! The world’s best bet against climate change?
Today, the Swiss company Climeworks formally opened the air purification plant Orca in Iceland. It has only been sixteen months …
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FutureCast #8: The Composting Company
In this episode of the FutureCast, Bala talks to Björk Brynjarsdóttir and Julian Brenner from the Composting Company (Icelandic: Jarðgerðarfélagið). …
FutureCast: Episode 7 Anna Worthington De Matos, founder and CEO of Reykjavik Tool Library
Sharing tools, teaching people how to fix things and also being an activist on reducing waste. Anna moved to Iceland from the UK but is originally from Brazil, we talk about Circular Economy, sustainability and how to reuse tools.
FutureCast: Episode 6 Kathryn Gunnarsson founder and CEO of Geko
The 6th episode of Futurecast was a conversation with Kathryn Gunnarsson the CEO and founder of Geko a talent agency. Kathryn has made Iceland her home and we talk about a number of things related to building a diverse team and leadership.
FutureCast Episode 4 – David Gunnarsson, CEO of Dohop
The 4th Episode of FutureCast is a conversation with David Gunnarsson the CEO of Dohop the Flight Meta Search company which just closed a $12m round of funding. A Christmas miracle where a travel company raises funding during a pandemic.
#FutureCast: Episode 2 – Conversation with Hjalmar Gislason
The second episode of #FutureCast – How to build the future from Iceland conversation is with Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-founder …
Startups from Iceland are showing they can solve hard global problems
More than $55m have been raised by startups from Iceland this year. What is interesting is that all the problems that they are solving are massive global problem.
FutureCast – How to build the future
Futurecast is a new videocast/podcast about how to build the future from Iceland. The first guest is Kevin Laws, CEO of Angellist. We talk about angel investing, Naval Ravikanth’s superpower, what should founders from Iceland focus.
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 …
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 …
Greenvolt – Decentralization of Energy
Greenvolt is a Nano battery material technology company. Iceland Venture Studio invested in Greenvolt. Investment thesis – decentralized energy storage.
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 …
Startup Iceland 2017
Startup Iceland 2017 theme is Personal Data, Health, Wellness and Technology. Bringing VCs, coaches and founders to meet, learn and build a better world.
Iceland Currency Controls Liberalised
Icelandic parliament approves unanimously to liberalise currency controls that were put in place after the 2008 financial collapse.
Iceland has the world’s best diet?
I am looking at Food and Diet with my Startup thinking hat. Like all typical research I went to the …
Why CrankWheel, and Why Iceland?
Today we have a guest post by Jói Sigurdsson, the Founder of CrankWheel. I have known Jói for sometime now. …
Do you read the whole book or just the last chapter?
Your company and your products matter to you, but have you made it clear to your customers why your products should matter to them? Turn your readers into Rabid Loyal Zombie Tribe.
Doubling down on Iceland
Startup thinking is best done in a small place and small market. Expanding the business to the global market is something should be done from day 1. Why I am doubling down on Iceland the perfect place for this.
Innovation in Iceland
I wrote a report on innovation in Iceland where I cataloged all the companies that were innovating in their domain. This …
