Top 45 Gaming Startup Investors in Iceland in February 2025
A list of 45 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Gaming startups based in Iceland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Gaming companies from Iceland. We update this investor list every month.Top 45 Gaming Startup Investors in Iceland in February 2025
Investor | Gaming Iceland investments |
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Crowberry Capital | 7 |
Sisu Game Ventures | 6 |
Hilmar Veigar Petursson | 3 |
MGMT Ventures | 3 |
David Helgason | 3 |
New Business Venture Fund | 3 |
Reaktor Ventures | 2 |
Index Ventures | 2 |
Brunnur Ventures | 2 |
Sustainable Food Ventures | 2 |
Inventure | 2 |
Shanda Group | 2 |
Behold Ventures | 2 |
Bing Gordon | 1 |
KB Investment | 1 |
Headline | 1 |
Investa | 1 |
Rahul Vohra | 1 |
Seoul Investment Partners | 1 |
CRIT Ventures | 1 |
Beatrice Aliprandi | 1 |
Woori Technology Investment | 1 |
Soo Boon Koh | 1 |
HackCapital | 1 |
David Wallerstein | 1 |
Bragiel Brothers | 1 |
Birgir Ragnarsson | 1 |
Jeff Solomon | 1 |
Lifely VC | 1 |
Tencent | 1 |
Aton | 1 |
Jonathan Slimak | 1 |
Sequoia Capital | 1 |
Sigurdur Arnljotsson | 1 |
Kale United | 1 |
Korea Investment Partners | 1 |
Mika Salmi | 1 |
Greycroft | 1 |
Aqua Spark | 1 |
Atomico | 1 |
Tuesday Capital | 1 |
boldstart ventures | 1 |
Ridge Ventures | 1 |
CAA Ventures | 1 |
Paige Craig | 1 |
Crowberry Capital invests at seed and early stage in emerging technology ventures in the Nordics. Our mission is to back people that are good for companies and build companies that are good for people. We have a strong follow-through philosophy and commit to putting your company first.
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Iceland, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Tiimo — Tiimo helps you manage your daily life and improve your wellbeing. Visualize your day. Improve your routines. Stress less.
- Quanscient — We are building next generation simulation software-as-a-service utilizing Quantum computing algorithms. Our specialty domain of simulations is Computational Electromagnetics.
- Porcelain Fortress — Porcelain Fortress was founded by a small band of romantics in the summer of 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Sisu Game Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused 100% on games. We set up shop in 2014 to support the most promising founders in the industry. Sisu has deep roots in the Nordic region, but our network of founders is fully global.The Sisu team consists of Samuli, Paul, Erik, Kalle, Moaffak, Kadri, and Jere - all of whom haveextensive backgrounds in the game industry and startup circles, both as entrepreneurs and investors. We've founded and built sixteen game companies since the early 90s and had several successful exits. Apart from funding companies, the team uses their expertise to act as a studio builder. Individual founders are supported in building their team, honing their product strategy and in gathering the right group of investors.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, United States, Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Bitmagic — Discover Bitmagic, the revolutionary game development platform powered by Generative AI. Create multiplayer 3D games with simple prompts, no coding needed. Join our community and start creating your own games today!
- VIZTA DGTL — VIZTA is an innovative gaming studio at the forefront of significant technology shifts and increasing demands from new generations and various consumers.
- Rocky Road — At Rocky Road, we are redefining social gaming with our social gaming network. We are hiring!
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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Investment focus
- 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 makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
- 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.
MGMT Ventures mission is to support and invest in founders pushing the boundaries of innovation in emerging and future industries.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Sports, Seafood
- Pre-Seed
- Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Loki Foods — We're producing sustainable, plant-based foods from the Arctic. Iceland’s first plant-based cod and seafood!
- Esports Coaching Academy — Esports Coaching Academy, the leading platform for youth esports training, education, and certification. Our academy offers top-quality courses, exercises, training sessions, and certifications.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Isometric — Isometric is a carbon removal standard and registry.
