Hringvarmi

📣 Hringvarmi is thrilled to announce that Michael J. Oghia has formally joined our team as an advisor. 📣 🌞 Michael brings with him, not only a huge wealth of knowledge from the data centre sector, but also something a startup needs more than anything: a voice of enthusiasm that truly believes in our mission. 🌞 Michael is a Belgrade, Serbia-based entrepreneur, tech sustainability consultant, and founder of Oghia Advising – an independent agency working within the digital infrastructure, cyber resilience, Internet governance & policy, and media development sectors.  He is a multi-role communications and engagement professional with more than a decade of experience in sustainability, conflict resolution, development, journalism & media, infrastructure, and policy across seven countries and regions: The United States, Lebanon, India, Turkey, the Netherlands, Serbia & the Balkans, and the Nordics. Alexandra Leeper PhD Justine Vanhalst #innovation #support #datacenter #circulareconomy #team #hringvarmi #startuplife

🌞 What a great way to kick-off Hringvarmi activities after the summer and enjoy a little late season sunshine in #iceland 🌞 🥗 We had the pleasure to sit down today with Nikhilesh Mohanty of Arctic Edge Consultants and talk about our strategy for the next year! 🥗 💡 There is so much to be gained in sitting down and discussing the concrete steps to take when building and scaling a business that getting expert advise, and sharing ideas out loud to really hear where the gaps are is invaluable - Thank you Arctic Edge Consultants💡 #strategy #innovation #impact #startup #advise Alexandra Leeper PhD Justine Vanhalst KLAK - Icelandic Startups Auðna - Technology Transfer Office Iceland Norðanátt Drift EA Iceland Ocean Cluster Thor Sigfusson PhD Nordic Ignite FKA - Félag kvenna í atvinnulífinu Homeward Bound Projects

🎉 On the day of Women Right's in Iceland, June 19th, we had the pleasure of being awarded FrumkvöðlaAuður grant from Kvika banki hf. design to support women entrepreneurs. 🛠 This grant is a much needed contribution towards the deployment of our prototype this summer. 🛠 📜 A bit of history: In 1915, on this day, Icelandic women won the right to vote! Far ahead of many European countries. In comparison, the Hringvarmi founder's birth country, in the UK this was achieved not so long after in 1918 (Alexandra Leeper PhD) however in France it was not until 1944 😱 more than 30 years after Iceland! (Justine Vanhalst) 💪 Funding vehicles like this are still necessary to bridge the gender gap in startup financing. 🙏😊 Takk fyrir okkur! Vaka Jóhannesdóttir Hrund Ólafsdóttir Anna Rut Agustsdottir Michael J. Oghia Paula Gould Ottó Elíasson FKA - Félag kvenna í atvinnulífinu Homeward Bound Projects Deborah Pardo, PhD Jean-luc Pourriere Bryndis Steina Fridgeirsdottir Thor Sigfusson PhD Iceland Eco-Business Park Kolfinna Kristínardóttir La French Tech Nordics Bryony Mathew BAZARD Guillaume Joshua Bull

🍃 So exciting to see the rapidly developing role of controlled environment food production and the growing importance agri-tech for global food security and reduced carbon footprint 🍃 Great article from CNN on some of the large scale actors in the this sector including the exciting Gigafarm that is a great example of #circulareconomy in agri-tech. Image from Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) and CNN article with link below in comments. As Hringvarmi develops our MVP this summer we are considering closely the lessons, values and circular approaches already on the market to optimise our solution and create unique circular value from #datacenter #excesseheat. Justine Vanhalst Alexandra Leeper PhDMichael J. Oghia atNorth Paula Gould Eimur Finn Erik Solvang Google Microsoft STORESPEED - Nordic Data Center Solutions Nordic Data Centers Data Center Forum

We are excited to share our recent participation in Atvinnumá Kvenna grant program - a wonderful support program available in Iceland that supports female founded companies with good business ideas. This program provided the team, Justine Vanhalst and Alexandra Leeper PhD to attend business plan and finance plan program that has prepared Hringvarmi for our ambitious next steps to develop our MVP this year- to turn #dataintodinner and make waste heat from data centers accessible to food producers. Thank you for a great program Einar Sigvaldason and to all the other awesome companies we had the chance to meet! Charlotta Sigmundsdottir Alice Sowa Fida Abu Libdeh EIT Food FKA - Félag kvenna í atvinnulífinu Homeward Bound Projects Earthship Sisters Bylgja Pálsdóttir Árni Björnsson Johann Thor Jonsson Benedikt Gröndal Paula Gould Ottó Elíasson Eimur

