Northstack Editorial

Northstack Editorial

Brad Burnham, Jerry Colonna, Ida Tin and more among speakers at Startup Iceland

Brad Burnham, Jerry Colonna, Ida Tin and more among speakers at Startup Iceland

Startup Iceland, the annual startup conference, will be held for the sixth time on May 31. This year’s theme is Personal Data, Health, Wellness and Technology – focusing both on the health of the founder, and health in general. The main event on May 31st is organized as a series

Building bridges with clusters

Building bridges with clusters

In 1973, Mark Granovetter came up with an idea in sociology which would later have a huge influence on the study of relationships in networks. The idea was fairly simple: weak relationship ties can act as important bridges in a network building, and for that purpose, they are sometimes more

The nine companies that pitched at Startup Tourism

The nine companies that pitched at Startup Tourism

The final event of Startup Tourism was held in Tjarnarbíó on April 28th. Nine new companies in tourism pitched their business ideas to a room full of investors, key players in the tourism sector and other guests. Startup Tourism is a ten week accelerator, operated by Icelandic Startups. Íslandsbanki, Isavia,

First public Women Tech Iceland event on May 4th

First public Women Tech Iceland event on May 4th

Women Tech Iceland is hosting its first public meet up on May 4th. The event is hosted by Rannís, with TeqHire and Frumtak Ventures providing refreshments and co-organising the event. “This event marks the first meetup and we thought it would be fun to do it on May the 4th

Tulipop announces animated webseries in collaboration with WildBrain

Tulipop announces animated webseries in collaboration with WildBrain

The characters of Icelandic lifestyle brand Tulipop – which raised a $2m round last summer – just announced a new animated webseries in collaboration with WildBrain. WildBrain will use their expertise in launching engaging IP on YouTube to build audiences for the new Tulipop content and to increase awareness of the brand

Who finances startups in Iceland? A look at LP's

This post is from the Northstack Memo, our newsletter and commentary on recent happenings in the Icelandic startup ecosystem, written by @kiddiarni. While some investors – most notably angel investors – invest their own money in startups, venture capital funds mostly get their money from other investors. VC funds are set up

NSA Ventures' future, structure, and role in the ecosystem

This post is from the Northstack Memo, our newsletter and commentary on recent happenings in the Icelandic startup ecosystem, written by @kiddiarni. NSA Ventures is standing on crossroads right now. Two investment managers and the CEO left in December to start their own fund. (They’re titled “Venture advisors” on