Twitter acquires Icelander founded design agency Ueno
Twitter has acquired design studio Ueno, founded by Haraldur Thorleifsson. Dantley Davis, CDO of Twitter, announces this in a tweet: Terms of the acquisition have not…
Dohop raises ‘multi-million dollar’ funding from SEP
Icelandic airline software vendor Dohop just announced an undisclosed growth equity round from Scottish Equity Partners (SEP). While the total amount remains undisclosed, Northstack’s sources place…
Controlant receives the 2020 Icelandic Innovation Award
Last week, digital supply chain visibility provider Controlan, received the 2020 Icelandic Innovation Award. The award, which was first granted in 1994, is presented annually by…
Laki Power raises funding round and appoints new CEO
Laki Power, an Icelandic company that provides high voltage surveillance and real-time monitoring for transmission systems, recently announced a growth investment led by Brunnur Ventures, which…
Icelandic government introduces Remote Worker Visa
The Minister of Tourism, Industry, and Innovation, the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs have put in place measures to enable…
Controlant raises $15m Series B round to bring digital transformation to the supply chain
Controlant, maker of digital supply chain visibility solutions, today announced it has raised $15m in Series B funding. Participating in the round were current shareholders, local…
Anti-Money-Laundering startup Lucinity raises $6.1m, co-led by Karma Ventures and byFounders
Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) software startup Lucinity, which uses “Human AI to ‘make money good’, by augmenting financial crime fighters in financial firms with AI technology” just announced…
Digital driving licenses are coming to Iceland, and Smart Solutions is the company building them
The Icelandic startup Smart Solutions, is collaborating with the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police (is. Ríkislögreglustjóri) and Digital Iceland to digitise driving licenses, which will…
TeaTime Games release Trivia Royale, their newest game
Last week, mobile gaming startup Teatime Games released their newest game, Trivia Royale. With the launch, the founders are returning to their roots of trivia game…
Verne Global raises $27m to expand its Icelandic data center campus
Verne Global, a provider of advanced data center solutions for high-performance computing (HPC), recently announced a new round of funding of $27m to expand its Icelandic…