# Top 10 Sports Startup Investors in Iceland in June 2026

## Birkir Bjarnason
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports

Birkir Bjarnason is an Icelandic professional footballer.

## Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports

Gudjon Valur Sigurdsson is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach.

## Sigurdur Olafsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sports

Sigurdur Olafsson

## Thor Fridriksson
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Sports

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.

## Adalsteinn Alli Ottarsson
- Type: Angel
- Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: iOS, Video, Gaming

As senior development director at Riot Games, Aðalsteinn "Alli" Óttarsson serves as a compass for the development efforts of League of Legends. Alli began his career in 1999 as a web developer at OZ.com and its spin-off virtual world company, Smart VR. In 2001, he joined CCP and built the internal and external Web infrastructure tosupport the launch of EVE Online, the company's flagship game. Soon after, he began leading Web cell efforts and went on to become CCP's senior technical producer, where he oversaw globally distributed development and integration of the Core Technology Platform. Ultimately appointed CCP's Production Director Alli was the primary Agile ambassador within CCP and has since brought his passion for Agile development in large-scale organizations to Riot Games.

## New Business Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical

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.

## Frumtak Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## Alfreð Finnbogason
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports

Alfreð Finnbogason is a is an Icelandic professional footballer.

## Dagur Sigurdsson
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Sports

Dagur Sigurdsson is a football player.

## Iceland Venture Studio
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Reykjavík, Gullbringusysla, Iceland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, B2B

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