Arni Blöndal
About Arni Blöndal
As Managing Partner at Brunnur Ventures, Arni has overseen the investment strategy and portfolio management of three venture capital funds, Uppspretta, Brunnur I and Brunnur II, focusing on innovative and scalable Icelandic start-ups. He has 25 years of experience in the start-up ecosystem as a start-up founder, VC fund manager, and corporate finance advisor. He has supported entrepreneurs in various sectors as a board member or advisor within multiple sectors, e.g., biotech, industry 4.0, B2B software, and fintech. Arni has transacted and managed private equity/venture capital investments in over ten countries. Arni has operational experience as a start-up co-founder from the London/New York-based ad-tech platform bepaid.com from 1999-2001. He is a mechanical engineer from the University of Iceland and holds a M.Sc. in Information Technology from Denmark's Technical University. Lived and worked in the US, UK, Denmark, Sweden and Iceland.