THE TEAM
The Eyrir Venture Management team has extensive knowledge and experience in venture capital investments in addition to a solid corporate track record.
THE TEAM
The Eyrir Venture Management team has extensive knowledge and experience in venture capital investments in addition to a solid corporate track record.
KRISTINN PÁLMASON
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Kristinn is the Managing Director of Eyrir Venture Management. Previously Kristinn has served as financial manager at Silfurberg, investment company specializing in life sciences and technology, and investment manager at the Icelandic Enterprise Investment Fund. Earlier in his career, he was a corporate consulting expert at Landsbankinn. Kristinn has played a pivotal role in restructuring, acquiring, and selling numerous companies, and served on the boards of various domestic and international companies.
MARTA HERMANNSDÓTTIR
INVESTMENT MANAGER
Marta is the Investment Manager and ESG specialist of Eyrir Venture Management. Before joining Eyrir, Marta worked at Deutsche Bank´s investment banking division in London. She has over a decade of international work experience spanning start-ups and large corporations across the fields of investment, risk management, consulting and sales. She sits on the Board of Directors of several leading Icelandic start-up companies.
HARALDUR ÓLI HARALDSSON
ANALYST
Haraldur is an analyst at Eyrir Venture Management. With a strong foundation in financial engineering, he has previously contributed to research at the FinTech Center of Reykjavík University and played active roles in several cryptocurrency projects. Haraldur’s expertise spans product development and risk management, particularly for early-stage companies.
SIGURÐUR INGIBERGUR BJÖRNSSON
CHAIRMAN
Sigurdur is the Chairman of the Board at Eyrir Venture Management. He holds extensive managerial and investment experience. His career includes serving as CEO for various companies, most recently Klínikin. As a co-founder and former managing partner at Thule Investments, Sigurdur managed investment funds in both Iceland and Luxembourg. He moreover worked on business development at deCODE Genetics and has served on the boards of several companies.
BOARD MEMBERS AND ADVISORS
Atli B. Guðmundsson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EYRIR VENTURE MANAGEMENT
Atli B. Guðmundsson has extensive experience in banking, corporate finance and business development. Atli currently operates Fagval, a family-owned enterprise.
BRYNHILDUR KJARTANSDÓTTIR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EYRIR VÖXTUR, EYRIR SPROTAR
Brynhildur Kjartansdóttir is an experienced CFO having worked across various industries. She has served as CFO and Treasury Manager at companies such as Rotovia, Mentor and Össur.
HARALDUR HALLGRÍMSSON
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EYRIR VÖXTUR
Haraldur is the Director of Business Development at Landsvirkjun, National Power Company of Iceland. Haraldur holds vast experience in business development, marketing, strategy and sales.
KATRÍN OLGA JÓHANNESDÓTTIR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EYRIR VENTURE MANAGEMENT
Katrín Olga Jóhannesdóttir has extensive experience in both management and board positions across various fields. Katrín Olga was the first female to be elected as a chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Iceland.
YNGVI
HALLDÓRSSON
HALLDÓRSSON
BOARD OF DIRECTORS EYRIR VÖXTUR
Yngvi Halldórsson has occupied senior management roles in a range of public and private companies, including Sýn and Össur. Yngvi moreover has extensive investment expertise.
ÞÓRÐUR
MAGNÚSSON
MAGNÚSSON
FOUNDER EYRIR VENTURE MANAGEMENT
Thordur is the founder of Eyrir Venture Management (EVM) and former Chairman of the board of EVM, Eyrir Sprotar and Eyrir Vöxtur. Thordur is currently an advisor to EVM and sits on the board of various start-ups.
ADVISORY BOARD
At Eyrir Venture Management, we have a robust network of industry experts that collaborate with us on a project-by-project basis to further drive innovation and facilitate growth. Our advisors provide valuable industry insights, connections, expert guidance, and effective risk mitigation strategies. This ensures that we always have the right blend of expertise, skills, and networks available precisely when they are most relevant to a project.
INVESTMENT COUNCIL AND ADVISORS
Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir
Hrund Gunnsteinsson, Managing Director, Festa – Center for sustainability. Festa is a catalyst for change and a bridge builder between and within the public and private sector and focuses on sustainable development through the SDGs, climate change and corporate social responsibility in its broad sense.
Kristín Guðmundsdóttir
Kristín Guðmundsdóttir, former CEO and CFO of Skipti hf. (Icelandic Telecom) and CFO of Grandi hf. Kristín also serves on the Boards of Directors of several Icelandic companies.
Magnús Ingi Óskarsson
Magnús Ingi Óskarsson, founder of Calidris. Founded Calidris in 1998 and completed a successful exit to Sabre in 2010. Continued until 2013 as VP at Sabre. Active VC investor.
Ingvar Pétursson
Ingvar Pétursson has extensive experience in various executive roles within technology and finance. He recently retired from his role as EVP Technology and Finance at Nintendo. Prior to that, he was CIO at Expedia, CTO at Corbis, and CIO at AT&T Wireless.
Björn Aðalsteinsson
Björn Aðalsteinsson, Business Development Manager at Coripharma, has extensive experience from the pharmaceutical industry having served as Commercial Director and VP at Actavis Group.
Magnús Halldórsson
Magnús Halldórsson lives in Seattle, USA, and actively represents Eyrir and portfolio companies in the States. His background is in journalism and media, having among other co- founded the internet-media company Kjarninn in Iceland.
Einar Sævarsson
Einar Sævarsson, founder and CEO of Activity Stream. Serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in building international teams and data driven cloud-based SaaS products.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Þórður
Magnússon
Magnússon
Kristín
Guðmundsdóttir
Guðmundsdóttir
Magnús
Halldórsson
Halldórsson