# Thor Fridriksson

> Thor Fridriksson is a seed investor at Teatime Games (San Francisco) backing Sports and Publishing. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Teatime Games](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/teatime-games)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/thorsteinnf
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/thorsteinn
- Website: https://x.com/thorsteinn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thorsteinn

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.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Publishing | 1 | 50% |
| Social Media | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $3.7M | Seed | Sep 15, 2022 |  |
| Inspirally | Inspirally helps creative people transform ideas into action. Architects and interior designers are using Inspirally to simplify their lives. * Collaborate on your ideas in a separate space * Capture ideas around you & import from photo library * Add text & drawings * Chat about ideas * Simple web sharing |  | Angel | Nov 01, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Frumtak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frumtak) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Teatime Games

VC Fund · Reykjavík, Iceland

Teatime Games is an Iceland-based gaming startup that reinvents social games.

3 contacts available at Teatime Games.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gunnar Hólmsteinn Gunnarsson | Co-Founder & COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gunnar-holmsteinn-gunnarsson |
| Thor Fridriksson | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thor-fridriksson |
| Ymir Örn Finnbogason | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ymir-orn-finnbogason-finnbogason |

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## FAQ

### What does Thor Fridriksson invest in?

Thor Fridriksson invests primarily in Sports, Publishing and Social Media startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Iceland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Thor Fridriksson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thor Fridriksson closed in Sep 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.

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