Meet the team

Our expertise ranges Healthcare, Biotech, SaaS/B2B software, FinTech, Gaming, Cybersecurity, Consumer Apps, TravelTech, Industry 4.0 to DeepTech. The team has executive and entrepreneurial experiences spanning the globe from the Nordics to North America and from Asia to Africa and is ready to support business building innovative and creative solutions anywhere.

Founding Partner
Árni Blöndal

Árni is a Founding Partner at Brunnur. He brings over 25 years of experience in startups, venture capital, private equity, and corporate finance. His career includes over 100 transactions in more than 10 countries, transitioning from a startup founder to leading three venture capital funds. Focus areas are biotech, 4IR technologies, B2B software, and fintech. He is known for his pragmatic and thoughtful approach to investment and leadership.

Founding Partner
Sigurður Arnljótsson

Sigurdur is a Founding Partner at Brunnur. He serves as Chairman of the Board at Framvis, the Icelandic Venture Capital Association. With over 20 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience in high-growth technology companies, he co-founded and led Iceland's most successful gaming company, CCP, which was acquired for nearly half a billion dollars. Sigurdur is known for his expansive network, strategic insight, and hands-on approach, making him a trusted advocate for founders.

Venture Partner
Kolbeinn Björnsson

Kolbeinn is a Venture Partner at Brunnur. He boasts 25 years of executive experience, focusing on entrepreneurship, business development, and go-to-market strategies across the US, Europe, and Japan. With a proven record at driving growth and innovation in medical devices, consumer products, wearable robotics, and large-scale engineering. Skilled at building high-performance sales teams and forging impactful channel partnerships from seed stage to scale.

Investment Director
Óskar Fannar Vilmundarson

Óskar is an Investment Director at Brunnur, with experience in R&D and IP matters, and as a former assistant to the CEO at Kerecis, Iceland’s first unicorn company. A certified securities broker, he also holds degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics from Norwegian universities. Óskar specializes in financial analysis, strategy, and portfolio management, supporting Brunnur‘s portfolio companies and sourcing new investments.

Investment Director
Einar Þór Gústafsson

Einar is an Investment Director at Brunnur. He brings over 25 years of experience in startups, enterprise software development and product management. In previous roles as VP of product and head of technology he has scaled solutions to reach over 100 million users. He brings experience in scaling teams, go to market strategies and consumer analytics. Focus areas are B2B and B2C software, traveltech, fintech and AI.

Associate
Pétur Snær Auðunsson

Pétur Snær Auðunsson is an Associate at Brunnur with over five years of experience across investment banking, asset management, and risk management at Íslandsbanki, Landsbankinn, and Kvika, later serving as CFO of Verkeining, a general contractor with approx. ISK 3 billion in revenues. He holds a B.Sc. in Financial Engineering, a securities brokerage license, has completed CFA Level II with top decile global results, and applies data-driven and AI-enabled approaches to investing and operations.

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