- Slope — We handle the lending, underwriting, debt collection and fully pay out to you immediately once the product or service ships.
- Rocky Road — At Rocky Road, we are redefining social gaming with our social gaming network. We are hiring!
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
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Reaktor Ventures has moved to the next phase by focusing its efforts to actively supporting current portfolio companies. This means that the fund has ended its investment period and is not investing into new companies. Between 2013 and 2018 we have invested into 42 different companies and one early stage fund. We will naturally keep makingfollow-up investments to current portfolio companies.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Finland, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs
- Swappie — Buy refurbished iPhones at an affordable price - Swappie offers refurbished and cheap iPhones with a free 12-month Swappie warranty.
- Videoly — The easiest way for online retailers to get hand-picked and automatically embedded product videos.
Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Internet
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
- Allara — Allara is your all-in-one virtual care team for hormonal, metabolic & gynecological conditions such as PCOS and Endometriosis.
- nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
- Instabase — Instabase combines the latest AI breakthroughs with industry expertise to create real business value for your business.
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.
SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant
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Investment focus
- Food and Beverage, Biotechnology, Food Processing
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- United States, India, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Another Food — Another Food is a plant cell culture startup which develops sustainable coffee from plant cells. A nature-identical coffee, healthier for consumers and better for the planet.
- Peruvian Veef — Peruvian Veef is an offline and online store that offers real burgers, grilled seitan, crispy cravings, and vegan nugget products.
- Atlantic Fish Company — Atlantic Fish Co is a cultivated seafood company using cellular agriculture to bring the world sustainable delicious seafood.
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Finland, Sweden, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
- Moncyte Health — Unique technology and novel data for personalized and optimal treatment of high cholesterol
- Biomatter — Biomatter Designs is pioneering the technologies for generative protein design at the intersection of synthetic biology and AI.
- Avenue Biosciences — From biotechnology tools to therapy discovery and development: Our platform enhances production yield and the quality of your end product.
Shanda Group is a private investment firm that was founded in 1999 by Tianqiao Chen and Chrissy Luo. The company works across venture capital, private equity, public markets, and real estate, prioritizing investments in the financial services, technology, and healthcare sectors. Shanda has offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Singapore andMenlo Park. It invests in innovative companies and great management teams that have the vision and determination to change the world.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, China, Israel
Portfolio highlights
- Xunlu AI — Xunlu AI is an innovative startup that focuses on the development of AI-powered customer service technologies. Xunlu AI provides AI intelligent customer service and sales robots to businesses in a variety of industries via highly tailored AI solutions, assisting businesses in achieving their goals of cost reduction and increased productivity.
- Mojo Vision — Mojo Vision is a developer of augmented reality products and platforms intended to invent the future of computing. The company has developed a smart contact lens with a built-in display that gives timely information without interrupting the focus and delivers immediate, powerful, and relevant information without the intrusions of today'smobile devices, enabling users to connect with others at a glance, anytime, anywhere handsfree.Mojo Vision was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Saratoga, California.
- Rubedo Life Sciences — Rubedo Life Sciences is the Premier Longevity Company. Rubedo discovers and develops medicines to keep you biologically young.
Early stage (first money), venture capital - laser focused on investing in the video games industry.
Based in Sweden with a deep focus on the Nordics, while also being opportunistic about investments worldwide.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Sports, eSports
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Sweden, Iceland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Red Rover — We're on a mission to reimagine the multiplayer gaming landscape, with an emphasis on crafting groundbreaking survival experiences that champion player agency and drama.
- Porcelain Fortress — Porcelain Fortress was founded by a small band of romantics in the summer of 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
- Blue Scarab Entertainment — Blue Scarab Entertainment is Stockholm-based video game studio developing a surprising MMORPG for fans of cozy escapism, true-crime, and horses.
