# Top 40 Angel Investors in Iceland in June 2026 ## Hilmar Veigar Petursson - Type: Angel - Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Online Games, Software, Video Games Hilmar has been leading CCP Games’ ongoing success and growth since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2004. Under Hilmar’s management CCP’s critically acclaimed science-fiction game EVE Online celebrated an unprecedented ten consecutive years of subscriber growth. In addition, Hilmar has put CCP into the pole position in the VRrevolution by embracing the new technology early. The company released virtual-reality arcade shooter Gunjack for the Samsung Gear VR in 2015, which has been the best-selling game on the platform since launch. And in early 2016 CCP released EVE: Valkyrie, a hotly-anticipated multiplayer spaceship dogfighting shooter built from the ground up for virtual reality, bundled with Oculus Rift pre-orders. EVE: Valkyrie will ship on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on PlayStation 4 later in 2016. Before his appointment to the CEO position, Hilmar held the title of CCP's Chief Technical Officer, heading the engineering effort required to create the company’s persistent world technology and 3D engine. Prior to joining CCP in 2000, he served as the CTO of SmartVR, an OZ.com spin-off based on that company’s multi-user virtual reality technology following his tenure as the VP of software development for the OZ Studios division of OZ.com.Currently, he is also active on a number of boards and committees relating to Icelandic information technology and innovation. Hilmar has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Iceland. ## David Helgason - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Gaming, Information Technology David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen. ## Sigurdur Olafsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Sports Sigurdur Olafsson ## Christian Jantzen - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology Danish angel investor, based in London. ## Sigþór Sigmarsson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series D - Focus: Software, Health Care, Banking Sigþór Sigmarsson is Finance director at Novato. He attended Háskóli Íslands. ## Anthony Deighton - Type: Angel - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Productivity Tools Anthony Deighton is responsible for product marketing and strategy at QlikTech. Most recently, Anthony was the General Manager of Siebel System's Employee Relationship Management (ERM) business unit. Anthony help found the ERM business at Siebel and it grew to over 300 customers, $20 million a year in license revenue, was recognized asSiebel's fastest-growing product line and named Product Line of the Year. Prior to joining Siebel, Anthony worked as a management consultant at A.T. Kearney in Chicago. Deighton holds a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School. ## Hermann Kristjánsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Drones, Electronics Hermann Kristjánsson - CEO & Managing Director @ Vaki ## Börkur Arnviðarson - Type: Angel - Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology Börkur Arnviðarson ## Alfreð Finnbogason - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports Alfreð Finnbogason is a is an Icelandic professional footballer. ## David Wallerstein - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B, Series A - Focus: Mobile, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence David A.M. Wallerstein, SEVP of Tencent. David joined Tencent in 2001. He oversees the Company’s international business initiatives through identifying cooperation with multinational partners and he is responsible for Tencent’s operations outside mainland China. Prior to Tencent, David was the Vice President, Business Development of MIH inChina, and was involved in Internet strategy and mergers and acquisitions activities in China. Prior to that, David worked as a management consultant in China's telecommunications and IT industries. ## Thor Fridriksson - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel - Focus: Sports Thor Fridriksson is an Internet entrepreneur who founded Plain Vanilla Games in 2010, a mobile game development studio that created the first multi-platform and real-time social trivia engine. Plain Vanilla Games have released high-profile titles that include Twilight QuizUp and Nat Geo QuizUp before launching their hit social trivia game, QuizUp,the biggest trivia game in the world. Born in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thor holds a BS degree from the Reykjavik University and an MBA from the University of Oxford. ## Soo Boon Koh - Type: Angel - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Apps, Mobile, Cloud Computing Soo Boon has over 30 years of global experience in finance and venture capital investing and brings this valuable expertise to each and every investment. She founded iGlobe Partners in 1999, in which the funds sponsor is the Economic Development Board (EDB) of Singapore, the pre-eminent statutory board responsible for enhancing Singapore'sglobal economic and business position. iGlobe Partners also started iGlobe Treasury Fund (NZ$31 million fund) in 2003 as a joint venture with the New Zealand Government.From 1988 to 1999, Soo Boon held executive management positions with Vertex Management Inc., (Vertex), the venture capital arm of Singapore Technologies, managing three funds during her tenure. She established the US operation of Vertex and headed the Silicon