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Stefanía G Halldórsdóttir joins Eyrir Venture Management as Managing Director for Eyrir Sprotar II

Stefanía G Halldórsdóttir joins Eyrir Venture Management as Managing Director for Eyrir Sprotar II

Stefanía G. Halldórsdóttir has joined Eyrir Venture Management, Eyrir Invest’s venture arm, as a new Managing Director for the company’s new VC fund, Eyrir Sprotar II. Stefanía joins Eyrir from Landsvirkjun – Iceland’s largest power producer, where she was Executive Director of Marketing and Business Development. “I’m

Eyrir Sprotar has closed its fund on $27 million (3.5bn ISK)

Last November, Eyrir Sprotar closed its fund with a final size of $27 million (3.5 bn ISK), Norðurskautið has learned. The fund had previously announced in February 2015 raising around $19 million (2.5 bn ISK) but foresaw increasing the size of the fund. The fund has a four

Biotech Startup Key Natura Secures $2.4m Funding

Biotech startup KeyNature has closed a $2.4m financing round. The round is fully financed by Eyrir Sprotar. The company produces astaxanthin, an antioxidant dietary supplement. According to the company’s website the company is a vertically integrated biotech company that focuses on consumer health products from microalgae. This was

Activity Stream secures ISK 270 million funding

Today Activity Stream announced it had secured a ISK 270 million (~$2 million) funding from investment funds Eyrir Sprotar, Frumtak 2, míó, Startup Reykjavik Invest and danish fund Seed Capital. Activity Stream was founded in 2013, and subsequently took part in the Startup Reykjavik Accelerator, batch 2013. Activity Stream develops

Milljarðar króna í nýsköpun: Hvernig virka nýju sjóðirnir?

Í vor tilkynntu þrír rekstraraðilar um að hafa lokið fjármögnun á jafn mörgum sjóðum sem ætlaðir eru til fjárfestinga í nýsköpunar- og sprotafyrirtækjum. Samanlögð fjárhæð sem mun fara í fjárfestingar er 11,5 milljarðar króna og munu sjóðirnir fjárfesta í fyrirtækjum á mismunandi vaxtarstigum. Til að setja íslensku sjóðina í