Director at Zume Inc.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Social Media
- Series A, Series C, Series B
- United States, India, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Mino Games — Mino Games is a free-to-play mobile gaming studio that produced the top 50 grossing mobile game Mino Monsters, with over 13 million downloads. We create deeply engaging, widely appealing games for millions of fans. We’re currently building our world class development studio in Montreal.We are a small group of passionate engineers, artists andanalysts with a mission to create games that millions of people all around the world love to play for years. We are funded by the best angel investors, institutional investors, and gaming companies from across the world.Our third and latest game, Cat Game, has already hit the App Store’s Top 100 Grossing Chart in Canada. The game, currently in soft launch, is showing world class key metrics, and we are expecting it to be a global hit when we launch it by February 2019.We are looking today to grow the team and looking for world class ambitious talent to come join us on the journey, to develop and support this newest title into a global success on both iOS and Android, and help us with future projects as we rapidly grow.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
- Mayhem Studios — Mayhem Studios is a mobile gaming app. It is a arm of mobile premier league.
Founded in 1990, KB Investment Co., Ltd. (KBIC) is one of Korea’s leading investment firms of venture capital and private equity funds with over USD 2.6 Billion of asset under management as of December 2023. KBIC is a subsidiary of KB Financial Group, Korea’s premier financial group with the largest domestic customer base as well as the widestnetwork of service branches in Korea.KBIC’s team is recognized for industry thought leadership, a broad network of powerful industry relationships, and a unique professional investment approach to investing. KBIC passionately support our portfolio companies with active guidance in all key aspects of team building, strategy, operations and governance
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Emocog — Emocog monitors and provides customized cognitive training to increase memory for dementia patients.
- Selta Square — Selta Square is an AI-based drug monitoring company that provides full-cycle drug monitoring solutions using artificial intelligence technology.
- Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)
Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Zive — All your company's knowledge, universally accessible to all employees.
- Mistral AI — Frontier AI in your hands
- Gorilla — We empower Energy Retailers in pricing, forecasting and reporting with data-driven solutions in boosting speed and flexibility.
Investa is an early stage investor in some of Iceland's most innovative startups. It invests primarily in companies in the technology sector offering products and solutions that have an international appeal.Its policy is to invest in a select few startups and spend a lot of time with them. In addition to investing, the company also providevarious advisory services from time to time to companies, investors and institutions that need help evaluating new opportunities.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Crowdsourcing
- Seed, Angel
- Iceland, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GRID — Spreadsheets run the world and we run spreadsheets.
- Travelade — Find recommendations and local insights from all across the world. Discover hidden gems, book experiences with best price guaranteed, create epic stories.
- Aldin Dynamics — Aldin creates believable realities designed for presence & immersion.
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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Investment focus
- 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 makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
- Zed Industries — Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Seoul Investment Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on investments in small and medium businesses.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Software, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Vinssen — Vinssen is a manufacturer of electric and hydrogen ships.
- Pluto — Pluto provides a SaaS solution that includes both discovery and academic search engines customized for the institution.
- Best Graphene — Graphene specialized company_BESTGRAPHENE
The Road Not Taken
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Information Technology, Gaming
- Funding Round, Seed, Series B
- South Korea, United States, India
Portfolio highlights
- LOCUS — LOCUS is a comprehensive cultural content producer which operates a diversified content business in multiple fields.
- Puzzle Monsters — Puzzle Monsters is a game production company.
- Supervillain Labs — Supervillain Labs is a gaming studio that specializes in Web3 gaming innovation to develop socially interactive gaming experiences.
Beatrice Aliprandi - Principal @ Talis Capital
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Art, Beauty
- Seed, Series A
- Denmark, Germany, Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- NØIE — Noie is a consumer goods company that offers cosmetics and skincare products. The company offers customized a customized skincare platform that combines deep dermatological knowledge with feedback from the community and the users' individual needs to eliminate guesswork and coincidence in the search for skincare that actually works.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
- Vinehealth — Best ePRO data collection tool | Digital patient support programmes for cancer patients | Remote PROMs data collection | Real-world studies | Oncology clinical research | Cancer support app | Cancer companion app for patients self-management | Self-reporting tool f
Woori Technology Investment Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm focusing on venture capital.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Italy
Portfolio highlights
- Funble — Funble is a financial services company that specializes in fintech, blockchain, real estate, real assets, and fractional shares.
