TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Icelandic serial entrepreneur is two-for-two in creating viral mobile games, but has thus far struck out in turning those into viable businesses. It was a disappointing fate for a game with tens of millions of users that had raised around $40 million from investors. Rocky Road raised $2.5

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

The company already has a collaboration with an Icelandic company called Carbfix, where the Climeworks technology is used to capture carbon dioxide and store it in mineralized basalt. To develop its technology, Climeworks has raised more than $150 million from investors, including the Swiss lender Zuercher Kantonalbank.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Following the success of the Penguin of the Month program, we raised the bar higher to engage with our online followers from around the world by giving them the opportunity to vote for their favourite with our Penguin of the Year. In our Penguin of the Month posts we elaborate on the stories of each bird to raise conservation awareness.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

The study analyzed a collection of contact tracing apps, which are designed to inform and monitor physical contact between people in the event someone contracts COVID-19, from 11 countries: Algeria, Bahrain, France, Iceland, Israel, Kuwait, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar, Tunisia, and United Arab Emirates.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2021

Peridotite is normally found miles below sea level, but on the easternmost tip of the Arabian peninsula, specifically the northern coast of Oman, tectonic action has raised hundreds of square miles of the stuff to the surface. Third is sourcing the CO2 itself.

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The Verge

AUGUST 13, 2020

That’s more than the estimated GDP of Iceland and Yemen combined, according to the International Monetary Fund ). They’ve all been presented as a new set of groundbreaking commitments motivated by the issues raised in the racial protest movement this summer,” says Roberts. Apple’s $100 million represents just 0.18 percent of the $55.3

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 6, 2025

They play the Icelandic musical duo Fire Saga, who find themselves in the Eurovision spotlight. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga Credit: John Wilson / Netflix With its reputation for wacky musical numbers , the Eurovision Song Contest is ripe for parody.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 19, 2025

Clairity Tech , the startup behind it, designed the new plant after raising a seed round of funding led by Initialized Capital and Lowercarbon Capital last year. Called Project Juniper, its the first integrated plant of its kind in the U.S., meaning that it handles both carbon capture and storage in one place. (As

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 10, 2025

has raised $15.5 Thats why weve also put a lot of effort into our capability to translate rare or endangered languages like Icelandic or Indigenous languages like Maleku. Major League Soccer now uses Camb.ais technology for live broadcasts. To power its growth, Camb.ai million to date.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 8, 2025

It's raised money for privacy activists in Hong Kong. I used one that routed me through Iceland and the U.S., According to its website , Proton VPN "was born out of a desire to build an internet that puts people before profits," and to help individuals reclaim their online freedom. Another speed test showed that it resulted in a 7.7

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 10, 2025

Greenland also guards part of what is known as the GIUK (Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom) Gap, where NATO monitors Russian naval movements in the North Atlantic. The potential for independence raises questions about outside interference in Greenland that could threaten U.S. interests in the country. Danica Kirka, Associated Press

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

We expect that about 50% of our investments will be Norwegian, whereas the other 50% will be spread across Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. From April 1-2, some of the most successful founders and VCs will explain how they build their businesses, raise money and manage their portfolios.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

The setup essentially allows it to navigate a thicket of tax laws in such a way that it can raise money, and blitz the airwaves with ads, without the obligation of disclosing all of its donors. Nearly 40 percent of Icelanders are using a contact tracing app, the highest number of any country.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

The Asus Vivobook 14, Vivobook 16, and the Iceland Gray Zenbook A14 initially debuted at lower prices at CES 2025 in January. Acer CEO Jason Chen told The Telegraph in February that the company would raise its prices on laptops by 10% sometime this month "because of the import tax."

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