Northstack Editorial

Northstack Editorial

CCP launches fourth VR installment with Sparc

CCP launches fourth VR installment with Sparc

CCP announced today the launch of Sparc, its fourth VR game. The company, which raised $30m to boost their VR development efforts, has previously released Gunjack, Gunjack 2, and Eve: Valkyrie. Sparc is the first game launched by CCP that’s not part of the EVE universe. From the announcement:

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

Anitar's mobile RFID scanner aims to simplify the life of vets and horse breeders

Anitar's mobile RFID scanner aims to simplify the life of vets and horse breeders

Anitar, Icelandic agtech startup, recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to finance the initial production of their RFID scanner The Bullet. Anitar has turned to Kickstarter to launch their thoroughly-tested RFID tag reader that’s powered by the device you always carry around in your pocket: your phone! Karl Mar Larusson,

Nordic Scalers: a growth program for Scandinavian Scale-ups

Nordic Scalers: a growth program for Scandinavian Scale-ups

Launching this month, Nordic Scalers is a new growth program that connects the most talented entrepreneurs across the Nordics. The initiative is made to bring well-established startups closer to a global market. The program is supported by Nordic Innovation and Icelandic Startups are fostering the project in Iceland. For the

Influencer marketing platform Ghostlamp closes $1m seed round led by Brunnur

Influencer marketing platform Ghostlamp closes $1m seed round led by Brunnur

Influencer marketing platform Ghostlamp announced they had closed a $1m seed round. The investor is Brunnur Vaxtarsjóður, which makes this the second investment announced by Brunnur this week. The investment comes with a commitment of $1m following the growth of the company. Previous investors include advertising agency Pipar / TBWA and

Employee training app Viska raises $1.2m seed round led by Brunnur

Employee training app Viska just announced a $1.2m seed round led by Brunnur with participation from Investa. Sigurður Arnljótsson, GP at Brunnur, will take a seat in the companies board. “The investment allows us to speed up product development, onboard more customers, and focus our sales efforts abroad” said

Fortune 500 company NetApp acquires Greenqloud

Fortune 500 company NetApp acquires Greenqloud

NetApp, a Fortune 500 company that provides solutions for hybrid cloud environments, has acquired Greenqloud maker of qstack hybrid cloud management software. The acquisition amount is undisclosed. “At the start of Q2, we acquired Greenqloud, a private start-up company that created a cloud services orchestration and management platform for hybrid-cloud