PayAnalytics raises $525,000 from the New Business Venture Fund
The software company PayAnalytics, which is developing an equal pay cloud solution, raised $525,000 from the New Business Venture Fund. PayAnalytics’s solution is already helping over…
New, extensive survey on the Icelandic innovation ecosystem published by Northstack, Technology Development Fund, and Gallup
Today, we published the results of a extensive survey on the state of the Icelandic Innovation Ecosystem. The survey was done in collaboration with the Technology…
The State of the Icelandic Innovation Ecosystem: Results of an extensive Survey unveiled on Tuesday
Northstack, in collaboration with Gallup and Tækniþróunarsjóður (Technology and Development Fund) is unveiling the results of the first (at least in recent times) extensive survey on…
Security Awareness training platform AwareGO raises $1.6m
Security awareness training platform AwareGO has raised a $(200m ISK) 1.6m funding round, from investors including Eyrir Invest, which first invested in the company in June…
100bn ISK over ten years: State of the Icelandic Game Industry – a new comprehensive report
Today, Icelandic Game Industry (IGI) and Promote Iceland, released the first comprehensive report on the Icelandic Game Industry. The report, titled State of the Icelandic Game…
EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals raise €2m seed round, receive €2.7m in grants
EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals just announced raising a €2m seed round, in addition to receiving a €2.5m grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The funding round, which…
Sidekick Health partners with Germany’s Bayer to provide digital support for PAD patients
Nordic digital therapeutics company SidekickHealth has entered into a strategic partnership with German pharmaceutical and life science company Bayer to provide a digital medication management and…
NetApp doubles down, Arion Bank the Venture Capitalist, and more on Kría
The following is a post from the Memo – Northstack’s weekly opinion and analysis column on recent news in the tech, venture and innovation sector in…
Arion acquires 51% of Igloo in $670k funding round
Arion Bank, the owner and principal backer of Startup Reykjavik has Leiguskjól in Iceland), a fintech company that participated in Startup Reykjavik. After the transaction, Arion…
Florealis launches fundraising campaign through Funderbeam
Today, Florealis, an Icelandic herbal medicine company, launched an equity fundraising campaign on Funderbeam. The funding will be used to support the company’s growth in Sweden…