Top 30 Media (Entertainment) Startup Investors in Iceland (August 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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New Business Venture Fund
VC Fund
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7 | Iceland, United States, China | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, SaaS | $299k–$2.6M |
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Brunnur Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Iceland, United States, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Angel | Software, SaaS, Biotechnology | |
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Crowberry Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Iceland, Denmark, Finland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Gaming, Health Care | $400k–$17M |
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Shanda Group
VC Fund
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2 | United States, China, Israel | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care | $100k–$44M |
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Reaktor Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Germany, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Software, E-Commerce | $137k–$6.8M |
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Inventure
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, Sweden, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $549k–$25M |
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Sisu Game Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Finland, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Gaming, Video Games, Software | $110k–$38M |
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Nordic Ignite
VC Fund
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2 | Norway, Iceland, Sweden | Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Travel, Content | |
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Charles Huang
Angel
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1 | Taiwan, Iceland | Seed, Series B | Apps, Music, Computer | |
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Bing Gordon
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Canada | Series A, Series C, Series B | Gaming, Internet, Video Games | $5M–$40M |
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Ivar Kristjansson
Angel
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1 | Iceland | Series A | Audio, Music, Brand Marketing | |
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whynow
VC Fund
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1 | Iceland | Seed | Apps, Music | |
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Nick Gatfield
Angel
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1 | France, Iceland, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Internet, TV, Apps | |
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Hermann Kristjánsson
Angel
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1 | Iceland | Seed | Hardware, Software, Photography | |
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Sigurdur Arnljotsson
Angel
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1 | Iceland | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Art, SaaS | $150k–$7.5M |
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Birgir Ragnarsson
Angel
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1 | Iceland, Jersey, Germany | Series B, Seed, Series A | Medical Device, Art, Legal | $738k–$55M |
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Jon Slimak
Angel
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1 | United States, Germany, Iceland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Machine Learning, Art, Farming | |
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Luminar Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Sweden, Norway, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $960k–$21M |
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Frumtak Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Iceland, Estonia, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $974k–$20M |
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Bragiel Brothers
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Finland, Japan | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | $255k–$68M |
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Hilmar Petursson
Angel
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1 | Iceland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Online Games, Software, Video Games | $780k–$25M |
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Beatrice Aliprandi
Angel
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1 | Turkey, Denmark, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Health Care, Art, Gaming | $2.2M–$7.5M |
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Mika Salmi
Angel
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Seed, Series A | Online Games, Gaming, Software | $1.2M–$30M |
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Thor Fridriksson
Angel
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1 | Iceland | Seed, Angel | Sports, Publishing, Social Media | |
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David Helgason
Angel
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1 | United States, Denmark, Finland | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence | $242k–$30M |
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Founders Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | France | Seed | Software, Blockchain, Agriculture | |
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Iceland Venture Studio
VC Fund
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1 | Iceland, United States, India | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Education | $500k–$3M |
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Menlo Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, Canada, Sweden | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $6.3M–$120M |
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Rahul Vohra
Angel
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1 | United States, Canada, Germany | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $1.2M–$298M |
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Technology Development Fund
VC Fund
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1 | Iceland, United States, Japan | Grant, Seed | Software, Health Care, Manufacturing | |
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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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- Industry: Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Iceland, United States, China
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $400k–$2.6M; Pre-Seed $299k–$520k
- Lead/follow: 62% lead, 38% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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
Brunnur Ventures is a top venture capital firm in Iceland for startups with high-growth potential.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Biotechnology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Iceland, United States, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 25
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Vitar Games — A WW1 Strategy driven Management Game
- Standby Deposits — Standby Deposits is a rental security deposit replacement based on credit.
- Porcelain Fortress — Porcelain Fortress was founded by a small band of romantics in the summer of 2016 in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Iceland, Denmark, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 50
- Round size: Seed $1.6M–$4.4M; Pre-Seed $400k–$1.3M; Series A $5.7M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Hemi Health — Hemi Health is a Danish digital-first headache and migraine clinic specializing in diagnosis, personalized treatment, and care for headaches using technology like an app for symptom tracking and video consultations.
- Augmented Hearing — Read more about danish audiology scale-up Augmented Hearing, driving the world's most ambitious audiology solutions and innovations.
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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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, China, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $839k–$11M; Pre-Seed $100k–$750k; Series A $5.6M–$44M
- Lead/follow: 34% lead, 66% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MiroFish — The World's First Open-Source Swarm Agent Prediction System. Web: https://t.co/F7gQDy0yXO Github: https://t.co/9MhcLAIs7N Discord: https://t.co/wCnMAT2I8f IG: @mirofish_ai
- Buildroid — Autonomous steel factories. A new Steel Robotics experience is on the way.
