angel investing

The team is the key: What do Icelandic investors look for in entrepreneurs?

The team is the key: What do Icelandic investors look for in entrepreneurs?

The team is the most important factor when deciding whether to invest or not, at least according to Reykjavik University students Selma Rún Friðjónsdóttir and Tryggvi Björn Guðbjörnsson who recently published their Business Administration thesis focused on influencing factors and decision making processes for Icelandic venture capital funds and angel

Organise, Standardise, Attract: How Angel Investors Should Contribute to Iceland 2.0

Organise, Standardise, Attract: How Angel Investors Should Contribute to Iceland 2.0

Over the last weeks and months, a lot of talk has been around how innovation (and IP-intensive ventures) should be our focus, when building the next phase of the Icelandic economy. The government has announced and delivered some measures towards that goal – by increasing R&D tax refunds, speeding

The Memo: Comments from an Angel and thoughts about Startup Iceland

Another week, another Memo. First, a couple of announcements. We have a new team member at Norðurskautið. Her name is Guðbjörg Rist, an engineer from Chalmers, and she will be leading our efforts into research and reporting. If you’re interested in reports or research about the Icelandic startup scene,