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Tulipop secures a $1.8M investment from Eyrir Vöxtur

Tulipop secures a $1.8M investment from Eyrir Vöxtur

Earlier this week, Tulipop, a fantasy world and lifestyle brand from Iceland, raised $1.8M from the Icelandic growth fund Eyrir Vöxtur. After being founded in 2010, Tulipop became known for producing merchandise featuring the Tulipop characters, but in recent years the focus has shifted to developing and producing entertainment

Meet five (partly) Icelandic startups abroad that raised VC funding in 2022

Meet five (partly) Icelandic startups abroad that raised VC funding in 2022

Our annual funding report focuses on investments in companies with operations in Iceland. However, as all Icelanders that have traveled abroad know, we’re everywhere. And in some of those places we’re founding startups and raising cash. We figured it would be interesting to gather information about startups abroad

Oculis listed on Nasdaq in New York, a first for an Icelandic VC portfolio company

Oculis listed on Nasdaq in New York, a first for an Icelandic VC portfolio company

Last week, Oculis, the Iceland-founded biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland was officially listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York. Oculis’ shares have now started trading there under the ticker OCS. This makes Oculis the first Icelandic VC portfolio company to go public. Both Klappir and Solid Clouds were

What to measure when we're measuring gender?

What to measure when we're measuring gender?

Last year we called out specifically data about the gender mix of founding teams. This year, we did that again, but added an appendix report focusing exclusively on the topic of founding team gender mixes. These reports have sparked numerous discussions on the topic, covering a broad array of topics

Gender Analysis of the 2022 Funding Report

Gender Analysis of the 2022 Funding Report

Last year, we reported on how funding rounds were split between the genders of founders for the first time. In our last report for 2022, we continued the trend with a promise of more detailed analysis through the gender lens. This year, we’re adding an additional report focusing on

Oculis raises an additional $15M in funding before going public

Oculis raises an additional $15M in funding before going public

The Iceland-founded biopharmaceutical company Oculis which is purposefully driven to save sight and improve eye care with innovations has raised $15M as first reported by Viðskiptablaðið. The participating investors in this newly secured funding round are from Iceland and abroad. This funding adds to the $80M that the company raised

The Bestest Year Yet: Over $380 Million into Icelandic Startups

Looking back at 2022 we can surely say that the Icelandic Startup and VC ecosystem was lively. The year broke records for the most amount of deals in a single year recorded in Iceland and smashed the record for cumulative funding in a year. Maybe this should come as no