Top 5 Art Startup Investors in Iceland in May 2026
Top 5 Art Startup Investors in Iceland in May 2026
| Investor | Art Iceland investments |
|---|---|
| Sigurdur Arnljotsson | 1 |
| Hilmar Veigar Petursson | 1 |
| Rahul Vohra | 1 |
| Mika Salmi | 1 |
| Birgir Ragnarsson | 1 |
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Sigurdur Arnljotsson is a Founding Partner at Brunnur Ventures
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- Software, Art, Gaming
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- AviLabs — AviLabs specializes in software development in aviation.
- Vitar Games — A WW1 Strategy driven Management Game
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal is the virtual tabletop for Game Masters who want to boost their storytelling and be confident about the games they run. Create memorable stories, characters and visuals and bring them to your game with ease.
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.
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- Online Games, Software, Video Games
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Iceland, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Atomontage — Atomontage develops a volumetric graphics and simulation platform that can scale to record-breaking data sets and beyond. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal is the virtual tabletop for Game Masters who want to boost their storytelling and be confident about the games they run. Create memorable stories, characters and visuals and bring them to your game with ease.
- Netspeak Games — Netspeak Games operates as a zero-crunch studio that develops online multiplayer games. Its first game is a non-violent social MMO, designed to be a fun place to hang out with friends. Players can relax, play, or just get some headspace.
Rahul Vohra is the Founder and CEO at Superhuman. He is also the Technical Advisor at BOLDstart Ventures and Investor & Advisor at Partender and Investor of sendwithus and EasyPost.Rahul Vohra is a former CEO and Co-Founder of Rapportive and Game Designer at Jagex. Rahul received a bachelor of arts in Computer Science at the University ofCambrigdge.
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- Software, Financial Services, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Bubbles — Bubbles is a collaboration tool that lets you tag anything on your screen and invite your teammates to discuss in-context. Get excited by organic growth and viral loops, and less so by paid advertising. Are active on one or more social platforms like Medium, Twitter, Product Hunt, etc.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal is the virtual tabletop for Game Masters who want to boost their storytelling and be confident about the games they run. Create memorable stories, characters and visuals and bring them to your game with ease.
- Zed Industries — Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
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.
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- Online Games, Gaming, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- GemShare — GemShare is the first service focused on finding and sharing high-quality recommendations with people you know and trust for the services needed to manage busy daily life. GemShare for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch is the easiest and most dependable way to ask for and store the "best" local services - or "gems" - shared amongone's own trusted friends and networks. Founded in 2013 by two busy working moms, GemShare focuses on important daily needs where taste, trust and personal endorsements matter – everything from home improvement services, SAT tutors, and orthopedic surgeons to marriage counselors, music and language instructors, trusted childcare, and much more. Transforming the frequent exchanges that already happen when people ask “Does anyone know a good…?,” GemShare organizes this information and “best of” recommendations in one simple, searchable place. GemShare is based in San Francisco and backed by angel and venture capital investors including Second Avenue Partners, Greylock Partners, Rich Barton, Mika Salmi and Ellen Levy, among others.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal is the virtual tabletop for Game Masters who want to boost their storytelling and be confident about the games they run. Create memorable stories, characters and visuals and bring them to your game with ease.
- Wonder Studios — Producing world-class original content
Birgir Ragnarsson is the Managing Partner at Novator.
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- Medical Device, Art, Mobile
- Series B, Seed, Series A
- Iceland, Germany, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Numan — Convenient care, tailored to you. Offering treatments for weight loss, diagnostics, erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and more.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal is the virtual tabletop for Game Masters who want to boost their storytelling and be confident about the games they run. Create memorable stories, characters and visuals and bring them to your game with ease.
- Nord Security — Nord Security is the leader in the field of online privacy and security. Our security tools have earned praise from respected experts and tech outlets.
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