What’s up with the constant “Annual Report”-reporting?

Last week, Viðskiptablaðið published a news article titled “Grid valuated at 1.7bn ISK” (or ~12m at current exchange rates). The article, which is reporting straight out of the annual report of Brunnur Ventures, states the following: “In the fund’s books, a 1.9% share of Grid is valued at 31.4m ISK, which equals a little under 1.7… Read More What’s up with the constant “Annual Report”-reporting?

Impact Investing is trending in the Nordics – Glimpse of Rising North’s latest funding round

The Rising North fund has given out over €400 000 in the first application round 2018. This is the largest amount of funding given out so far. The most dominant trend amongst the 10 pan-Nordic projects was the interest towards building a strong impact investment community in the Nordics. A growing number of people value… Read More Impact Investing is trending in the Nordics – Glimpse of Rising North’s latest funding round

More investors for seafood startups

One of the greatest challenges for the 100% fish utilization movement is financing. I have felt that investors. financiers and bankers which have some focus on seafood have little or no knowledge about the new seafood industry; nutraceutical or functional food from fish protein or new technology for extending shelf life, extracting proteins, securing trazeability… Read More More investors for seafood startups

Innovative solutions for the environment, good business

Iceland is surrounded by some of the richest and most prolific fishing grounds in the North Atlantic Ocean and fisheries have long been the mainstay of the Icelandic economy. Healthier oceans and environment is therefore a matter of fundamental importance for the country. I am very pleased to see how companies and startups in the… Read More Innovative solutions for the environment, good business

The Nordics aren’t going to be the next Silicon Valley

But they could be something even more exciting for a new generation. “Si c’était à refaire, je commencerais par la culture.” Jean Monnet Let’s get one thing out of the way first. Silicon Valley is great. But every time I hear some one say that the Nordics could be the next Silicon Valley or paint Silicon… Read More The Nordics aren’t going to be the next Silicon Valley