Björk, the Icelandic singer known for her quirky tunes and eccentric outfits, now has a venture capital fund named after her. That’s right, the woman who dressed up like a swan at the Oscars in 2001 (and parodied on Saturday Night Live here) is hoping to lay a golden egg, according to The New York Times.Audur Capital, a female-founded firm in Reykjavík, Iceland, aims to mix feminine values with finance. The Björk fund is intended “for investors seeking investment opportunities in new venture creation and the business development of small companies with the objective of catalyzing the recovery of the Icelandic economy,” says Audur’s web site. The company will invest 100 million kronur (about $832,000) for early-stage, socially and environmentally conscious businesses that celebrate Iceland’s unique nature and culture.Audur, which focuses on companies run by women or ones tailored towards female customers, plans to close investments by March 2009. The majority of its employees are women. I’ve never seen so many umlauts on a company roster before.Björk has been incredibly outspoken about politics, the environment and feminism through her music. Controversy erupted when she dedicated the song “Declare Independence” to Greenland and the Faroe Islands, as well as the people of Kosovo and Tibet (how multi-purpose). “Nattura,” a song she recorded with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, was released on iTunes to benefit an environmental nonprofit of the same name. Now she wants Iceland, which is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy, to promote green businesses instead of aluminum smelters and factories.The fund, while not the first thing I’d associate her with with (my first Björk encounter involved her crooning “It’s Oh So Quiet” to a Kristi Yamaguchi figure-skating routine), aligns with Björk’s philosophies and hopes for Iceland’s future. As for the infamous swan dress, it was auctioned off on eBay in 2005 for charit...