# Kjartan Olafsson

> Kjartan Olafsson is a angel investor at basno backing Software, B2B and Apps. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [basno](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basno)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kjartanolafsson
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/basno
- Website: http://www.basno.com

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Social | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | 1 | 50% |
| Iceland | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taktikal | 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 | 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 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## About basno

VC Fund · New York, United States

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.

2 contacts available at basno.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kjartan Olafsson | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kjartan-olafsson |
| Nicholas Thorne | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-thorne |

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## FAQ

### 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.

### When did Kjartan Olafsson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kjartan Olafsson closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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