Free Republic 3rd Qtr 2024 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $56,360
69%  
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  • Bjork Turns Venture Capitalist

    12/29/2008 11:28:04 AM PST · by lainie · 18 replies · 921+ views
    forbes ^ | 12-29-2008 | Javier Espinoza
    Icelandic singer partners with financial services firm to launch sustainable investment fund. The quirky singer and actress Bjork is hunting for investors to inject capital into her economically troubled country, whose financial system collapsed in October. Nominated for 13 Grammy awards, an Oscar and two Golden Globe awards, she has become a venture capitalist, teaming up with Reykjavik-based Audur Capital to raise money to invest in sustainable businesses in Iceland. Fundraising won't commence until January, but Bjork's involvement in the project has triggered such interest that the fund, which carries the 43-year-old singer's name, is expected to raise as much...