Interview

November 13, 2023

Everything produced everywhere all at once — the Norwegian unicorn fighting shipping emissions

With investors such as SoftBank, Insight and Harald Mix — Gelato wants to transform global production


Mimi Billing

4 min read

Why have Japan’s SoftBank, US-based Insight Partners and the Swedish company builder behind Northvolt and H2 Green Steel, Harald Mix, invested more than €200m in a Norwegian production-on-demand scaleup?

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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