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April 11, 2019

Insider view: Oslo is becoming the greentech capital of Europe

Impact tech, easily available startup grants and a perfect test environment - three reasons why Oslo could be the ultimate place to build your startup.


Mimi Billing

5 min read

Does Oslo have what other startup cities had a few years ago?

For years Oslo has been seen as merely the small capital of a country focused overwhelmingly on the oil and gas industry.

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Matthew Smith is an investor and the founder of startup The Lunicorn.
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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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