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Authenteq and Kúla 3D awarded Rising Star, Þula tops Fast 50 list

Last Friday Deloitte held an event to unveil the Icelandic Technology Fast 50 list and present the Rising Star award to startups. A total of 14 companies made the list this year. At the top of the list is Þula Nordic Source Solutions, a software and consulting company providing IT

Deloitte presents Fast 50 list and Rising Star finalists next Friday

Next Friday, October 23rd, Deloitte will present the Icelandic Technology Fast 50 list as well as six Rising Star finalists selected from a pool of 24 applicants. Rising Stars are promising technology companies that do not yet fulfill the requirements to be included in the Fast 50 listing. The six

500 Startups Nordics pre-accelerator open for applications

500 startups, the renowned startup accelerator and seed-fund, is looking for companies from the Nordics to join its first batch of a new pre-accelerator: 500 Startups Nordics. The program will be in Oslo and starts January 16th. You can apply here. This will be the first of several of these

Sling brings communication and scheduling to non-desk workers

Sling, developed by Icelandic app studio Gangverk, is a communication and shift scheduling application for the non-desk working industries. The app is free and available on the web, iOS and Android, and was released in June following a Beta release last February. “Many of the retailers and restaurants we work

Cleantech startup Janulus raises $97K (and counting) on Kickstarter

Icelandic CleanTech startup Janulus launched its Kickstarter campaign for Trinity, the portable wind turbine, on September 21st with an initial goal of $50,000. In the last 7 days it has surpassed its goal and is at $96,688 at the time of writing. There are still 28 days left

“Great businesses, but not optimal VC cases”

One of the speakers at Startup Reykjavik’s Investor day was Linus Dagh, associate at the London based VC firm Wellington Partners. He used his note to explain why he and his colleagues are bullish on Nordic startup firms and ended the talk by posing the question of which Nordic

Lokaði Nasdaq og opnaði #NordicMade

Salóme Guðmundsdóttir, framkvæmdastjóri Klak Innovit, lokaði Nasdaq kauphöllinni í New York með bjölluhringingu síðastliðinn þriðjudag. Bjölluhringingin markaði upphaf á notkun myllumerkisins #NordicMade en því er ætlað að sameina fréttir úr norrænu sprotasenunni á einn stað, á vefsíðuna nordicmade.org. Salóme hringdi bjöllunni fyrir hönd stórs hóps sem var kominn frá