Norway startup ecosystem
Norway's startup ecosystem leverages the country's expertise in energy, maritime, and aquaculture to build globally relevant cleantech and ocean-tech ventures. Oslo's growing tech community benefits from sovereign wealth fund-adjacent capital, strong public-sector digital infrastructure, and a culture of sustainability that aligns with global investment trends. The directory currently lists 83 organisations across 10 cities.
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Netlife
Oslo-based design and technology consultancy that created and hosts Y Oslo, a conference for people building valuable products and services for real people. The event covers design, UX, technology, content, product, and business development through talks, discussions, and workshops, and has run since 2019.
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No Isolation
No Isolation is a Norwegian scale-up founded in 2015 that develops telepresence robots to combat social isolation. Its flagship product, the AV1 robot, serves as a physical avatar in classrooms for children with long-term illness or special education needs, keeping them connected to school and peers when they cannot attend. The company now serves over 900 customers across 19 countries with more than 3,000 AV1 units deployed in around 2,500 schools, supporting over 10,000 children. No Isolation won the 2025 EURORDIS Company Award for Health Technology.
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NORA Annual Conference 2026
Flagship gathering of the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence Research Consortium at the National Museum in Oslo, summarising Norway's leading AI research, innovation, and education initiatives.
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Nordic Edge Expo 2026
Northern Europe's leading smart city and urban tech conference held in Stavanger, attracting 4,000+ attendees from 50+ countries. Focuses on sustainable cities, digital infrastructure, and mobility. Strong government and municipality buyer presence makes it ideal for GovTech startups.
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Norway Health Tech
Norway Health Tech is Norway's largest and leading health technology cluster, bringing together more than 350 member organizations including companies, investors, healthcare providers, municipalities, and research institutions. Founded to drive growth in the health industry and accelerate innovation, the organization operates offices in Oslo, Bergen, and Stavanger. It organizes the annual Healthtech Festival series held across Norway and runs major public-private partnership initiatives such as Health2B at Oslo Science Park and the Nordic Health Connect project. The cluster also leads efforts in health technology for defence and emergency preparedness.
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Oda
Oda is an Oslo-based online grocery delivery company that has built one of Europe's most efficient automated grocery fulfillment operations. Originally launched as Kolonial.no, the company rebranded to Oda and developed proprietary warehouse automation technology that enables it to pick and deliver grocery orders at significantly lower cost than traditional supermarkets. Oda expanded into Finland and Germany and has raised over $400 million from investors including SoftBank. The company represents Norway's most ambitious attempt at reimagining grocery retail through technology and logistics innovation, offering a compelling alternative to the dark-store model pursued by rapid delivery startups.
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Oliver Schöndorfer
Austrian typography consultant and designer who runs 'Pimp my Type', a platform teaching designers and product teams how to use type effectively in user interfaces and brands. A popular educator on font selection and UI typography, he is a confirmed speaker at the Y Oslo 2026 conference.
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ONS 2026
A major global energy forum at Stavanger Forum with 70,000+ visitors and 1,100+ exhibitors, including an ONS Scale-Ups programme connecting energy scale-ups with the industry. Relevant for energy-tech founders.
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ONS Foundation
The ONS Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Stavanger, Norway, that has organized the biennial ONS global energy forum since 1974, originally focused on offshore North Sea oil and gas. It has evolved into a convener of global discussions on geopolitics, energy security, and the energy transition, attracting over 70,000 visitors from approximately 100 countries every two years across 9 conference venues and 8 exhibition halls. The Foundation partners with institutions including the Munich Security Conference, CERAWeek, and Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, and operates under the patronage of His Majesty King Harald V of Norway.
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Oslo Business Forum
Norwegian organizer of the Oslo Business Forum, founded by Christoffer Omberg and Marius Roed Wang to empower leaders to change the world. The annual conference brings roughly 3,000 leaders, a majority of them C-level, to Lillestrom for keynotes from globally recognized authors, executives, and thinkers on leadership and innovation.
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Oslo Business Forum 2026
Annual leadership and business conference bringing around 3,000 leaders, a majority of them C-level, to Hagemessen in Lillestrom under the 2026 theme 'The Human Edge'. The programme features roughly 23 globally recognized speakers including Steven Bartlett, Angela Duckworth, and Seth Godin on leadership, performance, and innovation.
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Oslo Innovation Week 2026
Norway's largest innovation festival spanning a full week with 100+ events across Oslo, organized by Innovation Norway and the City of Oslo. Covers cleantech, ocean tech, healthtech, and fintech with 10,000+ participants. Most events are free or low-cost, making it highly accessible.
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Patty McCord
American culture and talent expert who served as Chief Talent Officer at Netflix, where she architected the influential Netflix Culture Deck. She is the author of 'Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility' and advises companies on culture and people, and is a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
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Paula Doyle
Chief Digital Officer at Aker BP, the Norwegian exploration and production energy company, where she leads digital transformation and data-driven operations across the oil and gas value chain. With a background in digital industry and technology leadership, she is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
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Peter Hinssen
Belgian entrepreneur, investor, and bestselling author who co-founded the innovation consultancy nexxworks. A globally recognised keynote speaker on the impact of technology, disruption, and the 'never normal' on business and society, he is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
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Porterbuddy
Porterbuddy (legally Instabox Norway AS, part of the Instabee Group) is an Oslo-based last-mile delivery company offering flexible, same-day home delivery for e-commerce orders, letting customers choose their delivery time and track shipments via SMS and a live tracking link. The company prioritises electric vehicles for deliveries and offers contactless delivery with photo confirmation, handling thousands of parcels daily for online retailers of all sizes.
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Priya Lakhani
British entrepreneur and founder and CEO of CENTURY Tech, an artificial-intelligence education technology company. A former barrister and a UK Business Ambassador, she is a prominent voice on AI in education and ethics, and is a confirmed speaker at the Techpoint Conference 2026 in Kristiansand.
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Rahaf Harfoush
Strategist, digital anthropologist, and bestselling author who studies the intersection of technology, culture, and human behaviour, including the book 'Hustle and Float'. She is Executive Director of the Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture and a confirmed main-stage speaker at the Oslo Business Forum 2026.
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reMarkable
reMarkable is a Norwegian technology company based in Oslo that develops digital paper tablets designed to replicate the feel of writing on paper while reducing digital distraction. It was founded in 2013 by Magnus Haug Wanberg, who conceived the idea while studying at Harvard after finding it hard to focus on a laptop. Its first device, the reMarkable 1, began shipping in 2017, followed by the reMarkable 2 (2020) and the Paper Pro (2024). The company sells e-paper writing devices alongside a Connect subscription service offering features such as cloud storage and handwriting conversion. By May 2022 reMarkable reported it had sold over 1 million devices and reached a $1 billion valuation.
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ScanReach
ScanReach is a Bergen-based maritime IoT company founded in 2015 that provides wireless connectivity inside vessels and offshore installations. Its platform overcomes the challenge of wireless data transmission through complex steel environments, enabling real-time Personnel On-Board tracking for search and rescue, plus asset monitoring, fuel consumption analytics and equipment health data. The company raised NOK 40 million from Norwegian investor Sigurd Steen Aase and secured NOK 18.5 million from Innovation Norway for development milestones. ScanReach partnered with NAVTOR in 2024 to integrate onboard IoT data into the NavFleet ship operations platform.