- Trener Robotics — Trener Robotics develops AI software that enables industrial robots to operate autonomously, adapt to variability, and deploy faster in manufacturing.
Reaktor Ventures they invest in seed stage companies and helps them to create markets.
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- Industry: Internet, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Finland, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $137k–$2M; Pre-Seed $159k–$1.8M; Series A $1.7M–$6.8M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Valpas — Valpas is the hygiene protocol that reassures your future guests and keeps your hotel clean from the most uncontrollable: bed bugs
- allies.digital — Allies is a match-making platform curating businesses with IT-, digital and creative agencies. No more miss-matches when buying IT & creative services.
- StarBerry Games — StarBerry Games GmbH is a mobile games company based in Berlin, Germany. The company develops free-to-play casual mobile games and is best known for its games Merge Mayor and Idle Coffee Corp.
Since 2005, Inventure has backed over 90 companies including Wolt, Swappie, Jobbatical, aiMotive, and more.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Finland, Sweden, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 176
- Round size: Seed $549k–$5.9M; Series A $1.3M–$17M; Series B $1.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 48% lead, 52% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $169M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Leetify — We help gamers identify their weaknesses, work on those weaknesses and track their progression.
- UpCloud — World's fastest cloud servers with a 100% uptime SLA! Sign up for a free trial today.
- ONEiO — ONEiO is a cloud-native integration service provider connecting people, processes, and tools – enabling seamless collaboration without traditional integration hassle. Provided as a turn-key solution, as self-service, or something in between. You choose.
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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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Finland, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 58
- Round size: Seed $576k–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $110k–$1.2M; Series A $6.3M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $50M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- Torpor Games — Experiences that challenge and provoke. Suzerain - a fictional political drama set in the 1950s. How will you rule? Out now for PC, Mobile, Xbox, PS & Switch
- Kinoa Labs — A real-time, AI-powered platform to engage, retain, and monetize mobile game users - launched and updated live, without waiting on development.
- Antihero Studios — Games Worth Sharing- by former Brawl Stars, Clash Royale and Candy Crush devs.
Dedicated to supporting and investing in innovative startups
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- Industry: SaaS, Travel, Content
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Norway, Iceland, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 100% lead, 0% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Vandre — Vandre - Sustainable workwear lifecycle management
- Vilje Bionics — 1 in 4 will be affected by a stroke during their lifetime. Many stroke survivors must live with permanently impaired arm and hand function. This significant disability makes them dependent on others for activities in daily life and leads to painful complications such as stiff joints. Vilje Bionics offers the world’s first commercial and mobilerobotic exoskeleton that assists motion in the entire arm. With the help of our smart sensors and unique software, the user controls the movement of the assistive device. The aid is hence not a prosthesis, but an exoskeleton assisting a disabled arm. Our solution transforms dreams into possibilities. We provide a) independence in tasks that require two hands, b) increased energy for hobbies and social activities, c)support of weakened shoulder, without passivizing it, and d) preventing strain injuries and pain due to e.g., contractures and stiff joints.
Charles Huang, founder of the iconic gaming franchise, Guitar Hero.
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- Industry: Apps, Music, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Series B
- Geography: Taiwan, Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Bitmark — An archive of digital property rights infrastructure.
- Overtune — With Overtune you can easily make your own music. Record with voice effects and make videos.
Director at Zume Inc.
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- Industry: Gaming, Internet, Video Games
- Stage:Series A, Series C, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Series A $5M–$20M; Series B $5M–$25M; Series C $15M–$40M
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Levellr — Levellr software helps creators & brands to build, manage and monetise messaging communities within existing apps, including Discord & Telegram. Our tools, which sit on top of Discord & Telegram, help our customers to acquire powerful-first party data on superfans, build highly engaged communities & generate tangible revenueopportunities, whilst also providing our customers with community strategy & on-going moderation services to ensure their communities thrive.
- 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.
- Mayhem Studios — Mayhem Studios is a mobile gaming app. It is a arm of mobile premier league.
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- Industry: Audio, Music, Brand Marketing
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- ATMO Select — ATMO Select covers all aspects of audio branding for companies and brands. Based on research & development, and years of experience, we analyze the music and sound correlation between a brand and its customer base. Customer demographics and brand information is used to develop an audio branding strategy and detailed music profile report thatwe deliver to our customers across the globe. Headquartered in Iceland, ATMO Select is based as well in Scandinavia, Germany, Benelux and the United States.
We bring you the Positive, Powerful and Personal stories from both emerging creatives and established giants in art, fashion, music and entertainment.
