Klappir, a green technology investment firm, has invested in Datadrive, a Startup Reykjavik 2015 company. The founders still remain majority owners in the company. The amount invested is not disclosed at this point. Continue reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Kaptio secures 325 ISKM in funding from investors
Kaptio, whose team participated in Startup Reykjavik 2012, has secured 325 ISKM (2.6 USDM) from Frumtak and Capital A Partners. Frumtak and Capital A Partners are new investors, but NSA Ventures and Kaskur, previous investors, also participate in the round. Arion Bank, through Startup Reykjavik Invest, is still a shareholder in Kaptio. Continue reading
Nordic Startup Awards
Awards are a good way to celebrate good things. Lift them up. Focus on ideas, people or stuff that has an interesting way about them. Nordic Startup Awards are intended to celebrate exactly that within the Nordic startup communities. Continue reading
Accelerators benefit companies most that have already solved the fit-to-market problem
When encouraging people to apply to an accelerator like Startup Reykjavik to individuals I meet here in Iceland, there are generally speaking two types of dialogues I engage in. First, they are with those who have an idea of a particular business and are ready to make the jump to the real world with it, i.e. start a company around the idea. Second, there are those who have been working on the idea, and either have incorporated or are about to. Continue reading
Startup Reykjavik is an opportunity for FinTech companies
The FinTech wave
FinTech companies, i.e. companies built around financial technology, are being founded around the globe. Only few of them are in Iceland. I can mention Aur, Kass, Netgíró, Invector, Meniga, Kóði, Faktoria as examples in addition to the commercial banks. There are most certainly more local companies. Continue reading
Women are encouraged to apply to Startup Reykjavik
For the fifth year in a row, we at Arion Bank host Startup Reykjavik. For me, spring is an enjoyable time. Reading applications filled with people’s dreams and aspirations, meeting a group of curious teams and subsequently selecting a group of ten exciting companies that will share a “home” during the summer building their businesses. I love my job. Continue reading
FinTech partý (hackathon) Arion banka
Ég hef rætt áður um uppgang FinTech fyrirtækja og reynt að bregða upp mynd hvað fjármálafyrirtæki eiga að gera til að bregðast við þeim ógnunum og tækifærum sem snjallar fjármálalausnir ungra fyrirtækja hafa.
Arion banki í fararbroddi nýsköpunar í fjármálatækni
Við í Arion banka skiljum að bankar geta ekki barist á móti kröftum í samfélagi, hvort heldur út frá þörfum neytenda eða tæknilegri framþróun. Eina leiðin er að vinna með umhverfinu. Continue reading
Kostir og gallar viðskiptahraðla
Í fjögur ár hefur viðskiptahraðallinn Startup Reykjavík verið haldið úti af Arion banka og Icelandic Startups. Fjörutíu fyrirtæki hafa farið í gegnum hraðalinn. Umsóknarfrestur fyrir Startup Reykjavík 2016 er 31. mars nk.
Í samtölum við frumkvöðla fæ ég gjarnan spurninguna: Af hverju á ég að taka þátt í Startup Reykjavík? Continue reading
