David Helgason
Partner at Transition
Reykjavík, Capital Region
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Transition partners with Seed and Series A founders to make the climate transition a reality. Climate is not a sector, it’s a driving force across all industries. It’s complex and interconnected. Our interdisciplinary team reflects that. We combine optimism and pragmatism to bridge the gap between traditional tech, climate science, the corporate sector, and policy. We have come together as founders, investors, operators, engineers, and scientists from across the world with a single mission: building an abundant and resilient society that can thrive within our finite planet.
Principal
2012
Personal platform focused on fighting climate change and related sustainability crises. Also act as an angel investor and board member.
Founder & Board Member
2003
Since 2003 and until further notice I try to help making Unity the best it can be – first as CEO for nearly 12 years, and now on the board of directors and supporting the leadership.
Founder & CEO
2003 - 2014
Unity for Humanity Grant program offers funding, mentorship, and technical support for real-time 3D social impact projects.
Partner
2016 - 2021
A group of ten top Nordic angels working closely together to be the best angel investors in the Nordics. We did some good investments and improved the local ecosystem in the process.
Board Member & Investor
2015 - 2021
Labster is a fast moving, award-winning company that focuses on revolutionizing the way science is taught to students all over the world. Our platform offers a Virtual Laboratory provided as a supportive curriculum based e-tool where students can work with real-life challenges in an online environment that simulates reality.
Board Member
2014 - 2019
Realm is a YCombinator company building a mobile database, which rapidly became the second most deployed database in the world. Realm lets you build apps faster, build apps that are faster, and craft amazing user experiences. Acquired by MongoDB.
Realm makes it easy to build modern reactive apps, realtime collaborative features, and offline-first experiences.
Raised $40,202,846.00 from Scale Venture Partners, Ericsson Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
Investor & Board Member
2016 - 2017
Founded in 2015, Spiri was a visionary on-demand carpooling service for urban transport. Spiri developed its own vehicle connectivity and operating system, as well as an ultra-light electric vehicle, bespoke for on-demand carpooling.
Investor & Board Member
2012 - 2016
First angel investor and subsequently a board member at a game company which hit 1M users in just a week, and then went on to entertain over 100M people before being acquired by Glu Mobile.
Co-founder
2008 - 2009
World on a Hanger was a web based services to the apparel industry.
SaaS solution for apparel, footwear and accessories brands
Co-founder & CTO
2002 - 2004
Took at stab at something similar to iTunes LP. Since even Apple couldn't make it succesful, I guess I don't need to feel bad that we didn't pull it off either.