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Dohop raises €3m from EasyJet and current investors

Flight search company Dohop has raised €3m from EasyJet and current investors. EasyJet’s participating is at €2.25m with current investors adding €750k to the round. EasyJet’s investment comes in the form of an convertible bond that can be converted into a 15% stake in the company.

In an interview with Vísir, CEO of Dohop Davíð Gunnarsson comments: “EasyJet and Dohop work closely together. The airline offers Worldwide by EasyJet which assists its customers with finding connecting flights through other airlines. The technology behind that is powered by Dohop, and EasyJet sees this project as a key step in the airline’s future growth.”

Keystrike secures pre-seed funding from Philippe Langlois, cybersecurity entrepreneur

The Icelandic cybersecurity startup Keystrike has secured funding from Philippe Langlois, founder of cybersecurity company Qualys (QLYS) which is currently valued at over $4 billion. Keystrike’s technology was invented by Ymir Vigfusson, Associate Professor at Emory University, to rethink multi-factor authentication. “Keystrike seals off the path that is commonly

Smári McCarthy, CEO of Ecosophy and Steph Matti, COO of Ecosophy

Ecosophy's 'OverView' wins in EU Space Agency competition

Ecosophy’s prototype for its platform OverView is among the winners of the EU Space Agency’s (EUSPA) innovation competition. Ecosophy is an Icelandic startup focusing on making environmental data actionable, in part by making access to data from EUSPA’s Copernicus system accessible. The company received a prize of

Kerecis becomes Iceland's first Unicorn after being acquired by Coloplast for up to $1.3 billion

Kerecis has signed an agreement with Coloplast, the Danish medical device manufacturer, to be acquired for up to $1.3 billion, making them Iceland’s first Unicorn company. In today’s Kerecis business meeting, which took place in Ísafjörður where they have a manufacturing facility, Fertram Sigurjónsson, founder and CEO

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