Our team

 

  • Programmer-technologist, multi-disciplinary nerd, and dropout from studies in physics, psychology, Arabic and Middle Eastern studies.

    Co-founded Unity (NYSE:U) in 2003. Served as Unity’s CEO until 2014, and remains on Unity’s board.

    Passionate about climate change, civilizational decarbonization, and all-round sustainability. Also democracy and civil liberty.

 
 
 
 

  • Benjamin Ratz is Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors, dividing his time between operations and investments.

    Previously, Benjamin spent ten years in venture, primarily as a direct investor. He started his career in commercial law advising investors and entrepreneurs, later shifting towards public policy. Benjamin holds an L.L.M from the University of Uppsala and M.B.A. from the University of Tel Aviv.

 

  • Lisa has 25 years of experience across multi-national organizations, most recently as VP of Global Process Development at Össur in Iceland. Prior to that, Lisa was with UBS Investment Bank for sixteen years in London and Connecticut. Graduated with a BSc.oeocon degree in Economics from the University of Iceland.

 
 

  • Helen has a wealth of experience supporting founders and leaders at an international level in tech, the creative industries and luxury sector. She has a BA (Hons) in English and is a qualified yoga teacher.

 
 
 
 
 

  • For the last twelve years Valdimar has coordinated various art and television projects for the Reykjavik Art Museum and Icelandic state broadcaster RÚV. In recent years his focus has shifted to coordinating real estate aquisitions and property development. Valdimar graduated from the University of Iceland with a BA in Political Science from the University and has a Master Diploma in Television and Film production from AAFT, Delhi.

 

  • Kjartan heads up Transition Labs, our initiative to accelerate the world‘s transition to a climate positive future by deploying climate solutions at scale. Previously Kjartan led digital transformation initiatives for leading media companies in music, publishing, and television in the U.S., as well as being an entrepreneur and working in venture capital. Kjartan has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

 
 
 
 
 

Our board

 

  • Programmer-technologist, multi-disciplinary nerd, and dropout from studies in physics, psychology, Arabic and Middle Eastern studies.

    Co-founded Unity (NYSE:U) in 2003. Served as Unity’s CEO until 2014, and remains on Unity’s board.

    Passionate about climate change, civilizational decarbonization, and all-round sustainability. Also democracy and civil liberty.

  • Benjamin Ratz is Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors, dividing his time between operations and investments.

    Previously, Benjamin spent ten years in venture, primarily as a direct investor. He started his career in commercial law advising investors and entrepreneurs, later shifting towards public policy. Benjamin holds an L.L.M from the University of Uppsala and M.B.A. from the University of Tel Aviv.

  • Ari is a venture investor focusing on climate change. He also serves on the. board of Kría, the Icelandic government's fund of funds for venture. Before this Ari spent the last eight years as a direct investor with Index Ventures and Dawn Capital leading early stage investments into high growth companies. Ari started his career as founder and CEO of cloud PLM company Uphance (acquired) and Fabricly (Y Combinator 2010). He graduated with a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics.

  • Ryan McDermott is the founder of Resolute Partners Group, a Registered Investment Advisor based in San Francisco. Previously, Ryan founded the San Francisco office for BBR Partners LLC and was a VP at Goldman, Sachs & Co. Ryan earned an MBA in investment management from the University of North Carolina.

  • Jón Elvar, a Supreme Court Attorney, is a partner at LOGOS, an Icelandic law firm. His main area expertise is Corporate Law. He graduated from the University of Iceland with a Cand. Jur. and an LL.M. degree in International Tax Law from Leiden University.