{"id":6194,"date":"2023-05-10T16:51:59","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T16:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klak.is\/?p=6194"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T16:53:05","slug":"the-teleported-threatened-hope-controllers-of-the-cyclical-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/fjarfestar-hrosudu-vonarstjornum-hringrasarhagkerfisins\/","title":{"rendered":"Investors praised Hringida's stars of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The final day of the business accelerator Hringi\u00f0a managed by KLAK \u2013 Icelandic Startups was celebrated on May 5, and on that occasion Gu\u00f0laugur \u00de\u00f3r \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0arson, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate, sent a speech with encouragement to all start-ups, entrepreneurs, mentors and investors about the importance of innovation. The writer Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason opened the event in the presence of the mayor of Reykjav\u00edk, Degi B. Eggertsson, start-up companies and about 20 of the country's main investors along with other influential people from the business world.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"It is great to follow Hringi\u00f0a and the projects that were presented on the harvest day. Clearly, it has been successful in creating a good and supportive environment and also in attracting good people and good ideas, which are the key to success.<\/em>", says Dagur B. Eggertsson, mayor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The stars of hope of the circular economy have attended six weeks of workshops, lectures and meetings with specially selected mentors from KLAK VMS, presenting their solutions on related environmental issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"The entire legacy of the 20th century needs to be redesigned and rethought if this century is to be viable. The circular economy is one of the keys and we are only done with a few degrees of a 360 degree circle - Any investment that is not circular economy is dead money<\/em>\u201d. Says writer Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Melta, Munasafn RVK Tool Library, Mar Eco, Orb, Bambah\u00fas, Resea Energy and Alor, performed for the guests of the event and a specially selected panel that was composed of Nanna El\u00edsa Jakobsd\u00f3ttir from Samtakum industriens and M\u00e1rta Hermannsd\u00f3ttir from Eyri. Questions were raised about the startups' solutions to pressing environmental issues as an incentive to continue building the startup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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"The companies that participated in Hringi\u00f0a last year have achieved great success as a result of the accelerator. For example, they have collected almost 180 million from national funds, one of the companies received capital from a VC fund and another received a large European grant. This year, seven companies participated and it will be a pleasure to follow their journey after the accelerator ends<\/em>.\u201d Says Kolfinna Krist\u00ednard\u00f3ttir, Hringi\u00f0a's project manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alor<\/strong> works on the development and production of environmentally friendly aluminum batteries and energy storages of different sizes, i.e. from small batteries and accumulators to large energy storage in container sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mar Eco <\/strong>stands for Marine Ecological Solutions, but the goal is to work on environmentally friendly solutions in the production and use of fishing gear. Recycled plastic waste from the sea, the blue economy and environmentally friendly fishing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orb<\/strong> develops technology to measure forest carbon sequestration in an inexpensive and accessible way to promote responsible carbon offsets and the production of certified carbon units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RVK Tool Library memorabilia<\/strong> provides government and local authorities with a hardware and software solution to streamline borrowing from their local libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Resea Energy<\/strong> is a research and development company aiming at the production of biofuel from the waste from cultivated seaweed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bambah\u00fas<\/strong> are greenhouses that contribute to the strengthening of the circular economy, where liquid packaging is reused that would otherwise be transported out of the country and landfilled. The houses are light, sturdy, durable and specially designed with the Icelandic climate in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hringi\u00f0a's sponsors are the City of Reykjav\u00edk, the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate, Orkuveita Reykjav\u00edkur, Faxafl\u00f3ahafnir, Terra, \u00d6lger\u00f0in and the Swedish Confederation of Industry. Hringi\u00f0a's partners are Rann\u00eds, Brei\u00f0 vej\u00f0urf\u00e9lag, Evris, Sj\u00e1varklassinn, Orkuklassinn and Gr\u00e6nvangur. The owners of KLAK are the University of Iceland, the University of Reykjav\u00edk, Origo, the Swedish Confederation of Industry and the Innovation Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographer: Eygl\u00f3 G\u00edslad\u00f3ttir<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lokadagur vi\u00f0skiptahra\u00f0alsins Hringi\u00f0u \u00ed umsj\u00f3n KLAK – Icelandic Startups var haldinn h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0legur 5. ma\u00ed en vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 tilefni sendi Gu\u00f0laugur \u00de\u00f3r \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0arson, umhverfis-, orku- og loftslagsr\u00e1\u00f0herra \u00e1varp me\u00f0 hvatningu til allra sprota, frumkv\u00f6\u00f0la, mentora og fj\u00e1rfesta um mikilv\u00e6gi n\u00fdsk\u00f6punar. Rith\u00f6fundurinn Andri Sn\u00e6r Magnason opna\u00f0i vi\u00f0bur\u00f0inn a\u00f0 borgarstj\u00f3ra Reykjav\u00edkur, Degi B. Eggertssyni vi\u00f0st\u00f6ddum, sprotafyrirt\u00e6kjum og um […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":6253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_project":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[276,759,678,143,791,790,197,679,195,192,670,668,54,81,563,279,160,756,760,303,193,50,415,191,727,97,104,758,96,194,250,110,196,117],"project":[],"birta":[],"class_list":["post-6194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hringida","tag-alor","tag-bambahus","tag-breid-throunarfelag","tag-evris","tag-eyglo-gisladottir","tag-eyglo-gisladottir-ljosmyndari","tag-faxafloahafnir","tag-graenvangur","tag-haskoli-islands","tag-haskolinn-i-reykjavik","tag-hi","tag-hr","tag-hringida","tag-hringrasarhagkerfisins","tag-hvin","tag-islandsstofa","tag-klak-icelandic-startups-2","tag-mar-eco","tag-munasafn-rvk-tool-library","tag-nyskopun","tag-nyskopunarsjodur-atvinnulifsisns","tag-olgerdin","tag-orb","tag-origo","tag-orkuklasinn","tag-orkuveita-reykjavikur","tag-rannis","tag-resea-energy","tag-reykjavikurborg","tag-samtok-idnadarins","tag-sjavarklasinn","tag-sprotafyrirtaeki","tag-terra-2","tag-vidskiptahradallinn"],"acf":{"tengd_verkefni":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194","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=6194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6194"},{"taxonomy":"project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project?post=6194"},{"taxonomy":"birta","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klak.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/birta?post=6194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}