Top 5 Video Games Startup Investors in Iceland
A list of 5 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Video games startups based in Iceland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Video games companies from Iceland. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Video Games Startup Investors in Iceland
Investor | Video Games Iceland investments |
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Crowberry Capital | 3 |
Sisu Game Ventures | 3 |
Hilmar Veigar Petursson | 2 |
Korea Investment Partners | 1 |
Woori Technology Investment | 1 |
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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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Iceland, Denmark, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Saidot — Saidot is a governance tool for safe, ethical and transparent AI.
- Rocky Road — At Rocky Road, we are redefining social gaming with our social gaming network. We are hiring!
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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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- Gaming, Video Games, Virtual Reality
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Finland, United States, Iceland
Portfolio highlights
- Unagi — Collect your favorite football players and pick your best 11 every week!
- Jam & Tea Studios — Jam & Tea Studios is a remote game studio that develops and offers multiplayer games. The company's games focus on leveraging innovative content and fostering social connections among players.
- Rocky Road — At Rocky Road, we are redefining social gaming with our social gaming network. We are hiring!
Hilmar has been leading CCP Games’ ongoing success and growth since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in 2004. Under Hilmar’s management CCP’s critically acclaimed science-fiction game EVE Online celebrated an unprecedented ten consecutive years of subscriber growth. In addition, Hilmar has put CCP into the pole position in the VRrevolution by embracing the new technology early. The company released virtual-reality arcade shooter Gunjack for the Samsung Gear VR in 2015, which has been the best-selling game on the platform since launch. And in early 2016 CCP released EVE: Valkyrie, a hotly-anticipated multiplayer spaceship dogfighting shooter built from the ground up for virtual reality, bundled with Oculus Rift pre-orders. EVE: Valkyrie will ship on HTC Vive and PlayStation VR on PlayStation 4 later in 2016. Before his appointment to the CEO position, Hilmar held the title of CCP's Chief Technical Officer, heading the engineering effort required to create the company’s persistent world technology and 3D engine. Prior to joining CCP in 2000, he served as the CTO of SmartVR, an OZ.com spin-off based on that company’s multi-user virtual reality technology following his tenure as the VP of software development for the OZ Studios division of OZ.com.Currently, he is also active on a number of boards and committees relating to Icelandic information technology and innovation. Hilmar has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Iceland.
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- Online Games, Software, Video Games
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Iceland, United States, United Kingdom
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- Atomontage — Atomontage develops a volumetric graphics and simulation platform that can scale to record-breaking data sets and beyond. The company is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
- Quest Portal — Quest Portal makes role-play and tell fantastical stories together by means of crafting and creates characters.
- Netspeak Games — Netspeak Games operates as a zero-crunch studio that develops online multiplayer games. Its first game is a non-violent social MMO, designed to be a fun place to hang out with friends. Players can relax, play, or just get some headspace.
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Trenbe — Trenbe is an e-commerce company of footwear products.
- Xpanner — Xpanner(Builtworlds Top 50), digital contech site solution, not only can bring productivity improvement(by 15% average), management efficency, safety and ESG improvement through our smart integration of conTech disparate products.
- Kangjian Miaomiao — Kangjian Miaomiao is an e-commerce platform that specializes in the production of full-category, customized oral and dental products.
Woori Technology Investment Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm focusing on venture capital.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
- Series B, Series A, Funding Round
- South Korea, United States, Italy
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- Lambda256 — Founded in 2012, Dunamu (CEO Lee Seok-woo) is currently providing services as the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Korea, 'Upbit' and stock trading platform based on social network, ‘Kakao Stock'. Both services are leading in the industry and ecosystems. (Upbit launched in Oct. 2017, Kakao Stock launched in Feb. 2014) Dunamuprovides the best service in the fields of cryptocurrency, securities, and asset management. Dunamu is getting much attention in both domestic and global market with professional specialists, innovative services and excellent technology. Recently, it announced to make investment of 100 billion dollars in the blockchain industry, leading the way in creating blockchain ecosystem.
- Openknowl — OPENKNOWL is an online career management system, offering mentoring facilities and careers camps for those wanting to develop a career in the IT sector.
- Reasoned Art — Reasoned Art is the Italian gallery dedicated to CryptoArt. it selects the best digital artists worldwide, curates physical and virtual exhibitions, and certifies the authenticity of works allowing their sale through NFT.
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