- Openknowl — OPENKNOWL is an online career management system, offering mentoring facilities and careers camps for those wanting to develop a career in the IT sector.
- Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
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.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, Apps, Cloud Computing
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Singapore, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Movi — Movi is building a new canvas for creation and ownership of web 3.0 visual content.
- Luxola — Luxola was launched in Singapore in 2011 and has quickly grown into the destination for beauty in Southeast Asia; carrying over 4000 products and serving customers across the region including Australia, India and the UAE. Easily accessible. Luxola is committed to providing you with outstanding customer service and bringing you the best brandsfrom around the world, under one platform. All of our products are 100% authentic. We carry over 250 brands, of which over 65 brands across multiple markets are exclusive to Luxola.Education empowers our customers. With each product, Luxola provides ‘how-to’ advice and a review platform, giving you the power to hear from others with similar skin tones and types.Staying relevant is at the core of everything we do. In addition to providing a platform to purchase all your beauty favourites when you want, every week we pen LX Edit, our digital lifestyle magazine, offering inspiration and the latest insight into makeup, skincare, hair and celebrity fashion.
- QuizUp — Plain Vanilla is an Icelandic Game Studio based in Reykjavik Iceland and in San Francisco. It develops a real-time multiplayer quiz platform for mobile devices.
Join FoodTech focused investors looking to back impact-driven founders shaping our food system
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Food and Beverage, Food Processing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- twig bio — twig bio operates as a bioengineering startup. twig bio using AI and robotics to find sustainable replacements for harmful ingredients.
- RAAAM Memory Technologies Ltd. — RAAAM provides a unique on-chip memory technology that offers the highest-density embedded memory solution in any standard CMOS process.RAAAM develops a high-density memory technology that allows for up to 50% higher on-chip memory density with no cost, complexity, or performance-penalty.
- Cultivated Biosciences — Cultivated - Creamy, dairy-free indulgence
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.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Mobile, Agriculture
- Seed, Series B, Series A
- United States, Israel, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Teatime Games — Teatime Games is an Iceland-based gaming startup that reinvents social games.
- Lilium — Lilium is developing sustainable, high-speed air mobility through its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, vertiports and digital service.
- Scaled Inference — Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Tools
Bragiel Brothers is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in seed and Series A rounds.
Dan Bragiel launched the firm in San Francisco, California in 2016.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Finland, Japan
Portfolio highlights
- UpCodes — UpCodes is a comprehensive code compliance platform. Research, collaborate, and calculate code requirements efficiently, all in one place.
- Gridware — Using remote telemetry and edge AI, Gridware wildfire prevention technology powers a grid that is smarter and more reliable than ever before.
- Inspectify — If you are looking to buy or sell a home, Inspectify helps you find the best home inspectors in your area.
Birgir Ragnarsson is the Managing Partner at Novator.
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Investment focus
- Medical Device, Art, Peer to Peer
- Series B, Seed, Series C
- Iceland, Germany, Lithuania
Portfolio highlights
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
- 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.
- Sidekick Health — Our mission is to develop and deliver effective personalized digital therapeutics that prevent suffering and add millions of quality life years to people around the world. Our multi-chronic digital care platform allows us to scale the production of clinical treatments across major chronic diseases.
Jeff Solomon is the Co-Founder of Markup Hero.
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Investment focus
- Mobile, iOS, Android
- Seed
- United States, Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- The Kive Company — The Kive Company operates under the names Artkive and Lifekive. Artkive the leading service that helps parents celebrate their kids' art. Artkive offers the Artkive app for people who want to DIY or the Artkive Box for people who want to send in their art to be professionally photographed and turned into keepsake books or custom-framed mosaicprints. The Kive Company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
- Umano — Umano is an audio streaming service.