Valley office for 9 years, where she was instrumental in the early days of technology transfer for over 100 engineers in Silicon Valley for Chartered Semiconductor and Chartered Microwave. Soo Boon then started Vertex's European operations (headquartered in London, United Kingdom) and ran its European investment operation. As a result of her expertise, she guided numerous successful investments to IPOs, such as Lattice Semiconductor, Creative Technologies, and Activcard SA.Before Vertex, Soo Boon also held various senior management positions in the Treasury and Credit departments in her 12 years of work in the Development Bank of Singapore. Her time there also equipped her with in-depth knowledge of the finance aspect of the venture capital industry. She also headed the International Departments, Credit Division with responsibility for its eight overseas offices and Syndication Department for the Asia-Pacific region.Soo Boon earned her degree in 1973 from King's College, University of London with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mathematics (First Class Honors). She attended the INSEAD Advanced Management program in 1998.Currently, she serves on the boards of directors of several private companies, including Fortemedia (Nanjing), Telenav Inc., and u-blox AG (SWX:UBXN). Since 2003, she serves on the Investment Committee of iGlobe Treasury Fund, a supported by the New Zealand Government. She is also one of the founding members of the Monte Jade (Singapore Chapter) and an EXCO member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. ## Dagur Sigurdsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports Dagur Sigurdsson is a football player. ## Mika Salmi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Online Games, Gaming, E-Commerce Mika is a serial entrepreneur whose work life has been primarily centered on discovering talent and driving new ideas. He has done this in numerous industries and have discovered Grammy, Oscar and Emmy winning artists, created the original online short video company, run the internet’s most popular casual games web sites, built one of the firstsports tracking apps, and pioneered new business models in education.A few examples are the Nine Inch Nails (music), Jason Reitman (film), JibJab (animation), AtomFilms (online video), Shockwave/AddictingGames (games), MadRaces (sports) and the INSEAD San Francisco Hub for Business Innovation (education). he did this as a founder, a CEO, or as a senior executive.Entrepreneurs are Mika's favorite kind of talent, and he enjoys helping them realize their ideas and dreams for their start ups. He has done this working with Accel, Raine, and Sequoia and now leads Lakestar, a top global VC based in Europe. ## Jeff Solomon - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Mobile, iOS, Android Jeff Solomon is the Co-Founder of Markup Hero. ## Birkir Bjarnason - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sports Birkir Bjarnason is an Icelandic professional footballer. ## Trausti Kristjánsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology Trausti Kristjánsson ## Sigurgeir Gudlaugsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device Sigurgeir Gudlaugsson is the Chief Executive Officer of Genis. ## Kristín Pétursdóttir - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel - Focus: SaaS, Software, Productivity Tools Kristín Pétursdóttir ## Charles Huang - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Apps, Music, Computer Charles Huang, founder of the iconic gaming franchise, Guitar Hero. ## Kjartan Olafsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Software, B2B, Apps Kjartan Olafsson is an entrepreneur and angel-investor-on-occasion with one foot in New York and the other in Iceland. Kjartan is the owner of Volta Labs Venture Development (Volta.is) and the founder of Basno.com, a platform for digital goods. He sits on the board of directors at a handful of companies and organizations in Iceland and theU.S., including Basno and Datamarket.com. Previously Kjartan served as the Director of Business Development for the international media company Bertelsmann Inc. in New York. Kjartan studied philosophy and logic in Iceland and Italy, and holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School. ## Ivar Kristjansson - Type: Angel - Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Audio, Music, Brand Marketing Ivar Kristjansson ## Adalsteinn Alli Ottarsson - Type: Angel - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: iOS, Video, Gaming As senior development director at Riot Games, Aðalsteinn "Alli" Óttarsson serves as a compass for the development efforts of League of Legends. Alli began his career in 1999 as a web developer at OZ.com and its spin-off virtual world company, Smart VR. In 2001, he joined CCP and built the internal and external Web infrastructure tosupport the launch of EVE Online, the company's flagship game. Soon after, he began leading Web cell efforts and went on to become CCP's senior technical producer, where he oversaw globally distributed development and integration of the Core Technology Platform. Ultimately appointed CCP's Production Director Alli was the primary Agile ambassador within CCP and has since brought his passion for Agile development in large-scale organizations to Riot Games. ## Hermann Kristjánsson - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Hardware, Software, Photography Hermann Kristjánsson ## Jonathan Slimak - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Machine Learning, Art, Farming