{"id":5605,"date":"2023-02-23T16:23:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T16:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=5605"},"modified":"2023-03-01T13:37:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T13:37:16","slug":"asta-sollilja-nyr-formkvaemdastjori-klak-icelandic-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/asta-sollilja-nyr-framkvaemdastjori-klak-icelandic-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja is the new CEO of KLAK"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir has been appointed managing director of Klak - Icelandic Startups and she takes over from Krist\u00edna Soff\u00eda J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, who currently works at Leitar Capital Partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00c1sta has an MBA from the University of Reykjav\u00edk, a diploma in management from Harvard University as well as a master's degree in health sciences and a bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Iceland. She previously worked as a business development manager at Audna Technology Square and has extensive experience in business development and innovation, including through a board seat in various start-up companies. \u00c1sta was previously the financial director of Volta ehf and also worked in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector, including for Actavis and Icelandic genetic analysis, and worked on business development in tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"It is a great honor to have \u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja join Klak - Icelandic Startups. \u00c1sta has extensive experience with innovation and investments through previous jobs and by sitting on the boards of start-up companies. We look forward to working with \u00c1sta and the excellent Klak team to further promote innovation and entrepreneurship in Iceland.<\/em>\u201d, says Soffia Kristin \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir, chairman of Klak \u2013 Icelandic startup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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„Innovation is the key to a strong business life, exciting job opportunities and value creation of the future. Klak's activities have changed the course of numerous startups that have matured into permanent businesses. I am very excited to join Klak and lead the continued development of the business in collaboration with a great team, strong board and strong sponsors<\/em>", says \u00c1sta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Klak is the main supporter of innovation in Iceland and runs the annual business accelerators Hringi\u00f0a and Startup SuperNova, the Gullegg entrepreneurship competition, as well as offering workshops and mentoring services for beneficiaries of the Technology Development Fund.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00c1sta S\u00f3llilja Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir hefur veri\u00f0 r\u00e1\u00f0in framkv\u00e6mdastj\u00f3ri Klak – Icelandic Startups og tekur h\u00fan vi\u00f0 af Krist\u00ednu Soff\u00edu J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttur, sem n\u00fa starfar hj\u00e1 Leitar Capital Partners. \u00c1sta er me\u00f0 MBA fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3lanum \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk, dipl\u00f3ma \u00ed stj\u00f3rnun fr\u00e1 Harvard h\u00e1sk\u00f3la auk meistaragr\u00e1\u00f0u i heilbrig\u00f0isv\u00edsindum og BS gr\u00e1\u00f0u \u00ed l\u00edffr\u00e6\u00f0i fr\u00e1 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands. H\u00fan starfa\u00f0i \u00e1\u00f0ur […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_project":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[731,730,305,732,35,54,130,160,68,303,729,231,296],"project":[],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-5605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-klak","tag-asta-sollilja","tag-asta-sollilja-framkvaemdastjori-klak-icelandic-startups","tag-asta-sollilja-gudmundsdottir","tag-audnu-taeknitorgi","tag-gulleggid","tag-hringida","tag-klak","tag-klak-icelandic-startups-2","tag-kristin-soffia-jonsdottir","tag-nyskopun","tag-soffia-kristin-thordardottir-2","tag-startup-supernova","tag-taeknithrounarsjodur"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5605","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=5605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5605"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=5605"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=5605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}