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…
Þórdís Kolbrún: “With Kría, we’re providing oxygen” – an interview with the minister of innovation
What follows is an interview I conducted with Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, the minister for innovation and industries, on the biggest policy announcement from last week’s…
An innovation and entrepreneurship think tank, and more policy actions to come
Last Thursday, Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir presented actions for the benefit of the innovation environment of Iceland at the Federation of Icelandic’s Industry’s (SI) Technology Summit…
Minister of Innovation announces Kría, the Icelandic Venture Initiative
Þórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, the minister of innovation, just announced plans for Kría an Icelandic Venture Initiative at the Federation of Icelandic Industry’s (SI) Technology Summit…
Northstack is asking for your help
Northstack has since 2015 covered, gathered data on, analysed, commented, and discussed the Icelandic startup, innovation and venture ecosystem. What started as a simple blog has…
Reykjavík continues winning – in the per capita game
Silicon Valley has, for many years, been a global center for technology and innovation. Still, more and more people have started to wonder if the region…
Kara Connect raises €1.2 million funding round from The New Business Venture Fund
Kara Connect, the only GDPR compliant online therapy and practice management platform in Iceland, just raised a €1.2 million funding round, bringing in The New Business…
Dufl wins Golden Egg business competition with buoy locator product
The Golden Egg (is. Gulleggið) business plan competition owned and operated by Icelandic Startups unveiled this years winner: Dufl. A company creating location services for buoys…
Laki Power raises undisclosed seed round led by Brunnur Ventures
Laki Power, which creates real-time, autonomous surveillance of the high voltage power grid, just announced a seed round led by Brunnur Ventures. Terms of the deal…
SidekickHealth pens agreement with pharma giant Pfizer
Icelandic creator of health and lifestyle improvement app SidekickHealth recently shared news on social media of a partnership with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. The partnership revolves around…