- Cubcoats — 2-in-1 wearable & playable transforming friends. A take everywhere that kids and parents equally adore.
Lifely VC is investing and supporting startups globally with game-changing teams in the food and materials space.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Food and Beverage
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Iceland, Indonesia
Portfolio highlights
- MYCL | Mycotech Lab — Mycotech is a mining company which deals on future bio-material with agricultural waste to empower farmers. Starting business since 2012 as mushroom gourmet producers, our team realize that mushroom can save the world. After one year growing mushroom medium, we found mushroom grown bag are become harden and hard to breakdown. Since then weinitiate a research to develop this kind of phenomenon from our kitchen by borrowing mom’s pressure cooker. Luckily we don’t have to break many mom’s kitchen tools after had a full access to mycology lab of Indonesian government owned research agency and world class laboratories in Singapore and Switzerland. Since then, the company is developing this material from scratch from lab scale into pilot scale. Our mission is to deliver sustainable material from renewable resources with affordability.
- Bucha Bio — Bucha Bio creates a novel biomaterial grown from infinitely renewable bacterial-nanocellulose. Strands of natural fibers interlock to form a high-performance textile with a luxuriously soft handfeel. Produced in weeks rather than months or years, use it in premium applications instead of animal leather, polyurethane, latex, vinyl, and so much more.Creating a reliable material is our goal, adding plastics and petrochemicals like PU polyurethane would make it easy, but we’ve never taken the easy way out. Committed to sustainability, Bucha Bio’s team is dedicated to creating a completely biodegradable textile that enables the next generation of designers to create products for a more sustainable future. Our biomaterial is water-resistant, scratch-resistant, sunlight-resistant, flame-resistant, and so many more reasons to test it out in your next product.
- Bond Pet Foods — We make vegan and protein-rich pet food and treats formulated by board-certified veterinary nutritionists.
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.
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Investment focus
- Software, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- China, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- StepStar — The goal of Stepstar is to "Ten Times the Possibility of Everyone" through Intelligent Step. Step Star firmly creates its own super model and actively uses important resources like
- Zhipu AI — Zhipu AI is a data company developing an AI-based large model platform to provide API services. It includes a variety of smart application products such as the scientific and technological information analysis engine and AI cognitive engines to allow users to leverage AI-powered tools to reduce manual labor in digital tasks.
- Shanggu Technology — Shanggu Technology is a company that provides comprehensive digital marketing solution that includes powerful artificial intelligence technology.
ATON GmbH is active within companies operating in seminal markets (raw materials, services and applied technology). The ATON companies are mainly active in business to business areas. ATON does not invest in start up businesses. As a rule, ATON is the majority shareholder. Connected to this is the adoption of responsibility for the ATON-ledcompanies.
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- Food and Beverage
- Series A
- Iceland
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- Good Good — Good Good emphasizes on online sales.
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.
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- Machine Learning, Art, Digital Media
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, Iceland
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- Solsten — 12traits is an AI firm engaged in understanding human behavior in the digital world for powering the future of customer experience.
- Alter — Alter is an open source, cross-platform SDK consisting of a real-time 3D avatar system and motion capture built from scratch for web3 interoperability and the open metaverse.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
We help the daring build legendary companies.
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- Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, India
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- ElevenLabs — Create the most realistic speech with our AI audio tools in 1000s of voices and 32 languages. Easy to use API's and SDK's. Scalable, secure, and customizable voice solutions tailored for enterprise needs. Pioneering research in Text to Speech and AI Voice Generation.
- Intryc — Sample tickets, evaluate human and AI agents, and unlock customer insights with the power of AI with Intryc.
- Blind Insight — Unlock secure collaboration with compliance-ready privacy-enhancing technology. Real-time searchable encryption and fine-grained access control so you don't have to choose between data protection and innovation.
Sigurdur Arnljotsson is a Founding Partner at Brunnur Ventures
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- Software, Art, Content Marketing
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Iceland
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- AviLabs — AviLabs specializes in software development in aviation.
