{"id":5692,"date":"2023-03-20T13:12:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=5692"},"modified":"2023-03-21T11:54:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T11:54:26","slug":"sjodsstjorar-collect-and-control-visisjodum-vc-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/sjodsstjorar-safna-i-og-styra-visisjodum-vc-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The next generation of Nordic funds will be created"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Klak &#8211; Icelandic startups er hluti af norr\u00e6nu samstarfi \u00ed svok\u00f6llu\u00f0u VC Challenge sem var hleypt af stokkunum \u00ed Kaupmannah\u00f6fn \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0ustu viku. VC Challenge er n\u00e1mskei\u00f0 fyrir ver\u00f0andi sj\u00f3\u00f0sstj\u00f3ra v\u00edsisj\u00f3\u00f0a \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum og hefur Klak \u00ed nokkra m\u00e1nu\u00f0i unni\u00f0 me\u00f0 fulltr\u00faum VC Challenge vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3a og kynna n\u00e1mskei\u00f0i\u00f0 og finna \u00e1hugasama fulltr\u00faa fr\u00e1 \u00cdslandi til a\u00f0 taka \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed sem og \u00edslenska mentora \u00far sj\u00f3\u00f0aumhverfinu til a\u00f0 lei\u00f0beina \u00fe\u00e1ttakendum. Markmi\u00f0i\u00f0 er a\u00f0 koma \u00cdslandi \u00ed norr\u00e6nt samstarf sem mi\u00f0ar a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 gera ver\u00f0andi sj\u00f3\u00f0sstj\u00f3ra \u00ed stakk b\u00fana til a\u00f0 safna \u00ed og st\u00fdra v\u00edsisj\u00f3\u00f0um, veita \u00feeim a\u00f0gang a\u00f0 s\u00e9rfr\u00e6\u00f0ingum \u00e1 \u00feessu svi\u00f0i og a\u00f0gang a\u00f0 mikilv\u00e6gu tengslaneti.\u00a0<br><br>A\u00f0 VC Challenge standa \u00fdmsir a\u00f0ilar \u00far stu\u00f0ningsumhverfi n\u00fdsk\u00f6punar \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum, m.a. Startup Norway, Helsinki Partners, Klak &#8211; Icelandic Startups, Canute og Nordic Node en \u00feessir a\u00f0ilar keyra VC Challenge n\u00e1mskei\u00f0i\u00f0 me\u00f0 stu\u00f0ningi fr\u00e1 bakhj\u00f6rlum \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 Nordic Innovation, Denmark\u2018s Export and Investment Fund, \u00edslenska sj\u00f3\u00f0asj\u00f3\u00f0num Kr\u00edu og fleirum sterkum a\u00f0ilum fr\u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndunum. \u00deetta er \u00ed \u00feri\u00f0ja sinn sem VC Challenge er haldi\u00f0 og \u00ed \u00e1r taka 20 teymi \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed dagskr\u00e1nni, \u00fear af 5 teymi fr\u00e1 \u00cdslandi sem eru a\u00f0 sko\u00f0a m\u00f6guleikana \u00e1 a\u00f0 safna \u00ed sj\u00f3\u00f0.<br><br>Kr\u00eda, sprota- og n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur er bakhjarl VC Challenge en S\u00e6mundur K. Finnbogason, sj\u00f3\u00f0sstj\u00f3ri Kr\u00edu segir, \u201c<em>\u00dea\u00f0 er afar \u00e1n\u00e6gjulegt a\u00f0 Kr\u00eda \u2013 sprota- og n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur s\u00e9 einn af bakhj\u00f6rlum VC Challenge fyrir \u00e1ri\u00f0 2023. Vi\u00f0 erum s\u00e9rstaklega \u00e1n\u00e6g\u00f0 me\u00f0 sameiginleg markmi\u00f0 Kr\u00edu og VC Challenge, sem er a\u00f0 sty\u00f0ja vi\u00f0 og hvetja til frekari uppbyggingu v\u00edsisj\u00f3\u00f0a [s\u00e9rh\u00e6f\u00f0a fj\u00e1rfestingasj\u00f3\u00f0a] og b\u00faa til enn \u00f6flugra fj\u00e1rm\u00f6gnunarumhverfi fyrir sprota- og n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarfyrirt\u00e6ki<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Freyr-Fridfinnsson-althjodafulltrui-KLAK-og-verkefnastjori-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5696 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Freyr-Fridfinnsson-althjodafulltrui-KLAK-og-verkefnastjori-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Freyr-Fridfinnsson-althjodafulltrui-KLAK-og-verkefnastjori-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Freyr-Fridfinnsson-althjodafulltrui-KLAK-og-verkefnastjori-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Freyr-Fridfinnsson-althjodafulltrui-KLAK-og-verkefnastjori-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Freyr-Fridfinnsson-althjodafulltrui-KLAK-og-verkefnastjori.