{"id":195182,"date":"2026-04-16T15:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=195182"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:28:51","slug":"hringida-2026-fer-vel-af-stad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/hringida-2026-fer-vel-af-stad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hringi\u00f0a 2026 gets off to a good start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hringi\u00f0a 2026 kicked off on April 7th with a strong first week focused on presentations, team building, and next steps in shaping the startups. Seven teams are participating in this year's accelerator, working on developing innovative solutions with a focus on the circular economy and sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The week began in Gr\u00f3ska where the teams introduced themselves and their projects with elevator pitches and got a first glimpse into the structure and focus of the accelerator at KLAK \u2013 Icelandic Startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The group then went on a team building trip outside the capital area. First, they went to the Hellisheidi power plant, where Orka N\u00e1tt\u00farunn and Carbfix welcomed the participants. There, the teams gained insight into geothermal energy production and carbon sequestration, learned how innovation is being used in the energy industry, and visited boreholes in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Afterwards, they went to Laugar\u00e1s Lagoon and the day ended in Hverager\u00f0i where participants learned about the innovative activities of \u00d6lverk Pizza & Brewery and continued to build relationships with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On Wednesday, the work on the business model started in full swing. A lecture on Lean Canvas laid the foundation for continued work, followed by a review of the accelerator's mentoring system at KLAK. \u00c1sthildur Otharsd\u00f3ttir discussed Startup Boards and the importance of good board membership in the development of startups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The day ended with a review of Jobs to Be Done, a methodology that helps teams understand their customers' needs and motivations in a deeper way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, the first workshop in the Impact Business Modelling System (IBMS) program took place, held in collaboration with Richard Georg Engstr\u00f6m. IBMS is a methodology and tool that enables entrepreneurs to define and evaluate the impact of their solutions in a clear and measurable way, and is equally useful for policymaking, financing and stakeholder relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The beginning gives a clear indication of the ambition and quality of the projects that will continue to develop in the coming weeks of the accelerator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Hringi\u00f0u<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hringi\u00f0a is a six-week business accelerator tailored to the needs of startups with green solutions. The goal of Hringi\u00f0a is to create strong companies in Iceland that work on green solutions and create valuable and interesting jobs that are effective in environmental and climate issues in Iceland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hringi\u00f0's sponsors are: the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate, Orkuveitan, the City of Reykjav\u00edk, Faxafl\u00f3ahafnir, Terra, and the Confederation of Icelandic Industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hringi\u00f0a 2026 h\u00f3fst 7. apr\u00edl me\u00f0 \u00f6flugri fyrstu viku \u00fear sem \u00e1hersla var l\u00f6g\u00f0 \u00e1 kynningar, h\u00f3pefli og n\u00e6stu skref \u00ed m\u00f3tun sprotafyrirt\u00e6kjanna. Sj\u00f6 teymi taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed hra\u00f0linum \u00ed \u00e1r og vinna a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3un n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarlausna me\u00f0 \u00e1herslu \u00e1 hringr\u00e1sarhagkerfi\u00f0 og sj\u00e1lfb\u00e6rni. Vikan h\u00f3fst \u00ed Gr\u00f3sku \u00fear sem teymin kynntu sig og verkefni s\u00edn me\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":195231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"wds_primary_category":18,"wds_primary_project":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1000,54,1324,1325,1322,1323],"project":[1258],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-195182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hringida","tag-carbfix","tag-hringida","tag-ibms","tag-impact-business-modelling-system","tag-orka-natturunnar","tag-richard-georg-engstrom","project-hringida"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":[17466]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195182","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\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195182\/revisions"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verkefni\/17466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195182"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=195182"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=195182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}