Jonathan Slimak was co-founder and COO of Alter (also known as Facemoji) acquired by Google in 2022. Before that, he co-founded Ready Makers and was head of Product. Jon is also the founder of Piictu one of the first social photo networks on the. iPhone. Jon has over 12 years of leading Data-driven Product and Design teams - creating consumersoftware specializing in gaming, mobile and social web. He attended Pratt Institute. ## Sameer Singh - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Apps, Software, Mobile Network Effects Investor, Partner @ Speedinvest, Instructor @ Reforge ## Clément Delangue - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology Clément Delangue - CEO & Co-Founder @ Hugging Face ## Bing Gordon - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Gaming, Internet, Video Games Director at Zume Inc. ## Magnús Steinarr Norðdahl - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: FinTech, Finance, Payments Magnús Steinarr Norðdahl is a individual investor. ## Rahul Vohra - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Health Care, Financial Services Rahul Vohra is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder & CEO of Superhuman. ## Ziggy Jonsson - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Angel, Series A - Focus: Apps, SaaS, Software Co-founder+CTO @ TheNumber - Senior Partner @ One Zero Capital ## Heini Zachariassen - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Apps, Gaming Heini is Vivino’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer. Credited with bringing a technology revolution to the wine industry, Heini founded Vivino because he was frustrated by not knowing which wine to buy. It’s been his passion project ever since. During his tenure, Vivino has grown into a community of 46 million users, raised $72 million infunding, and rolled out a worldwide wine marketplace. Before starting Vivino, Heini co-founded several startups, including global internet and mobile security company BullGuard. Heini leads the team from Vivino’s European headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark. Heini and Vivino’s story is featured in an independent documentary, “Disrupting Wine, The Life of an Entrepreneur.” Heini also hosts the YouTube series Raw Startup, which offers candid advice for entrepreneurs and startups. ## Jon S. von Tetzchner - Type: Angel - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Travel, Tourism, Search Engine Jon von Tetzchner is co-founder and CEO of Vivaldi Technologies, the company behind the Vivaldi web browser and other services for the web’s most demanding and savviest users. He co-founded Opera Software where he served as CEO for 15 years. Jon steered Opera from a small basement nook shared into a global company with more than 900 employees in 13countries.Under his leadership, Opera was an early pioneer in mobile web browsing and more than 350 million people used Opera to enjoy the web on their terms. Jon is now steering Vivaldi which was came out with its final version in April 2016. He and his team are making a personal and a feature – rich browser that takes into consideration the needs of every user. Vivaldi is self-funded and aims to be this way where the employees hold equity. ## Andri Sveinsson - Type: Angel - Location: Ísafjörður, Vestur-Isafjardarsysla, Iceland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical Device, Mobile Andri Sveinsson is a partner at the Novator Partners investment firm.Andri earned a master's degree in economics with a concentration on accounting from the University of Iceland. Andri’s first job in the finance and banking sector was with Skandia. He subsequently moved on to Bunadarbanki, where he was asked to serve as the director ofcorporate finance. Andri and several other colleagues then established Gilding, an investment company, which merged in 2001 with Bunadarbanki. Andri began to work alongside Thor in 2002 and was a founding partner of Novator in 2005.At Novator, Andri’s primary focus has been mergers and acquisitions, sourcing investments, finance, and operations. He has worked in several industries, most specifically in the health, telecommunications, and high-tech industries.Andri currently sits on the board and oversees investments in several companies, including SideKick Health, Catapult, Dreamlines, Xantis, Playfusion, and Nova, which are involved primarily in the fields of generic pharma, high-tech, and healthcare.Andri has many other interests, such as skiing, music, football, motorcycles, and boxing. He co-founded the Icelandic Punk Museum, which opened in 2016, and also produced several films. ## Nick Gatfield - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Internet, TV, Apps Nick Gatfield - Co-Founder @ Synchronized ## Paige Craig - Type: Angel - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Mobile Paige Craig Is The Partner at Outlander.He attend to the United States Military Academy at West PointUnited States Military Academy at West Point 1992. ## Sigurdur Arnljotsson - Type: Angel - Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Art, Gaming Sigurdur Arnljotsson is a Founding Partner at Brunnur Ventures ## Beatrice Aliprandi - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Art, Beauty Beatrice Aliprandi - Principal @ Talis Capital ## Ville Laakso - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed Ville Laakso ## Birgir Ragnarsson - Type: Angel - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: Medical Device, Art, Mobile Birgir Ragnarsson is the Managing Partner at Novator.