food startups

Building a Food Startup from Iceland: Interview with Garðar Stefánsson, CEO of GoodGood

Building a Food Startup from Iceland: Interview with Garðar Stefánsson, CEO of GoodGood

In the last several weeks, there’s been some interesting developments in the food startup scene. Not food-tech, but good ol’ product development, based on new ideas, branding, and lifestyle trends. GoodGood, a producer of non-sugar added sweet products, like chocolate spreads, raised $3m, and healthy snack company Responsible foods

Raising €700K through a funding platform: an interview with Lava Cheese cofounder Guðmundur Páll Líndal

Raising €700K through a funding platform: an interview with Lava Cheese cofounder Guðmundur Páll Líndal

Last week we wrote about Lava Cheese raising money through Funderbeam. The story is interesting to me on several points: A company raising a solid seed amount using somewhat unconventional methods; most of the money coming from outside of Iceland, and the fact that a foreign platform supports funding Icelandic