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- Industry: Apps, Music
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Overtune — With Overtune you can easily make your own music. Record with voice effects and make videos.
Nick Gatfield - Co-Founder @ Synchronized
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- Industry: Internet, TV, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: France, Iceland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Karhoo — Karhoo, the first fully-integrated global booking platform for regulated Taxis and PHVs, is funded by RCI Bank and Services (Groupe Renault). It was reborn and remoulded from the assets of a previous business that learnt the hard way that competing against Uber, Didi and Lyft required a radically different and more collaborative approach tomobility. Now Karhoo remains an independent business contributing to Groupe Renault’s sustainable mobility‑as‑a‑service strategy, which covers connected, autonomous, shared, electric vehicles part of multimodal transport.
- Overtune — With Overtune you can easily make your own music. Record with voice effects and make videos.
- Synchronized — Synchronized.tv | Maximize the value of your video content in a digital world
Hermann Kristjánsson
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- Industry: Hardware, Software, Photography
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kúla 3D — Making your own 3D images and videos is easy. New devices to watch 3D are popping up, but something is missing: your own personal 3D imagery; your friends and family in three dimensions. Since 2013 Kúla has made solutions for 3D photography with regular camera because they believe everyone should capture their precious moments in 3D. They make 3Dlenses for DSLR cameras and smartphones accompanied by the image processing software Kúlacode.
Sigurdur Arnljotsson is a Founding Partner at Brunnur Ventures
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- Industry: Software, Art, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7.5M; Pre-Seed $150k–$500k
- Lead/follow: 63% lead, 37% follow
Portfolio highlights
- AviLabs — AviLabs specializes in software development in aviation.
- 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.
- 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.
Birgir Ragnarsson is the Managing Partner at Novator.
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- Industry: Medical Device, Art, Legal
- Stage:Series B, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Iceland, Jersey, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $738k–$7.5M; Series A $13M–$20M; Series B $16M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Numan — Convenient care, tailored to you. Offering treatments for weight loss, diagnostics, erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and more.
- Aavalynx — Legal tools stop at making lawyers faster. Aavalynx goes further: we help in-house teams, funders and law firms advising them resolve disputes sooner, at lower cost, and with full control.
- 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.
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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- Industry: Machine Learning, Art, Farming
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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 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.
Luminar is one of the most active seed investors in the Nordics, providing experienced seed financing and active operational support.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Sweden, Norway, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $960k–$5.4M; Series A $8.3M–$21M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- FirstQFM — FirstQFM is a Stockholm-based quantum technology company building proprietary foundation models for quantum computing.
- Fika Jobs — Stand out from the crowd. Find your perfect job.
- Ivy Interactive — Frictionless Coding with AI
At Frumtak Ventures, we champion founders who have demonstrated early traction and have potential to become global leaders in their space. We take a concentrated, high-conviction, and high-involvement approach to investing and dedicate ourselves to collaboratively work with our portfolio companies from the seed stage through IPO. Our initialticket size usually ranges from €1 million to €3 million.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Iceland, Estonia, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $974k–$4.7M; Series A $1.2M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 73% lead, 27% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Optise — Optise is the self-improving B2B website platform that automatically ships data-driven improvements every week so you get more leads and customers without becoming a website expert.
- MyDello — Get instant quotes for all transportation modes. Enter a new era of freight forwarding with the MyDello logistics platform. Sign up for free
- Euler — Euler is a software company focused on addressing the issue of build-to-build and machine-to-machine variability in metal additive manufacturing (AM).
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Finland, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 77
- Round size: Seed $1M–$7M; Pre-Seed $255k–$3.8M; Series A $6.7M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Salmon Labs — Use Salmon to transform your CRM. Effortlessly clean, verify, and enrich your data. with AI capabilities. Keep Your CRM Data Fresh and Dynamic.
- Assured Health — Streamline healthcare credentialing, licensing & payor enrollment with Assured's all-in-one platform. Automate admin Ops, boost efficiency & manage providers effortlessly.
- Inspectify — If you are looking to buy or sell a home, Inspectify helps you find the best home inspectors in your area.
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Browse database — It's Free!Hilmar Veigar Petursson is based out of Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla and is the Chief Executive Officer of CCP. Hilmar previously worked at IGI - The Icelandic Game Industry as a Chairman of the Board. Hilmar Veigar Petursson attended University of Iceland.
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- Industry: Online Games, Software, Video Games
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Iceland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $780k–$7.5M; Series A $4.3M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LearnCove — LearnCove provides businesses with a modular and easy-to-use training platform for high-quality training across markets and cultures.