- Vitar Games — A WW1 Strategy driven Management Game
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
Kale United offers a portfolio of over 75+ plant-based game changers
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- Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- United Kingdom, Sweden, India
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- Opalia — Opalia is introducing a new era of dairy: functional, delicious, and sustainable dairy made from mammary cells.
- The Pack — Nutritionally complete vegan dog food. Grain-free & developed with food scientists & animal nutritionists, try our delicious vegan dog food now.
- Cultimate Foods — Cultimate Foods is a cellular agriculture company. It develops cultivated fat for hybrid alt-meat products. It's cultivated fat replicates the structure of animal fat tissue and it uses a "unique technological approach to 3D cultivation that creates the structure of their ingredient and reduces production costs."
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- HyperAccel — HyperAccel provides hardware solutions for developing AI applications.
- Selta Square — Selta Square is an AI-based drug monitoring company that provides full-cycle drug monitoring solutions using artificial intelligence technology.
- Pin Therapeutics — Pin Therapeutics is founded in Feb 2017, fast growing stage with member composition of 25% in USA and 75% in Korea. Drug discovery leaderships are from global pharma and biotech companies along with talented scientists both in Korea and USA.* Active Focus - PinE3: E3 ligase screening cascade for identifying novel warheads - PinGLUE: Assaycascade for molecular glue degrader screening* Programs - Selective Molecular Glue Degrader (CK1α) - Molecular Glue Degrader Programs (5-6 Undisclosed) - PROTAC Program (1 Undisclosed)
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
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- Inkd.com — Inkd (formerly Pressplane) has two main products: Inkd, a true "buy & sell" community (rather like CafePress, Zazzle, Etsy and even stock image companies) wherein designers upload print creative and businesses can download and use the content as a cost effective alternative to hiring a designer, and Zapd, an app that allows users tocreate instant, themed websites straight from their iPhones.
- 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 makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
Venture capital and technology investments
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- Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Germany
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- Alium — Buyer Intelligence for decision makers, by decision makers.
- Raspberry AI — Raspberry AI employs artificial intelligence technology to design styles that are in high demand. The platform offers the convenience of instantly generating technical packs and CADs for any product image, providing a comprehensive solution for product design requirements. It also features automated, high-conversion product descriptions andphotography, along with the capability to create new high-fidelity designs from a sketch or reference image.
- Harbinger — Founded by veterans of Canoo and Faraday Future, Harbinger is an automotive company that develops EV platforms optimized for medium-duty trucks and delivery vans.
Aqua-Spark is an investment fund with a focus on sustainable aquaculture businesses around the world. The small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) they invest in are working toward the production of safe, accessible aquatic life, such as fish, shellfish and plants, in ways that do not harm their oceans. Their investors value the fact that each investmentaims to create triple impact—specifically, each investment is chosen for its potential to generate significant financial returns while also activating positive environmental and social outcomes.Aqua-Spark believes that committing to a long-term vision is the way to realize effective and lasting impact results. When it comes to investments, they do not seek quick exits; instead, they look for entrepreneurs who strive to build and scale toward the future, who see their business as major economic opportunities that can also help solve looming environmental and food security challenges over the long-term. As an essential of each investee, Aqua-Spark seeks sustainability.
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- Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Seafood
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- United States, Norway, Israel
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- Oceano Fresco — Oceano Fresco develops and produces bivalves varieties with superior performance for shellfish farmers at a competitive cost, respecting environmental sustainability and ensuring consumer safety.They use a multi-disciplinary approach including expertise in molecular biology, genetics, animal physiology, computational biology and intellectualproperty to select value adding traits to shellfish farmers and contribute to the sustainability and profitability of the aquaculture industry.They work with hatcheries, nurseries and research centers in order to test and validate their solutions and ensure that they suit the specific needs of each customer, in each technical and environmental context.
