Northstack Editorial

Northstack Editorial

500 Startups Nordics pre-accelerator open for applications

500 startups, the renowned startup accelerator and seed-fund, is looking for companies from the Nordics to join its first batch of a new pre-accelerator: 500 Startups Nordics. The program will be in Oslo and starts January 16th. You can apply here. This will be the first of several of these

Sling brings communication and scheduling to non-desk workers

Sling, developed by Icelandic app studio Gangverk, is a communication and shift scheduling application for the non-desk working industries. The app is free and available on the web, iOS and Android, and was released in June following a Beta release last February. “Many of the retailers and restaurants we work

Cleantech startup Janulus raises $97K (and counting) on Kickstarter

Icelandic CleanTech startup Janulus launched its Kickstarter campaign for Trinity, the portable wind turbine, on September 21st with an initial goal of $50,000. In the last 7 days it has surpassed its goal and is at $96,688 at the time of writing. There are still 28 days left

Why are we shy about the money?

One of the main goals of Norðurskautið is to create a platform for discussion, opinion and information about the Icelandic startup and tech scene. In the long term, we want to help make Iceland succeed and make the tech scene an attractive industry to work in. We model ourselves after

The most difficult tech recruitment in Reykjavik

Due to software eating the world the demand for coding talent has been increasing. Not only are the number of people seeking degrees in computer science increasing, but the pay is rising and the fight for top talent is fierce. The universities in Iceland have done a great job developing

“Great businesses, but not optimal VC cases”

One of the speakers at Startup Reykjavik’s Investor day was Linus Dagh, associate at the London based VC firm Wellington Partners. He used his note to explain why he and his colleagues are bullish on Nordic startup firms and ended the talk by posing the question of which Nordic

Here are the 9 startups that pitched at Startup Reykjavik Investorday

This morning 9 companies from the 2015 Startup Reykjavik accelerator batch pitched to investors at the Arion Bank headquarters in Reykjavik. This event marked the ending of the 2015 batch. Datadrive Datadrive is a company that’s adding big data to your driving. The aim is to help the car