“The worst funds are those that keep you hanging on and are always lukewarm”
Earlier this year, GRID raised a $12 million investment from NEA. The company founded by Hjálmar Gíslason began its funding process in the middle of the…
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,…
An uncommon story: NetApp doubles down in Iceland – interview with Jonsi Stefansson CTO & VP Cloud, NetApp
This post originated in the Memo, our (almost) weekly newsletter. Click here to sign up. This article has been updated with correct information about Novomatic Lottery…
Some lackluster numbers for Iceland: Discussing the byFounders dealflow numbers with Eric Lagier
Late in January, the Nordic&Baltic venture capital fund byFounders, sent out a community update which included some interesting statistics on their deal flow and operations. In…
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…
Þórdís Kolbrún in interview with VB – several thoughts
This post is from the Northstack Memo, our newsletter and commentary on recent happenings in the Icelandic startup ecosystem, written by @kiddiarni. A couple of weeks…