Solfar's Everest VR is a virtual exploration game.
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Iceland’s Sólfar Studios gets $2.1M for VR games from Asian and Nordic investors

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Sólfar Studios announced today that it has received a seed investment of €2 million, or $2.15 million, to make new virtual reality games and other apps. The money came from an investment syndicate that includes both Asian and Nordic investors.

One of the company’s cool projects is a demo of Everest VR, a virtual reality travel adventure app that makes you feel like you’re part of an expedition climbing Mount Everest.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.