Northstack Editorial

Northstack Editorial

The Memo: Study Cake, and thoughts on Startup Reykjavik investor day

First a couple of announcements: We’re hosting an after-work meetup at Loft in two weeks. We think there should be more opportunities for people in the tech and startup sectors to meet and connect, so we’ve decided to host a meetup. It’ll be on Friday September 2nd

The Memo: Funding rounds and Startup Reykjavik's term sheet

Last week was eventful. Two funding rounds announced and Icelandic media wrote a lot about startups. Norðurskautið was also working on some interesting news – we’ll get to that later. Before the memo, a short request. We would like your term sheet 🙏 We’re researching how the term sheet culture

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