Northstack Editorial

Northstack Editorial

Oculis Pharma raises Series A led by Brunnur Ventures and Silfurberg

The pharmaceutical startup Oculis Pharma announced a Series A financing led by investors Brunnur Ventures and Silfurberg. The amount is undisclosed. “We are delighted to receive this support from Brunnur Ventures, Silfurberg and their co-investors to progress our development of DexNP,” Páll Ragnar Jóhannesson, CEO of Oculis, said in a

Greenqloud raises $4m from investor Kelly Ireland

Greenqloud, the maker of cloud management software Qstack, just announced a $4m investment from investor Kelly Ireland. Kelly will join the board of directors of the company. This was announced by Viðskiptablaðið today, and Kelly on Twitter a week ago. In a conversation with Viðskiptablaðið, Jónsi Stefánsson CEO of Greenqloud

How Icelandic startup Takumi is building a marketplace from scratch

Takumi is an Icelandic / British startup founded in May 2015. We launched in October 2015 and have been growing at a healthy rate in the United Kingdom. We feel like we have good momentum and are planning a launch in Germany this year, EU’s second biggest advertiser market. Takumi

Book Club Notes: Give and Take by Adam Grant

The second book club meetup was on July 26th, hosted by Watchbox. The weather was gorgeous, so we decided to take it outside. July’s book was Give and Take by Adam Grant. From Amazon: For generations, we have focused on the individual drivers of success: passion, hard work, talent,

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

Iceland may punch above its weight, but let’s keep the facts straight

Yesterday, the web journal Red Herring posted an article titled Iceland’s Startup Scene Punches Above its Weight, which discusses the Icelandic Startup scene. While it’s good for the Icelandic scene to receive coverage like this, we feel it’s important that what publications write accurately reflects the ecosystem.

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.