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.
Startup Community
Building personas: from customers to tribes
We are going to build personas. And I don’t mean this on a creepy stormy background, evil laughter, rusty light …
A different kind of Startup accelerator
“Slow down to start up” is the philosophy of a program for entrepreneurs in the Westfjords of Iceland, where mentorship and adventure mix and ideas have a place to grow.
Bringing the Helium Network to Iceland
Decentralized systems are robust and antifragile. The same is true for connectivity. We are fortunate to live in Iceland where …
Startup Supernova – Teams announced
The first batch of startups that will participate in Startup SuperNova have been announced. Startup SuperNova is a 10 week accelerator in Iceland.
Startup Supernova
Iceland once again has an accelerator and it is called Startup Supernova.
Founders
Startup Iceland was started with the a vision to empower founders, in these times of chaos we need founders more …
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
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 …
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.
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 2018 – Update – GopherCon, Digi.me Hackathon, Stökkpallurinn
Startup Iceland will host the Digi.me Hackathon and Stokkpallurinn Competition. We are also partnering with the Go Programming community on Gophercon Iceland
Startup Reykjavik, GreenQloud, Digi.me, Viska and Ghostlamp… what a week!
The past week has been fantastic for the Startup Community in Iceland. First it was the announcement of GreenQloud being …
Jeff Slobotski – Mentor Profile #SI2017
Jeff Slobotski, Founder of Router Ventures and co-founder of Silicon Prairie News will participate in Startup Iceland as Mentor and Speaker. Jeff lives in Omaha, Nebraska the home of Warren Buffett.
Michelle Morrison – Speaker Profile #SI2017
Michelle Morrison, Design Program Manager at Facebook will participate in Startup Iceland 2017 #2017 she will talk about Impact and Design culture
Its the Data
Its all about Data. Personal Data Economy is coming faster than you think. Download Digi.me to get started
Stripe Atlas + Startup Iceland
Startup Iceland is partnering with Stripe Atlas. The mission of Startup Iceland has always been about helping Founders and Entrepreneurs. …
