Solid Clouds raises $2.5m from Kjölur fjárfestingarfélag

Solid Clouds, the game developer working on Space MMO game Starborne, just announced a $2.5m (270m ISK) funding round led by Kjölur fjárfestingarfélag. Other previous investors also participated in the round. In addition, the company received a $475.000 (50m ISK) growth grant from the Technology Development Fund.

“We’re happy to have closed this financing, and being joined by as experienced an investor as Kjölur,” CEO and co-founder Stefán Gunnarsson said in a statement. “The investment will be used to fund marketing and growth, as well as a mobile version of the game.”

Starborne is a real-time, massively multiplayer strategy game played by thousands of players at a time. “We’ve been watching Solid Clouds for some time because of their revolutionary game that looks very promising,” says Guðmundur Ingi Jónsson Manager of Kjölur fjárfestingafélag. “We’re excited to share our experience with the team on building a tech company.” Guðmundur takes a seat on the board of directors following the funding.

Kjölur is known in tech circles for being one of the lead investors in Greenqloud, that was sold to NetApp last year.