The Hringvarmi team had a great time at DATACLOUD ESG SUMMIT 2024 in #Iceland. It was exciting to be connecting with leading data centres companies around the world on the topic of sustainability! The topic of #scope3emissions was a common theme - these are the indirect emissions that occur along a companies value chain - of which excess heat is such a challenge - by utilizing this excess heat - this growing industry can improve its energy efficiency and even be a source of added value to their communities. At Hringvarmi, we want to help make that happen! Attending this event allowed us to have invaluable conversations to ensure the Generation 1 MVP we are developing meets the need of this rapidly evolving sector! #innovation #datacentres #circulareconomy #sustainability #ESGs Datacenter Forum iMasons Climate Accord Legrand Michael J. Oghia Justine Vanhalst Alexandra Leeper PhD Iceland Eco-Business Park Borealis Data Center atNorth VERNE GLOBAL LTD DATA CASTLE Farice Schneider Electric STACK Infrastructure Landsvirkjun Orkuveitan Paula Gould Eimur Legrand Danfoss

📣 Thrilled to announce the kick-off of a new project for Hringvarmi funded by Orkuveitan fund! 📣 In this project, we will be mapping the scale of the excess heat from #datacenter challenge in #Iceland - and elucidating the environmental benefit of capturing this heat for food production in our #Hringvarmi modules. We will also be developing our Generation1 MVP in collaboration with atNorth! ✨ This is a great step toward our mission to drive innovative circular economic food production and a more sustainable data center industry! Thank you Orkuveitan for the opportunity! #innovation #circulareconomy #datacenter #foodsecurity #sustainability Alexandra Leeper PhD Justine Vanhalst Johann Thor Jonsson Benedikt Gröndal Bylgja Pálsdóttir SNERPA Power Paula Gould Eimur KLAK - Icelandic Startups Iceland Eco-Business Park Iceland Innovation Week Imasons - Technology Revolution Miranda G. Gardiner, LEED Fellow Michael J. Oghia Michael Esmann Magnús Jónsson

Hringvarmi is focused on providing innovation solution and infrastructure that addresses intersecting climate challenges and at the same time creates sustainable value - as such our two founders, Alexandra Leeper PhD and Justine Vanhalst were thrilled to be included alongside so many awesome women! #innovation #climatetech #womeninstemm #circulareconomy FKA - Félag kvenna í atvinnulífinu Homeward Bound Projects Earthship Sisters UN Women Nordic Women in Tech Awards Future Food Institute Analisa Winther

💚 There are so many inspiring women leaders to celebrate in the startup space developing innovative solutions to make the world a better place 💚 This awesome list of women in the startup and venture capital space is just a few of the amazing women in this space (https://lnkd.in/dsYv6C24) and leaders like those Justine Vanhalst and I, Alexandra Leeper PhD get to encounter everyday in our journey with Hringvarmi as a female-founded and purpose driven team. 🌟 It is a reminder everyday that real positive impact is possible! 🌟 This year´s annual Northstack report (https://lnkd.in/dCuiFdZC), which is always a great resource for trends in investment - shows that there is improvement (20% investment in female-founded teams) but there is still much to be done to support inspiring and impactful female founders! #womenentrepreneurs #changemakers #venturecapital #femalefounders FKA - Félag kvenna í atvinnulífinu Homeward Bound Projects International Women's Day 2024 Iceland Ocean Cluster Iceland Eco-Business Park Kristinn Árni L. Hróbjartsson Nordic Ignite Katapult Crowberry Capital Bala Kamallakharan Paula Gould Grace Achieng Fida Abu Libdeh Heiða Kristín Helgadóttir Anna C W De Matos Renata Bade Barajas Ólöf Rún Tryggvadóttir Halla Jónsdóttir Tristan Elizabeth Gribbin 💛　EIT Food KLAK - Icelandic Startups

👌 Thank you Business France Nordics for sharing this event! What a great insight on the #DataCenters industry in the the #Nordics and in #France 💡 Hringvarmi has a great interest in the heat reuse of data centres to harness it and channel it into a controlled environment to grow food locally. 🍃 It was refreshing to see that there is a big emphasis in Danmark in heat reuse from DC. [fr] What about France? One of our founders is French and we would love to see what is done there and get some insight! Anythoughtst Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers? 🤝 This event is a great way for us to broaden our network and learn so much on the market of DC in Denmark and France. Eager to connect with Linda Lescuyer Henrik Hansen Merima Dzanic and Geraldine Camara ! Alexandra Leeper PhD Justine Vanhalst Paula Gould France Datacenter Danish Data Center Industry Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers Data4 Group #Innovation #sustainability #Heatreuse #entrepreneurship