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🇮🇸 Iceland — New Venture Fund Kria Iceland's Innovation Engine Hrönn Greipsdóttir, CEO
Iceland raised €182.4 million in startup funding in 2025 — nearly fivefold year-on-year growth, and over four times Germany's per-capita VC intensity. The newly merged New Venture Fund Kria sits at the centre of this ambition: backing early-stage founders, anchoring domestic VC funds, and actively pulling in international investors. Greipsdóttir discusses how a 400,000-person island is punching well above its weight — and why pension fund participation is key to sustaining the momentum.
Iceland Innovation Engine, Interview with Hrönn Greipsdottir, New Venture Fund Kria
Kría Venture fund is a newly established state fund, a result of the merger between two major Icelandic funds, the Icelandic New Business Venture Fund and Kria fund of funds, embodies the country’s appetite to grow its technology ecosystem. In a bid to marry together the strengths of these individual funds, Kría venture fund will double down on two main investment categories — both longer-term, patient capital into funds as well as direct investments in early-stage startups.
Fueling UK Venture Growth, Interview with Christine Hockley, British Business Bank
In June this year, the British Business Bank – the UK government’s economic development bank – announced its total financial capacity had been expanded to £25.6 billion. The institution has sprawled in size and ambition since it was established in 2014. Initially focusing on bolstering SMEs to drive economic development by providing access to capital, the bank has supported over 64,000 small businesses across the UK. Now, it’s also doubling down on its efforts to galvanise the country’s equity and venture space. This year, it earmarked a fresh £6.6 billion in new capital for promising investments – and Christine Hockley, managing director and the co-head of funds at the British Business Bank, told European Women in VC that the bank has lofty ambitions to tap into the growth market.
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