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Gísli Herjólfsson

Controlant raises $7.7m (960m. ISK)

Last autumn, Controlant, a company focusing on the temperature-controlled supply chain, raised $7.7m (960 m. ISK). The investors were primarily HNWI and family offices, both local and foreign. Controlant’s mission is to ensure consumer safety and decrease waste by digitally connecting the end-to-end supply chain. The last two

PayAnalytics raises $525,000 from the New Business Venture Fund

PayAnalytics raises $525,000 from the New Business Venture Fund

The software company PayAnalytics, which is developing an equal pay cloud solution, raised $525,000 from the New Business Venture Fund. PayAnalytics’s solution is already helping over 50 companies and organizations in Iceland close the gender pay gap, employing a total of 30,000 staff, or about 14% of

New, extensive survey on the Icelandic innovation ecosystem published by Northstack, Technology Development Fund, and Gallup

New, extensive survey on the Icelandic innovation ecosystem published by Northstack, Technology Development Fund, and Gallup

Today, we published the results of a extensive survey on the state of the Icelandic Innovation Ecosystem. The survey was done in collaboration with the Technology Development Fund and Gallup, and was sent to 753 companies in Iceland focused on innovation. “This is the first survey of its kind on

The State of the Icelandic Innovation Ecosystem: Results of an extensive Survey unveiled on Tuesday

The State of the Icelandic Innovation Ecosystem: Results of an extensive Survey unveiled on Tuesday

Northstack, in collaboration with Gallup and Tækniþróunarsjóður (Technology and Development Fund) is unveiling the results of the first (at least in recent times) extensive survey on the status of innovation environment in Iceland, at an event – hosted in collaboration with Icelandic Startups – this Tuesday at Nauthóll. Information on the event

AwareGO Founder Ragnar Sigurðsson

Security Awareness training platform AwareGO raises $1.6m

Security awareness training platform AwareGO has raised a $(200m ISK) 1.6m funding round, from investors including Eyrir Invest, which first invested in the company in June 2018. Viðskiptablaðið reports. Kvika banki’s corporate banking arm assisted with the funding. The company has raised a total of $3m over the

100bn ISK over ten years: State of the Icelandic Game Industry - a new comprehensive report

100bn ISK over ten years: State of the Icelandic Game Industry - a new comprehensive report

Today, Icelandic Game Industry (IGI) and Promote Iceland, released the first comprehensive report on the Icelandic Game Industry. The report, titled State of the Icelandic Game Industry was written and compiled by Northstack. “One of the challenges we have faced in recent years when presenting the industry, both locally and

EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals raise €2m seed round, receive €2.7m in grants

EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals raise €2m seed round, receive €2.7m in grants

EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals just announced raising a €2m seed round, in addition to receiving a €2.5m grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The funding round, which is the company’s second round this year, was led by ABC Venture, an Icelandic investment company, in addition to previous and new,