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Autodesk in Iceland closing down: Is 2016 the year of “Closing-up-shop”?

Autodesk in Iceland (previously Modio) has laid off all its employees and is closing up shop. Modio was founded in 2014 by Hilmar Gunnarsson, and sold less than 18 months later to 3D printing giant Autodesk. The company created a smartdevice app to build 3D printable toys that was later

The implications of Plain Vanilla’s wind down

Note: Several months ago we started writing in English, to widen our possible audience. Now we’ve finally changed to an English name: Northstack. Hope you like it! Also, this post is a part of the Northstack Memo, you can sign up here. As you all likely know, Plain Vanilla

The Memo: Study Cake, and thoughts on Startup Reykjavik investor day

First a couple of announcements: We’re hosting an after-work meetup at Loft in two weeks. We think there should be more opportunities for people in the tech and startup sectors to meet and connect, so we’ve decided to host a meetup. It’ll be on Friday September 2nd

The Memo: Stripe Atlas, Iceland in international media, and investment incentives

Welcome back after Verslunarmannahelgi — hope you had a pleasant weekend. Stripe Atlas & Startup Iceland Some great news to start off the week – Bala of Startup Iceland announced over the weekend that Startup Iceland has become a Stripe Atlas partner. Previously, only Startup Reykjavik had access to the program through

The Memo: Coders of the Future and Technical Talent

Happy PokéMonday everyone. Hope your Pokemon catches have been going well — mine have. Last week I traveled a bit around the country with an American friend. We both visited the Glacier Lagoon and the Golden circle, great places. Sadly, neither had any cool Pokemon’s, which was quite the disappointment.

The Memo: Where are the community driven startup events?

Last week, Óli Johnson, co-founder of Rainmaking Loft and Catapult, was in Iceland. One of his stops was a breakfast meetup at Startup Reykjavik where he discussed community building. I couldn’t make it, but met up with him (Daði joined as well) later. Sign up for the Memo. As

The Memo: First look at Startup Reykjavik

Sorry for being late with this week’s Memo. I had a very busy weekend. Also, I was at RÚV’s Morgunútvarpið this morning (link) discussing Norðurskautið and startup funding in Iceland (Icelandic). Now, on to the Memo. Startup Reykjavik kicked off Last week saw the first public event of