- Kuehnle Agrosystems — Kuehnle AgroSystems curates a unique set of algae originating from pristine waters and ecosystems of Hawaii, as well as tropical botanical accessions representing plants prized by Polynesian voyagers.
- Wanda Fish Technologies — Wanda Fish is an innovative FoodTech company with a platform that produces a wide variety of delicious fish fillets using sustainable cell-cultivation practices.
Atomico invests in innovative technology companies around the world.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United Kingdom, United States, Germany
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- R.grid — Research Grid is the automation engine for admin-free clinical trials. Research Grid has developed two industry-leading products that leverage its AI-powered automation engine.
- Raycast — A collection of powerful productivity tools all within an extendable launcher.
- Dexory — BotsAndUs is a London-based startup that develops robotics and AI solutions. They combine social sciences with human-centered design and cutting edge engineering and make sure robots seamlessly integrate into day to day life.
Tuesday Capital (formerly CrunchFund) has been helping early-stage founders build the companies of tomorrow since 2011.
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- Software, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Mexico, Israel
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- Grazzy — Grazzy improves retention and recruiting for hotels, bars, restaurants and salons by powering cashless tipping and instant payouts. Safe, secure, and simple to get started.
- Kollegio — Kollegio is an AI-driven platform for college applications.
- Foundation Health — Foundation Health is a telehealth and nationwide pharmacies and diagnostic distribution centre
Day one partner for developer first, crypto infra & SaaS founders.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Israel
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- Tessl — Tessl transforms software development for the AI era with its innovative AI-native development approach. Its AI-powered development platform provides secure, high-quality, and self-maintaining code tailored to the user's requirements.
- CrewAI — CrewAI is a multi-agent automation platform for enterprises to automate complex tasks. With its automation platform, organizations can deploy and manage AI agents to automate complex tasks and to value across a wide range of use cases, from research and analysis to coding and reporting.The company also offers a range of advanced new featuresincluding self-iteration, performance evaluation, persistent memory, and a range of new agent collaboration structures.
- Spectro Cloud — Enterprise Kubernetes management platform built for scale. Complete lifecycle management of any type of cluster, from bare metal to the edge.
Ridge Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures) is an early stage venture capital fund investing in experienced founders redefining how the world uses software.
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- Software, Internet, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Finland
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- eSelf AI — eSelf AI redefines face-to-face interactions with human-like video conversations.
- Prompt Security — Prompt Security protects organizations from all risks associated with Generative AI such as Prompt Injection, Data Leaks, Shadow AI, etc. Secure all uses of Generative AI in the organization: from GenAI tools used by employees to GenAI integrations in customer-facing products.
- Arya Health — Digital agents to transform how your front office engages your clinical workforce.
CAA Ventures is the venture arm of Creative Artists Agency.
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- Internet, Mobile, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United States, Canada, Iceland
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- Bungalow — Bungalow is a residential real estate platform that provides renters with a more convenient, flexible, and communal living solution. It utilizes existing housing supply by signing long-term leases with homeowners, and offers multi-bedroom homes in some of the most desirable neighborhoods in cities throughout the United States.Bungalow offersprivate bedrooms with handpicked housemates in beautifully furnished homes across seven major cities. Each home comes furnished and includes wifi, utilities, housekeeping, and monthly community events for members.Andrew Collins and Justin McCarty founded Bungalow in 2016. Its headquarters is in San Francisco in California.
- Harper Wilde — The world's most comfortable underthings. High quality everyday garments, priced without the traditional retail markup.
- DeSo Foundation — DeSo is a layer -1 blockchain designed to build and scale decentralized social apps to 1 Billion users. Take back ownership of your content and social graph with web3 versions of Twitter and LinkedIn.
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.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Iceland
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- StackStr — Real time monitoring of machine learning systems.
- Qualified — Qualified is the most effective platform for evaluating and training world-class engineers. Utilizing real-world assessment methodology we enable companies to identify high-performing hires.
- Spaceship — A platform for Continuous Delivery. Turn your code into containers automatically. Get it running on Kubernetes instantly.
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