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Better Boats: An Icelandic Startup Sets a New Course for the Shipping Industry

Better Boats: An Icelandic Startup Sets a New Course for the Shipping Industry

The global shipping industry is a sprawling network of companies with a presence on every continent save Antarctica, responsible for delivering around 90 percent of the world’s goods. Its vessels move massive amounts of raw materials across national boundaries, shaping the ocean into a highway for trade. However, the

The Year of the Seed Round: The 2017 Funding Report

The past year had several interesting highlights when looking at the funding landscape. The $240m monster round invested in WuXi NextCODE, the first investment from Index Ventures, and the first Icelandic startup (that we know of) to receive investment from only foreign sources – Authenteq. In this funding report we’ll

Top tech and startup news from 2017

Top tech and startup news from 2017

We’ve compiled a list of what we believe are the most notable and important news and happenings in the Icelandic startup and tech ecosystem in 2017. GreenQloud acquired by NetApp for $51 million Although this list is not in any particular order, NetApp’s acquisition of GreenQloud is likely

The Q3/2017 Funding Analysis

A quiet quarter on the funding side, but very interesting on the exit side. The effects of having only one active Icelandic fund still linger. Now that Crowberry Capital has officially started and NSA Ventures have more capital available due to an exit this quarter, deals might start ticking up

The Q2/2017 Funding Analysis

The Q2/2017 Funding Analysis

The second quarter of the year brings the first funding report we do in 2017. The reason: we only recorded one investment in Q1, so there’s no need for a special report on that. This report also is the first one since we started our big Icelandic startups scene

A record number of startup investments: The 2016 Iceland Funding Report

http://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.3.0/Chart.min.jsAfter an incredible 2015, where Iceland contributed more than 10% of deployed venture capital in the Nordic region, 2016 shows continued growth in number of investments, while total

Why is it so important that TravAble recieved funding

A social enterprise gets funding from the Icelandic Technology Development Fund The Icelandic Technology Development Fund announced its funding just before Christmas. 25 companies received grants ranging from $85K to $420K. There is a wide range of startups on the list, from VR to Robotics, from Ed-Tech to Food tech.