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Unpacking the CCP sale

This post is part of The Northstack Memo, a newsletter analysing the tech and startup scene in Iceland. The CCP Sale As most of you probably know, Eve Online creator CCP was sold to Pearl Abyss last week, for a $425m in total. Pearl Abyss, a seven year old South

The NSA Ventures report: Missing data, depth, and doesn't address the key questions

The NSA Ventures report: Missing data, depth, and doesn't address the key questions

Three weeks ago, the Ministry for Industry and Innovation (ANR) released a report on the operations and future of NSA Ventures. The report was written by a working group on the matter announced at the fund’s annual meeting last year. I, and possibly others in the ecosystem, were looking

"Iceland is sold out" and the competition for tech talent

“Iceland is sold out!” That is how Skúli Mogensen, founder of WOW air described our current talent situation at Startup Iceland last week. It refers to the feeling that our talent pool is too small, and tech companies can’t fill the positions they’re trying to. (Note: it’s

How a media personality's change of jobs might influence the tech industry in Iceland

This post is from the Northstack Memo, our newsletter and commentary on recent happenings in the Icelandic startup ecosystem, written by @kiddiarni. Yesterday, Kjarninn reported that Icelandic media personality Logi Bergmann would be barred from starting a new media job at Árvakur – publisher of Morgunblaðið and owner of K100.5

Two notes on the funding report (from the Memo)

This post is from the Northstack Memo, our newsletter and commentary on recent happenings in the Icelandic startup ecosystem, written by @kiddiarni. Last week we published our quarterly funding report (read it here) where we looked at investments and exits in Q3 2017. This Memo will be short and sweet.

Uber, Lyft and Iceland: Will they ever come?

This post is from the Northstack Memo, our newsletter and commentary on recent happenings in the Icelandic startup ecosystem, written by @kiddiarni. Transportation Ministry to look into Uber & Lyft From Vísir: Jón Gunnarsson, minister of transport, will appoint a working group to look into the possibility of ride sharing

Greenqloud acquired by NetApp: Digging through the story

This post is from the Northstack Memo, our newsletter and commentary on recent happenings in the Icelandic startup ecosystem, written by @kiddiarni. The long-awaited exit It’s an understatement to say that people in the Icelandic startup scene had been waiting for a meaningful exit for a long time. The