Top 15 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Iceland (October 2026)

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• Sowilo — Sowilo created Catecut, a platform-agnostic technology that leverages artificial intelligence to detect fashion products and design elements in store product photos.
• Sundra — Sundra turns the materials you already have into structured training courses in hours, then delivers them in 70+ languages. Built for HR and L&D teams.
• Arcana Bio — ArcanaBio is developing realtime biosurveillance solutions that minimize workplace disruptions and support health & wellness

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• Tavion — Critical energy storage infrastructure for a sustainable future.
• SNERPA Power — SNERPA Power develops intelligent energy services.
• Helios Innovations — Helios offers on-site industrial waste management of liquid waste. Reduce waste volume by up to 90% without investment.

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• Axelyf — Building Next-Generation RNA-LNP Therapeutics: experienced drug developers with distinctive technologies - for partners, programs and patients
• AviLabs — AviLabs is revolutionizing how airlines handle disruptions. By combining industry expertise with cutting-edge, passenger-first solutions, we empower airlines to reduce disruptions, enhance the customer experience, and optimize operations.
• Ghostlamp — Ghostlamp enables brands and agencies to create on-demand micro influencer campaigns, anywhere in the world via the use of an online self-serve platform.

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• Luffy AI — Discover Luffy AI's Neuroplastic AI for rapid, adaptive industrial control in robotics, drives, automotive, and more. Enhance system performance and reduce calibration needs. Replace or complement PID loops with Adaptive Control for your Physical AI usecase.
• Geopyörä Oy — Geopyörä is the state of the art in rock breakage characterization testing and it was developed to allow mining companies to test several samples at low cost for geometallurgical, comminution design and control applications
• Rithmik Solutions — We increase uptime in mines with advanced analytics that optimize maintenance and extend equipment life.

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• JetZero — JetZero develops commercial aircraft centered on an all-wing or blended wing body design that integrates the fuselage and wings into a single structure to improve aerodynamics and reduce fuel use. The company is advancing the Z4 airplane, which targets lower fuel consumption and associated emissions compared with conventional tube-and-wing jets,and is working with industry partners on systems like engines, composites, and potential hydrogen fuel adaptations. JetZero collaborates with aerospace suppliers, research organizations, and regulatory bodies to design, test, and prepare full-scale demonstrators with the aim of advancing certification and entry into service. The company’s work includes aerodynamic simulation, structural engineering, and exploring sustainable fuel solutions to address aviation’s environmental goals.
• Zogenix — Therapeutic Solutions for CNS Disorders and Rare Diseases
• Critical Energy — Critical Energy builds modular power plants for geothermal and waste heat recovery, shipped in standard containers and installed in weeks.

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• Quanscient — Quanscient develops multiphysics simulation software utilizing quantum computing algorithms to improve simulation technology. Its Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) platform integrates a unique combination of cloud-native multiphysics solvers, advanced cloud computing, and future quantum integration. The platform also offers engineers over ahundredfold increase in simulation throughput to enable fully digital R&D processes, addressing complex technology challenges in industries like fusion energy, 6G/7G, advanced semiconductors, biomedical, automotive, and aerospace.
• SNERPA Power — SNERPA Power develops intelligent energy services.
• Augmented Hearing — Read more about danish audiology scale-up Augmented Hearing, driving the world's most ambitious audiology solutions and innovations.

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• Tulipop — The enchanting world of Tulipop, dreamt up by mother of two Signy and brought to market by her best friend Helga, is an original, beautiful and magical children's range unlike any other. Both cuddly and gothic and strongly inspired by forms and colours in nature, the Tulipop world features intriguing characters such as Bubble, a shy and dreamymushroom boy and Gloomy, an adventurous mushroom girl, who loves surprises and cheeky little pranks - challenging gender stereotypes.
• Laki Power — We supply power grid operators with advanced high-voltage line monitoring stations that enable them to optimise performance, safety and cost.
• DTE ehf — DTE introduces breakthrough real-time process control analytics for metals production and processing towards Industry 4.0, through our robotic hardware and software solutions, automating current manual sampling processes for improved quality, cost, efficiency and safety.

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• Focalpay — Focalpay is a disruptive platform that breaks down the boundaries between retail and payments. We offer payment, checkout and backoffice in one universal system.
• GeoSalmo — Sustainable land-based farming of salmon in arctic Iceland. Renewable resources and the cleanest water in the world produce arctic superfoods.

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• GeoSalmo — Sustainable land-based farming of salmon in arctic Iceland. Renewable resources and the cleanest water in the world produce arctic superfoods.

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• MyDello — Get instant quotes for all transportation modes. Enter a new era of freight forwarding with the MyDello logistics platform. Sign up for free
• 50skills — Bring people, information and tools together. 50skills is a hiring system and so much more.
• Treble — We develop next generation sound simulation and spatial audio technology for digital twins and virtual worlds.

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• GeoSalmo — Sustainable land-based farming of salmon in arctic Iceland. Renewable resources and the cleanest water in the world produce arctic superfoods.

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• GeoSalmo — Sustainable land-based farming of salmon in arctic Iceland. Renewable resources and the cleanest water in the world produce arctic superfoods.

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• Gridio — The #1 OFFICIAL smart charging app for your EV!
• Amperecloud — With Amperecloud, you can monitor and manage your entire renewable energy portfolio in real-time, access new revenue streams through peer-to-peer trading and grid services, and reduce your carbon footprint and operational costs. Amperecloud is the operating system for renewables, empowering you to harness the power of clean energy with ease andconfidence.
• SNERPA Power — SNERPA Power develops intelligent energy services.

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• Kopra Bio — Cancer immunotherapy that turns cancer cells into biofactories minting their own destruction.
• Inherent — Recursively self-improving to discover new knowledge.
• Lightyear — Lightyear is a simple and approachable way to invest your money globally without unnecessary barriers and fees.

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• Sortera Technologies — Sortera Alloys manufactures low-cost, high-quality metal alloys for domestic manufacturing using its artificial intelligence technology. Sortera Alloys is a company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was established in 2020.
• Multiscale AI — Multiscale Technologies developed an AI platform that accelerates R&D and the discovery of new materials by 100X. The platform digitizes all forms of data (tabular, pdf, simulations etc.) and uses its own unique knowledge fusion platform to connect experiments, simulations, and materials domain expertise to provide predictive analyses andrecommendations for any manufacturing company that does R&D for new materials in their current/future products.
• DTE ehf — DTE introduces breakthrough real-time process control analytics for metals production and processing towards Industry 4.0, through our robotic hardware and software solutions, automating current manual sampling processes for improved quality, cost, efficiency and safety.