Iceland’s Mortgage Market After the Supreme Court: From Discretion to Discipline
In October 2025, the Icelandic mortgage market reached an inflection point. The Supreme Court ruled against Íslandsbanki in a landmark …
In October 2025, the Icelandic mortgage market reached an inflection point. The Supreme Court ruled against Íslandsbanki in a landmark …
As Iceland’s marine industries face mounting financial and environmental pressures, the need for innovation has never been greater. Startups are uniquely positioned to revitalize the Blue Economy—bringing fresh ideas, agile technologies, and sustainable models to an industry in transition. From rural job creation and emissions reduction to smarter data systems and global competitiveness, these ventures will not only support resilience—they will define the future of ocean-based prosperity.
India’s Education Renaissance: The Opportunity Ahead
India stands on the cusp of a dynamic shift in education—one that breaks free from rote memorization and embraces creativity, collaboration, and leadership from an early age. My visit to Prometheus School highlighted how a carefully designed environment, world-class facilities, and a student-led administrative framework can transform the way young minds learn and grow. This is more than just a school—it’s a blueprint for the future of India’s education system. By adopting forward-thinking methods that encourage innovation and real-world experiences, Indian schools can empower an entire generation to lead confidently on the global stage. And I truly believe that, with this kind of reimagined learning, the coming decades will undeniably be India’s decades to shine.
Startup Iceland will host the 2nd CASSINI hackathon in Reykjavik on Nov 5-7. The theme is using Space technologies to protect the Arctic region. Submit your ideas for the challenges.
Starlink will decentralize internet access and disrupt the broadband services again. Starlink combined with Greenvolt Nanomaterial Battery can fundamentally change how we think about building infrastructure to support our access to the internet or how we build power infrastructures.
In today’s world the most contrarian thing to do is be an optimist. The theme for Startup Iceland 2020 is Optimism and the Challenges of the Future.
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
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.
YC Startup School 2019 is in Session and all the portfolio companies of Iceland Venture Studio are participating. Are you?
Competition can make people hallucinate opportunities where none exists and more importantly it destroys capital, character and usually creates nothing new
Innovation has to deliver exponential value. A 10X improvement, is your solution doing that? We are talking about going from candles made of animal fat to LED lights that we take for granted.
The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they …
Technology is the foundation of every business. “The business plan of the next 10,000 startups are easy to forecast: Take X and add AI. This a big deal, and it’s here.” – Kevin Kelly
Founders doing things to change the world for the better. Example here is Billions in Change by Manoj Bhargava, the founder of 5 hour energy. He is investing in technology to solve 3 large problems, Water, Energy and Health.
I had a chance to visit Poppy Barley, one of the startups that graduated from Startup Edmonton. I think they …
Before the startup it is important to understand the counterintuitive nature of startups.
As I mentioned before I am teaching a class in Reykjavik University. The first lecture was last Wednesday and there …
Dr. Sean Wise the co-author of Startup Opportunities book will join us through Skype for the first lecture of “How to Start a Startup” @RU