Thule Investments

Dr Gísli Hjálmtýsson has over 20 years of experience as an innovator, entrepreneur and manager He joins Thule Investments from Reykjavík University where he was Dean of Computer Science and Engineering Prior to that Dr Hjálmtýsson was a Chief Technology Officer and fund manager at AVX-e com, a PA based venture capital group focusing on Internet related opportunities Before joining AVX, Dr Hjálmtýsson conducted research on the Internet and novel network services, joining AT&T Research at Bell Laboratories in 1995, later AT&T Research at AT&T Shannon Laboratories most recently promoted to a Technology Consultant Dr Hjálmtýsson has a Ph D in Computer Science from University of California at Santa Barbara He has held positions on the faculty of Columbia University, University of Iceland and currently is a Professor at Reykjavík University In 1993 Dr Hjálmtýsson was a visiting research scientist at Telecom Research Laboratories, in Melbourne Australia for six months He has been a co-recipient on significant grants from EC, NSF, DARPA, with leading researchers from MIT, Dartmouth College, Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton and more

Dr Gísli Hjálmtýsson has a BS degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from University of Rochester, (NY) and a Ph D in Computer Science from University of California, Santa Barbara Dr Hjálmtýsson has been an invited speaker at numerous symposia, universities and leading companies He has published over eighty papers, holds over twenty patents, and is a voting member of IEEE and ACM, and active in organizing professional conferences and serving on program committees

Bjarney joined Thule Investments in 2004 as an Investment Analyst Before joining Thule, Bjarney worked in the Computer Science Department at Reykjavik University and in Kaupthing Bank as a software programmer In 2007, Bjarney took a leave from Thule Investments to complete her Master of Science in Engineering Management at the Technical University of Vienna (TU-Wien) Master thesis: an integrated approach to competitive analysis and business model identification for online multi-media social networking services Bjarney was also a member of the Robotic football team of TU-Wien which participated in the European Robotic football championship in 2008 During her studies she founded a start-up in Germany (Remotealbum) Remotealbum is an online storage service with great sharing features and complete focus on privacy and security

Bjarney has a M Sc in Engineering Management from Technical University of Vienna and a B Sc in Computer Science from Reykjavik University

Mr Gústafsson has extensive experience in the field of finance and sales Before joining Borealis he was a financial analyst at Oz, a Reykjavík based startup Previously he was a sales and account manager at Borgun, an Icelandic Acquiring Bank, working on e- commerce solutions and business development

Jean-Francois has 9 years of experience in the financial market, both as a trader and dealer on financial derivatives instruments, fixed income and currencies, in South Africa, Czech Republic, USA and so on 14 years of experience in the private equity sector in various industries such as real estate, tech, it, renewable energies, financing, refinancing and M&As JF experience which is multi products gives him the capacity to apprehend a large panel of asset class and various industries while entertaining a solid relationships at the executive level in the tech, it, real estate, investment companies and financial sector throughout Europe and in the US to the benefit of Thule Investment's growth

Borealis is an enhanced facilities provider and a strong local partner for service providers interested in establishing and/or expanding their operations to take advantage of unique value proposition of locating in Iceland Borealis offers long-term sustainable competitive advantage through economical, flexible, reliable and green data center facilities solutions and energy that can be secured at a fixed price for 10+ years

Carbon Recycling International - CRI

CRI was founded in 2006 in Reykjavík, Iceland by Icelandic and U S entrepreneurs The vision of CRI is to recycle CO2 into liquid fuels in a profitable, scalable and environmentally sustainable manner Since 2007, CRI has been operating a pilot scale plant in its laboratory based on its patented process for CO2 to liquid fuels In 2011, CRI commissioned the world’s first commercial scale plant in the world producing Renewable Methanol (RM) from CO2 and H2 in Svartsengi, Iceland

Headquartered in Reykjavik, Theater Mogul was founded in 1999 and produces comedies Defending the Caveman in Europe, as well as Cave Woman by Emma Peirson and Triple Espresso by Bill Arnold, Michael Pearce Donley and Bob Stromberg It started with Defending the Caveman in July 2000 in Berlin in a 650-seat theatre, where the show was sold out after about three weeks The company has had productions in over 130 cities and is operating in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland and Russia

Patent-Pending AI Technology that merges physical and digital biometrics

Enpocket was a global mobile media company providing integrated entertainment and mobile marketing services Enpocket was sold to Nokia

CCP was founded in the summer of 1997 with the goal of becoming a leading massively multiplayer game company With the launch of EVE Online in May 2003, CCP has established itself as one of the leading companies in the field, winning numerous awards and receiving critical acclaim worldwide

Voice Commerce is a Financial Services Group delivering a wide range of payment services and identity verification solutions to consumers and businesses The Voice Commerce Group have established the global standards for the use and adoption of voice signatures in financial and identity verification sectors, reducing business fraud whilst delivering an improved customer experience