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July 10, 2019

Insider view: Iceland, in the perfect spot halfway between Europe and the US

Within ten years the Icelandic startup ecosystem has gone from non-existant to somewhere startups can thrive.


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Reykjavik is where the majority of Iceland's inhabitants and companies are located.

Iceland’s wild natural beauty has become a magnet for tourists. But apart from hot springs, lava fields, glaciers and a lot of crypto mining, Iceland also has a small but growing tech scene and many Icelandic startups gaining investor attention.

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Image of Bala Kamallakharan, a consultant who's helped build the tech scene for Icelandic Startups for the past decade
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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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