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Asta-Sollilja-Gudmundsdottir-framkvaemdastjori-KLAK-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5697 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Asta-Sollilja-Gudmundsdottir-framkvaemdastjori-KLAK-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Asta-Sollilja-Gudmundsdottir-framkvaemdastjori-KLAK-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Asta-Sollilja-Gudmundsdottir-framkvaemdastjori-KLAK-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Asta-Sollilja-Gudmundsdottir-framkvaemdastjori-KLAK-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Asta-Sollilja-Gudmundsdottir-framkvaemdastjori-KLAK.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>VC Challenge er fram\u00farskarandi n\u00e1mskei\u00f0 \u00fear sem reynslumiklir, al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legir kennarar eru \u00ed lykilhlutverki vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 sty\u00f0ja og lei\u00f0beina n\u00fdjum sj\u00f3\u00f0sstj\u00f3rum \u00ed \u00feeirra vegfer\u00f0 a\u00f0 stofna n\u00fdja s\u00e9rh\u00e6f\u00f0a fj\u00e1rfestingarsj\u00f3\u00f0i \u00e1 marka\u00f0num. Me\u00f0 samstarfi Kr\u00edu og VC Challenge er veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 b\u00e6ta og efla n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarumhverfi \u00cdslands og \u00fear sem \u00feetta er samnorr\u00e6nt n\u00e1mskei\u00f0 er einnig veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 styrkja tengingar og samvinnu n\u00fdrra sj\u00f3\u00f0sstj\u00f3ra \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndunum<\/em>.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Saemundur-K.-Finnbogason-sjodsstjori-Kriu-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5695 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Saemundur-K.-Finnbogason-sjodsstjori-Kriu-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Saemundur-K.-Finnbogason-sjodsstjori-Kriu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Saemundur-K.-Finnbogason-sjodsstjori-Kriu-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Saemundur-K.-Finnbogason-sjodsstjori-Kriu-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Saemundur-K.-Finnbogason-sjodsstjori-Kriu.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">V\u00edsisj\u00f3\u00f0ir fj\u00e1rfesta a\u00f0 jafna\u00f0i \u00ed 20 sprotafyrirt\u00e6kjum \u00e1 4 \u00e1ra t\u00edmabili og verja miklum t\u00edma og fj\u00e1rmagni til a\u00f0 sty\u00f0ja vi\u00f0 v\u00f6xt og \u00fer\u00f3un \u00feessara sprotafyrirt\u00e6kja svo \u00feau f\u00e1i a\u00f0 dafna vel. \u00deannig sty\u00f0ur VC Challenge \u00f3beint vi\u00f0 400 efnileg sprotafyrirt\u00e6ki \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum sem skilar s\u00e9r margfalt til baka og eflir marka\u00f0inn svo um munar, fl\u00fdtir fyrir n\u00fdsk\u00f6pun og hj\u00e1lpar til vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 b\u00faa til fleiri \u00e1rangurss\u00f6gur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Haft er eftir Kristj\u00e1ni Inga Mikaelssyni, eins stofnenda MGMT Ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201e<em>Me\u00f0 samnorr\u00e6na samstarfinu \u00e1 vegum VC Challenge f\u00e1um vi\u00f0 \u00fdmis t\u00f3l og t\u00e6ki \u00ed farteski\u00f0 til a\u00f0 efla okkar starf og s\u00e6kja fram me\u00f0 f\u00e9l\u00f6gin okkar \u00e1 erlendri grundu. \u00dea\u00f0 er kominn t\u00edmi \u00e1 a\u00f0 efla grundv\u00f6ll fj\u00e1rfestinga \u00e1 fyrstu stigum \u00e1 \u00cdslandi me\u00f0 meiri fagmennsku og fyrirsj\u00e1anleika. Fr\u00e1b\u00e6rt starf hefur veri\u00f0 unni\u00f0 \u00ed seinni stigs fj\u00e1rfestingarstigum undanfarin \u00e1r, en fyrsti syllan hefur svol\u00edti\u00f0 gleymst<\/em>.