Aya Fabricius

🚀 Big news for Icelandic innovation: Iceland's first HealthTech accelerator has just launched: KLAK - Health 💗 I’m proud of LIFA Ventures ' support of this initiative, alongside other great Icelandic partners, to help lay the foundation for a stronger HealthTech ecosystem. Iceland has already produced incredible MedTech and Life Science success stories, from Embla Medical (Össur) to Nox Medical to Kerecis 🐟. These prove that world-class innovation can and does grow from our small island. But we need more. More founders supported from day one. More investors and mentors need to step in early. More infrastructure to ensure that our next generation of startups doesn’t just leave for bigger markets, but builds global impact from here. KLAK Health is a big first step in that direction, and it won’t be the last. Iceland has the talent, creativity, and ambition. Now we are finally focusing more on the sector that can change lives everywhere. 💡 To all the future founders out there: the ecosystem is ready to back you. Let’s make Iceland a place where MedTech and HealthTech startups can thrive. Great work KLAK - Icelandic Startups ! #HealthTech #MedTech #Startups #Iceland #Innovation #medicaldevices #LIFAVC #KLAK

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Talking to Lovable founder Anton Osika on stage at Nordic Tech Week earlier today, we spoke about how Stockholm tech founders are well-known for giving back to the startup ecosystem, with capital and time. Osika told me that he was quite busy building Lovable and couldn't set aside too much time to invest in other founders. However, he and his cofounder Fabian Hedin have pledged 50% of future earnings to philanthropy. More here: https://lnkd.in/dwe7XdMZ

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I’m very excited to finally be able to share our '𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 – 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵' publication that I’ve had the privilege of project leading. This is something that we have been working on (Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies) over the past months. It represents our effort to bridge practical foresight experience with new ideas, methods, and perspectives. Our ambition with this publication is to contribute to the foresight field by showcasing original CIFS thinking and sharing lessons drawn from our experience in the field, complemented by insights from other leading thinkers and practitioners. Download the full publication here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dHDPVXsU Among other things, you will find contributions on anticipatory leadership as a way to align leadership styles with emerging future conditions (Lasse Jonasson), on navigating the business realities of corporate foresight (Joanna Lepore), and on embedding foresight into governance and political decision-making processes (Thor Svanholm Gustavfson). We also open up new conversations about what foresight could become in an AI-mediated world (Sofie Hvitved & Bugge Holm Hansen), and about how time itself shapes organisational life (Majken Schultz & Tor Hernes). Additionally, we introduce a novel foresight method – the Seven Provocations Method – that establishes provocation as a standalone practice, particularly suited for contexts where other traditional foresight methods may prove too abstract or demanding. Also shout out to Casper Skovgaard Petersen for great editing, as always. We very much hope you’ll find value and inspiration in these pages, and we would love to hear your thoughts when you’ve had the chance to dive in.

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