- Atomontage — Prompt Living 3D Worlds into existence with friends and AI. Stream them to any device. Mod, remix, monetize.
- 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.
Beatrice Aliprandi - Principal @ Talis Capital
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- Industry: Health Care, Art, Gaming
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Turkey, Denmark, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$7.5M
- Lead/follow: 57% lead, 43% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fuse Games — Based in Istanbul, Fuse Games’ vision is to build mobile games that are loved by wide and diverse player groups. Founded by a team that has strong gaming, growth and execution background, Fuse Games’ initial focus is on developing a MOBA game that includes strong meta elements and innovative ways to create a sense of ownership.
- 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.
- 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
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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- Industry: Online Games, Gaming, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 14
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$7.5M; Series A $1.7M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
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 — Shaping the Next Era of Storytelling. Founded by @_Xaviercollins_ & @JustinHackney33
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.
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- Industry: Sports, Publishing, Social Media
- Stage:Seed, Angel
- Geography: Iceland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Inspirally — Inspirally is a platform for positive & inspirational stories & people who share a passion for unleashing the human, social & emotional capital of women & girls
- Abler — Abler brings simplicity to the complexities of team management. With easy scheduling, messaging, payment, and data tools, Abler empowers users to spend more time cultivating the essential life skills and values learned through sports and other organised activities.
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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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Denmark, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 79
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Pre-Seed $242k–$2.4M; Series A $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- ScyAI — Risk intelligence that thinks with you.
- Noah — API-first stablecoin payments, enterprise-grade compliance and real-time settlements, powered by stablecoin technology.
- Flow Engineering — Requirements management, made collaborative
Founders Ventures primarily invests in startups leveraging AI and blockchain technology.
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- Industry: Software, Blockchain, Agriculture
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Irrigeasy — Mobile App for smart irrigation
We help people grow and build decentralized companies
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Education
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Iceland, United States, India
Investor stats
- Total investments: 13
- Round size: Seed $500k–$3M; Pre-Seed $950k–$1M
- Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $5M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Soptle — Founded in Sep 2021, Soptle started to establish an integrated technology to the neglected regional FMCG Manufacturers in India with a B2B Retail Commmerce App. It uses tech and data to distribute at scale and use necessary components (existing Distributor/Wholesaler) in the FMCG Supply Chain to build a high growth and profitable business.
- 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.
- Expertrons — Expertrons is an upskilling platform that offers advanced training programs | BSFI | HR | Marketing and many more to assure 100% professional success.
Menlo Ventures is a Bay Area venture capital firm that pursues companies with the potential to disrupt huge markets. We invest in all stages, across consumer, enterprise, and healthcare technologies.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Canada, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 721
- Round size: Series A $6.3M–$60M; Series B $10M–$100M; Series C $12M–$120M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $100M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Lumosity — Challenge your mind with Lumosity, the #1 app with 50+ brain games for memory, math, vocabulary, and more. Start training today!
- Rover — Connect with 5-star sitters and dog walkers near you who offer dog boarding, dog walking, house sitting, or doggy day care. Book and pay securely.
- Talari Networks — Create new digital experiences with 5G and IoT business models. Let us show you how with our suite of cloud applications and network infrastructure solutions.
Rahul Vohra is based out of San Francisco, California, and is the Founder & CEO of Superhuman.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Canada, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$8M; Series A $10M–$21M; Series B $30M–$298M
- Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Double — AI-powered, ledger-integrated close management for accounting firms and teams. Automate manual work, gain real-time visibility, and close the books faster.
- Lassie — AI that runs the doctor's office.
- Function Health — Test your whole body and own your health. Function, co-founded by Dr. Mark Hyman, is a lifelong routine of 100+ lab tests for the whole body including thyroid, hormones, fertility, autoimmunity, heart, kidney, liver and more. Lab results direct to you with insights from top doctors.
The role of the fund is to support research and development activities, which aim towards innovation in Icelandic industry. The Technology Development Fund is a competitive fund which issues its calls for proposals twice a year.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Manufacturing
- Stage:Grant, Seed
- Geography: Iceland, United States, Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 111
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Orb — Orb's groundbreaking technology is leveraging the latest advances in computer vision and AI for on-site forest assessment with phones, reducing cost by 90% Orb's carbon and biodiversity platform delivers unmatched data and and transparency, maximising value of each carbon credit.
- LearnCove — Learncove's LMS is your go-to for seamless training, compliance, and quality management systems. Enhance performance, retention and growth with our unified platform.
- Abler — Abler brings simplicity to the complexities of team management. With easy scheduling, messaging, payment, and data tools, Abler empowers users to spend more time cultivating the essential life skills and values learned through sports and other organised activities.
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