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201e<em>\u00dea\u00f0 er auglj\u00f3st \u00feegar komi\u00f0 er \u00e1 al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0legan vettvang eins og VC Challenge hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0 \u00edslendingar h\u00f6fum miki\u00f0 fram a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra og eftir okkur er teki\u00f0. Lyft hefur veri\u00f0 grettistaki \u00ed umgj\u00f6r\u00f0 n\u00fdsk\u00f6punar h\u00e9r \u00e1 landi sem n\u00e1lgast \u00fea\u00f0 sem gerist best erlendis, en \u00fe\u00f3 skortir okkur betra fl\u00e6\u00f0i og samfellu \u00ed fj\u00e1rm\u00f6gnunarfasa n\u00fdsk\u00f6punarfyrirt\u00e6kja. VC Challenge er \u00fev\u00ed heillaskref til a\u00f0 sty\u00f0ja vi\u00f0 a\u00f0ila eins og okkur a\u00f0 koma upp formi af sj\u00f3\u00f0 sem \u00feekkist ekki fyrir h\u00e9rlendis.\u201c Segir Kristj\u00e1n a\u00f0 lokum<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-src=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Kristjan-Ingi-Mikaelsson-eins-stofnenda-MGMT-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5694 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Kristjan-Ingi-Mikaelsson-eins-stofnenda-MGMT-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Kristjan-Ingi-Mikaelsson-eins-stofnenda-MGMT-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Kristjan-Ingi-Mikaelsson-eins-stofnenda-MGMT-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Kristjan-Ingi-Mikaelsson-eins-stofnenda-MGMT-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/klak.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/VC-Challenge-2023_Kristjan-Ingi-Mikaelsson-eins-stofnenda-MGMT.jpg 2000w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/682;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Klak &#8211; Icelandic startups er hluti af norr\u00e6nu samstarfi \u00ed svok\u00f6llu\u00f0u VC Challenge sem var hleypt af stokkunum \u00ed Kaupmannah\u00f6fn \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0ustu viku. VC Challenge er n\u00e1mskei\u00f0 fyrir ver\u00f0andi sj\u00f3\u00f0sstj\u00f3ra v\u00edsisj\u00f3\u00f0a \u00e1 Nor\u00f0url\u00f6ndum og hefur Klak \u00ed nokkra m\u00e1nu\u00f0i unni\u00f0 me\u00f0 fulltr\u00faum VC Challenge vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fer\u00f3a og kynna n\u00e1mskei\u00f0i\u00f0 og finna \u00e1hugasama fulltr\u00faa fr\u00e1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5695,"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":[213,755],"tags":[305,751,754,748,673,750,160,740,742,484,739,744,753,752,303,399,743,746,745,747,741,110,341,749,298,136,738],"project":[],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-5692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-klak","category-vc-challenge","tag-asta-sollilja-gudmundsdottir","tag-canute","tag-denmarks-export-and-investment-fund","tag-fjarfestingasjodir","tag-freyr-fridfinnsson","tag-helsinki-partners","tag-klak-icelandic-startups-2","tag-kria","tag-kria-sprota-og-nyskopunarsjodur","tag-kristjan-ingi-mikaelsson","tag-mgmt-ventures","tag-namskeid","tag-nordic-innovation","tag-nordic-node","tag-nyskopun","tag-nyskopunarfyrirtaeki","tag-saemundur-k-finnbogason","tag-sjodsstjorar","tag-sjodsstjori","tag-smanorraent","tag-sprota-og-nyskopunarsjodur","tag-sprotafyrirtaeki","tag-sprotar","tag-startup-norway","tag-studningsumhverfi","tag-tengslanet","tag-vc-challenge"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692","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=5692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5692"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=5692"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=5692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}