Top 10 Biotech Startup Investors in Iceland in April 2025
A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Biotech startups based in Iceland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Biotech companies from Iceland. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Biotech Startup Investors in Iceland in April 2025
Investor | Biotech Iceland investments |
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Brunnur Ventures | 2 |
Silfurberg | 1 |
New Business Venture Fund | 1 |
ABC Ventures | 1 |
Sigþór Sigmarsson | 1 |
Flerie Invest | 1 |
Sigurgeir Gudlaugsson | 1 |
TM | 1 |
Kvika Asset Management | 1 |
Yanu Holdings | 1 |
Brunnur Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Iceland for startups with high-growth potential.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Iceland, United States, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- AviLabs — AviLabs specializes in software development in aviation.
- Laki Power — We supply power grid operators with advanced high-voltage line monitoring stations that enable them to optimise performance, safety and cost.
- Porcelain Fortress — Porcelain Fortress was founded by a small band of romantics in the summer of 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Silfurberg is an international venture capital firm that invests in early-stage health care, biotech, and other life science companies. The firm follows up its investments as an active participant in the company and aims all the time to add value to its investments whenever possible. Silfurberg was founded in 2002 and is based in Reykjavík,Iceland.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical
- Series A
- Iceland
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- Oculis — Experience the Future of Eye Care: Oculis, a Clinical Biopharmaceutical Innovator, Pioneering Breakthrough Treatments for Ophthalmic Diseases & Transforming Lives Globally.
The New Business Venture Fund is an evergreen investment fund that actively contributes to the development and growth of the Icelandic economy by investing in promising innovation and start-up companies.The New Business Venture Fund invests at seed and early stage in promising growth companies with great business ideas and strong management anddevelopment teams.The New Business Venture Fund is a state owned investment fund intended to strengthen and develop the Icelandic venture capital market along with promoting startups and business in Iceland thus encouraging economic growth.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Medical
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Iceland, United States, China
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- HorseDay — HorseDay is a mobile application to track horse activities.
- Spectaflow — Spectaflow is a SaaS solution for accommodations businesses focused on improving housekeeping and maintenance workflows
- PayAnalytics — PayAnalytics, a leading pay equity and workforce analytics solution, aids companies in closing pay gaps and fostering workplace equity. Ensure compliance with pay transparency regulations, assess wage disparities, and analyze workforce demographics conveniently.
ABC Ventures operates as an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Water, Medical, Health Care
- Pre-Seed, Series A
- India, Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Polka Pop — Polka Pop is India's first brand to serve naturally flavored sparkling water with zero calories and no added sugar. Supporting a sustainable lifestyle choice, this healthy drink is available in four flavors, i.e. lemon-lime, orange, peach, and cranberry. The fizz makes this the best mix for cocktails and mocktails.
- EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals — Welcome to EpiEndo Pharma | Developing epithelial barrier enhancing drugs to treat chronic respiratory diseases
Sigþór Sigmarsson is Finance director at Novato. He attended Háskóli Íslands.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, Banking
- Seed, Series D, Funding Round
- Iceland, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Genis — Genis is pioneering the development and application of therapeutic chitin derivatives.
- Treble — We develop next generation sound simulation and spatial audio technology for digital twins and virtual worlds.
- 3Z Pharmaceuticals — 3Z Pharmaceuticals provides research services intended to provide drug development services. It offers drug screening on sleep and epilepsy assays that helps in the development of drugs used to treat neurological disorders, enabling patients to get multiple drug efficacy and toxicity assays.Karl Karlsson and Haraldur Thorsteinsson founded 3ZPharmaceuticals in 2008. It based their company on their research on the sleeping patterns of the zebrafish at the Reykjavik University Neurolab in 2006.
Flerie is an active long-term life science investor, focusing on biotech and pharmaceutical investments globally.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Sweden, Israel, Iceland
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- Microbiotica — Microbiotica is a developer of human microbiome therapeutics intended to discover and develop live bacterial therapeutics and biomarkers. The company's therapeutics identify gut bacteria linked to phenotype with unprecedented precision, enabling researchers to phenotype before testing of candidate bacteria in advanced human in vitro and invivo models.
- Synerkine Pharma — Synerkine Pharma. Connecting Cytokines for the benefit of patients.
- Vitara Biomedical — Vitara Biomedical has developed a therapeutic platform to support premature infants. Vitara Biomedical's platform was inspired by natural physiological processes to transform neonatal care.
Sigurgeir Gudlaugsson is the Chief Executive Officer of Genis.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Funding Round
- Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Genis — Genis is pioneering the development and application of therapeutic chitin derivatives.
TM is a company that provides all insurance and damage related services through call, online chats & emails.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Funding Round
- Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Genis — Genis is pioneering the development and application of therapeutic chitin derivatives.
Kvika Asset Management manages a broad range of funds including equity funds, bond funds and mixed funds.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Health Care, Biotechnology
- Series A
- Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- PLAIO — The only AI-assisted decision-making platform developed for pharmaceutical manufacturing
- EpiEndo Pharmaceuticals — Welcome to EpiEndo Pharma | Developing epithelial barrier enhancing drugs to treat chronic respiratory diseases
Yanu Holdings is a global investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
- Funding Round
- Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Genis — Genis is pioneering the development and application of therapeutic chitin derivatives.
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