Kjartan Olafsson
Co-Founder @ basno
Kjartan Olafsson is an entrepreneur and angel-investor-on-occasion with one foot in New York and the other in Iceland. Kjartan is the owner of Volta Labs Venture Development (Volta.is) and the founder of Basno.com, a platform for digital goods. He sits on the board of directors at a handful of companies and organizations in Iceland and theU.S., including Basno and Datamarket.com. Previously Kjartan served as the Director of Business Development for the international media company Bertelsmann Inc. in New York. Kjartan studied philosophy and logic in Iceland and Italy, and holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard Business School.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Kjartan Olafsson invests in
Stages Kjartan Olafsson invests in
Countries Kjartan Olafsson invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (100%)
- B2B 1 (50%)
- Apps 1 (50%)
- Social 1 (50%)
- FinTech 1 (50%)
Stage
- Angel 1 (50%)
- Series A 1 (50%)
Country
- Denmark 1 (50%)
- Iceland 1 (50%)
Investments
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Taktikal
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Taktikal is build around highly experienced staff in the field of digital product development and software. Taktikal helps companies redesign and automate processes that deliver faster processing, less operational risk and a better customer experience. | $2M / Series A / Jan 12, 2022 | |
Watchbox
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Watchbox combines technology and the elements of team-building to unite local and distributed teams. Employees capture all the great things at work or outside of work, with photos and videos. These moments vary from random highlights at work, events, celebrations, and conferences to something interesting in employees’ personal lives outside ofwork. Posts can be viewed in the app, but are also displayed 24/7 in dedicated Watchbox display units, placed in common areas across the office. Watchbox provides fun Concepts designed to motivate diverse content creation that reinforces positive culture. | $150K / Angel / Apr 15, 2014 |
About basno
Basno is a place where people create and collect digital badges. Digital badges people are proud to own. Badges for every accomplishment, skill, commitment and expertise.
basno Contacts
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Kjartan Olafsson
Co-Founder
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Nicholas Thorne
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What does Kjartan Olafsson invest in?
Kjartan Olafsson invests primarily in Software, B2B and Apps startups, most often at Angel and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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