Northstack Editorial

Northstack Editorial

Organise, Standardise, Attract: How Angel Investors Should Contribute to Iceland 2.0

Organise, Standardise, Attract: How Angel Investors Should Contribute to Iceland 2.0

Over the last weeks and months, a lot of talk has been around how innovation (and IP-intensive ventures) should be our focus, when building the next phase of the Icelandic economy. The government has announced and delivered some measures towards that goal – by increasing R&D tax refunds, speeding

Startup SuperNova and the Startup Reykjavik legacy

Startup SuperNova and the Startup Reykjavik legacy

Startup Reykjavik was founded in 2012, by Arion Bank and Icelandic Startups (then Klak Innovit). That same year was the first year of the Startup Iceland conference, so in a sense, 2012 is the year that some of the longer living programs, that put their mark on the year and

Startup SuperNova is a new 10 week accelerator in Iceland

Startup SuperNova is a new 10 week accelerator in Iceland

Startup SuperNova, a new 10-week accelerator, will start operating this summer, in a collaboration between Icelandic telecom Nova and Icelandic Startups, which previously operated Startup Reykjavik and other accelerators in Iceland. Applications for the first batch are open until June 10. The accelerator will be similar to Startup Reykjavik in

New accelerator to launch this summer, stepping in for Startup Reykjavík

New accelerator to launch this summer, stepping in for Startup Reykjavík

A new accelerator, based on experience and learnings from Startup Reykjavik, is set to launch before the start of the summer – under a new name – a source close to the project tells Northstack. Without being able to get into much details due to the nature of the project, the source

Bring on the Experts: Iceland should target remote workers and help them work from Iceland

Bring on the Experts: Iceland should target remote workers and help them work from Iceland

The last couple of weeks were quite eventful. The country is formally opening on June 15, the second Covid package for the economy is going through parliament, and – finally – the spring weather that Icelanders love so much is coming. In this newsletter, I want to try a new format, inspired

Building a Food Startup from Iceland: Interview with Garðar Stefánsson, CEO of GoodGood

Building a Food Startup from Iceland: Interview with Garðar Stefánsson, CEO of GoodGood

In the last several weeks, there’s been some interesting developments in the food startup scene. Not food-tech, but good ol’ product development, based on new ideas, branding, and lifestyle trends. GoodGood, a producer of non-sugar added sweet products, like chocolate spreads, raised $3m, and healthy snack company Responsible foods

'Awesome Reykjavik' launches to assist people settling in Reykjavik

'Awesome Reykjavik' launches to assist people settling in Reykjavik

Last week, a new community organised website – Awesome Reykjavik – launched with the goal of assisting people moving from abroad to Iceland getting settled in Iceland. “The idea is to speed up the time it takes for immigrants to get settled, by creating a guide in English,” Jökull Sólberg, one of