{"id":119118,"date":"2025-12-15T14:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=119118"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:21:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T14:21:22","slug":"thriggja-ara-samningur-um-dafna-undirritadur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/thriggja-ara-samningur-um-dafna-undirritadur\/","title":{"rendered":"Three-year contract for Dafni signed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>KLAK and the Technology Development Fund renew their collaboration<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3F2A4260-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3F2A4260-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3F2A4260-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3F2A4260-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3F2A4260-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3F2A4260-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/3F2A4260-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KLAK \u2013 Icelandic Startups and the Technology Development Fund have signed a new three-year agreement on Dafni, workshops and mentoring services for those who receive Sprota- og Vaxtarstyrky from the Technology Development Fund. The agreement ensures continued support and targeted guidance for innovative companies at the start-up and growth stages, thus strengthening the infrastructure of the Icelandic innovation community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201e&quot;We are proud of the Dafni project, which combines targeted education on how to build startups with a strong network of experienced mentors, experts and investors. This interaction can have a significant impact on results and increase the likelihood that companies will thrive and flourish,&quot; says \u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir, Managing Director of KLAK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201e&quot;We are very pleased with the Dafna project and the collaboration with KLAK in developing it in recent years. A strong group of mentors has been built who will help the Technology Development Fund&#039;s grantees achieve their goals in the future. The fund&#039;s board decided to continue with the Dafna project because it increases the likelihood that grant funding will deliver the benefits that are intended,&quot; says \u00c1g\u00fast Hj\u00f6rtur Ing\u00fe\u00f3rsson, director of Rann\u00eds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dafna is a four-month growth space consisting of interactive workshops and mentoring services from KLAK VMS, based on the methodology of the MIT Venture Mentoring Service. Each grantee receives three mentors who form an advisory group and support the team with regular meetings during the period. The project is intended for teams that receive a Sprota or Vaxtarstyrk from the Technology Development Fund and is operated twice a year following the fund&#039;s spring and fall allocations. Since its inception in 2021, 219 innovation projects and 430 entrepreneurs have participated in Dafna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement underscores the shared vision of KLAK and the Technology Development Fund to build a strong and open innovation ecosystem where knowledge, connections and experience are used to accelerate the growth of start-ups and further strengthen the Icelandic innovation environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vb.is\/frettir\/tryggja-aframhaldandi-studning-fyrir-frumkvodla\/\">See the news at Vi\u00f0skiptabla\u00f0i\u00f0 &gt;&gt; <\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KLAK og T\u00e6kni\u00fer\u00f3unarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur endurn\u00fdja samstarf sitt KLAK &#8211; Icelandic Startups og T\u00e6kni\u00fer\u00f3unarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur hafa undirrita\u00f0 n\u00fdjan \u00feriggja \u00e1ra samning um Dafna, vinnustofur og mentora\u00fej\u00f3nustu fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 sem hlj\u00f3ta Sprota- og Vaxtarstyrk fr\u00e1&nbsp; T\u00e6kni\u00fer\u00f3unarsj\u00f3\u00f0i. Samningurinn tryggir \u00e1framhaldandi stu\u00f0ning og markvissa handlei\u00f0slu fyrir n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarfyrirt\u00e6ki \u00e1 upphafs- og vaxtastigi og styrkir \u00feannig innvi\u00f0i \u00edslenska n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarsamf\u00e9lags. \u201eVi\u00f0 erum stolt af [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":119119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":394,"wds_primary_project":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[394,213],"tags":[396,160,296],"project":[],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-119118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dafna","category-klak","tag-dafna","tag-klak-icelandic-startups-2","tag-taeknithrounarsjodur"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119118"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=119118"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=119118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}