#speaker profile

Huld Magnusdottir the CEO of New Business Venture Fund of Iceland will speak in the Investor's Panel during Startup Iceland 2019

Huld Magnusdottir the CEO of New Business Venture Fund will speak in the Investor’s panel in Startup Iceland 2019. Huld took over the CEO role in 2017 of Nýsköpunarsjóður (pronounced Ny-skop-unar-show-dur) the longest running venture fund in Iceland. The fund has been in operation for over 20 years This fund has been an important investor in a number of companies that have defined the last decade…

Magnus Bjornsson will be a speaker at Startup Iceland 2016. Read more about his journey

I take chance meetings all the time. That is how I got to know and meet Magnus Bjornsson, thank you Daniel for making the connection. Magnus was very generous to change his travel plans to participate in Startup Iceland as a speaker. Magnus is Icelandic but has been living and working in the US for almost 13 years. He and his family have decided to move back to Iceland. You can ask him why when…

Xiaochen Tian – Speaker Profile – SI2016

I am really happy to announce Xiaochen Tian as one of the speakers in Startup Iceland 2016. I got to know Xiaochen through Guide to Iceland. This is a company which launched its travel marketplace software in August 2014, less than two years ago. Ingolfur Shahin, the Co-founder of Guide to Iceland told me about how Xiaochen was working with our team from Singapore. I was very happy when she moved…

Gudrun Hafsteinnsdottir, Chairperson of Federation of Industries in Iceland - speaker SI2016

Guðrún Hafsteinsdóttir the Chairperson of the Federation of Industries in Iceland will be one of the featured speakers in Startup Iceland 2016. After hustling with the Federation of Industries for the last four years to participate in Startup Iceland, I am really happy that I was finally able to get the Chairperson to speak at the event. This would have not been possible without the effort of my…

Arvind Gupta – Speaker Profile – SI2016

I am excited to announce Arvind Gupta as one of the Speakers and Mentors during Startup Iceland 2016. Arvind has a connection to Iceland and thank you Om for noticing that and introducing me. Arvind has a lot of experience working with Startups and being an mentor and investor. I am happy that he wants to do something in Iceland and we decided that participating in Startup Iceland would be the…

John Biggs – Speaker Profile – SI2016

John has been a regular in Iceland since 2013. He has added tremendous value to all the founders from Iceland through his personal stories and also helping the founders get their wits about technology media and how to get their startup stories featured. In addition to all this John is probably the funniest media personality that I know. Here are some of the talks and interviews that John has done…

Ingrid Vanderveldt – Speaker Profile – SI2016

Ingrid is back on popular request for Startup Iceland 2016. Ingrid participated in Startup Iceland 2015 as a keynote speaker and she blew the crowd away with her wit, energy, honesty and down to earth journey of building her career as an Entrepreneur and Startup founder. If you have not seen the recorded video, here is the video below. https://vimeo.com/129756946 Since last year, Ingrid has…

Mark Solon – Speaker Profile -SI2016

I am excited to announce the roster of Speakers and Mentors coming to participate in Startup Iceland 2016. Startup Iceland was created with one mission to help founders and entrepreneurs. One of the unique features of those who participate in Startup Iceland is the opportunity to connect with all the speakers on a one-on-one first-come-first served basis through the mentoring sessions that is…