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Nordic Style Magazine becomes first Icelandic Magazine distributed in the US

Nordic Style Magazine becomes first Icelandic Magazine distributed in the US

The Icelandic startup Nordic Style Magazine has signed a sales and distribution agreement with the world’s largest bookstore, Barnes & Noble. Nordic Style Magazine gives its global readers daily updates from the Nordic design, fashion, art and culture scene via its site, www.nordicstylemag.com. Nordic Style has scouted

Music education game Mussila re-released on iOS and Android

Rosamosi, the game studio behind the Mussila music education apps, just released a new version of their original Mussila game. It is available on iOS and Android. According to a statement, the new Mussila game is a “more exciting, and even more educative format. It has new more easily relatable

Highlights from the Icelandic delegation at Slush 2017

This year, a delegation of nearly 100 people from representing startups, investors, media, diplomatic services, industry groups and more, is at Slush. The delegation was planned by Icelandic Startups and Promote Iceland, with participation from Slush and the Icelandic Embassy in Finland. In addition to participating in regular conference events,

Introducing Quarter: A co-working space and community for SaaS companies in Iceland

Introducing Quarter: A co-working space and community for SaaS companies in Iceland

Several months ago, a SaaS focused co-working space was opened in the old “Morgunblaðshöll.” That space now has a name – Quarter – and they’re hosting their first event (supported by Community Fund) tomorrow – Wednesday Nov 29th between 17 and 19(Facebook link). It’s open to all, with free refreshments

Memento launches new money pooling service in their mobile wallet solution

Memento launches new money pooling service in their mobile wallet solution

Memento, together with Islandsbanki, just deployed a new service allowing anyone to raise money together (or as Icelanders say it: leggja í púkk) with a group of friends, co-workers, fellow students or the whole community. The service has now been added as a new feature in the digital wallet app

Icelandic biotech innovation invited to India

Two Icelandic companies have been invited to participate at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) to be held in Hyderabad, India, next week. The companies are Platome Biotechnology, represented by its CEO Sandra Mjöll Jónsdóttir-Buch, and Kerecis, represented by its CEO Guðmundur Fertram Sigurjónsson The United States host GES annually but

New startup career fair to help Nordic startups attract international talent

The following is a guest post from our friends at Founders House. The Nordic startups need talent. Everything from highly experienced CMOs to that kickass intern that help you set up a new lead generation cycle. The best candidates we see are often referred by personal network such as the