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Grow your ocean business

Are you an entrepreneur or startup active in the Ocean Industries? Do you have an innovative, world-changing idea?

The Future Ocean Incubator offers a complete program for startups and entrepreneurs aimed at growing their ideas into scaleable products and services. Located at the Marineholmen Innovation District in central Bergen (Norway), the incubator collaborates with a vast network of experts and clusters from the energy, petroleum, maritime, aquaculture and marine sectors.


The Future Ocean Incubator has access to vast expertise in Greater Bergen’s Ocean Industries.
Photo (clockwise): Vattenfall, Eelume Subsea, Johan Wildhagen, Trond Mohn 

Participants of the incubator will receive:

  • Co-working space 
  • Membership to the incubator’s cluster
  • Business development and counselling
  • Access to industry-relevant networks
  • Access to relevant events and workshops
  • Top-level energy and marine expertise
  • Financing opportunities
  • A social environment with like-minded startups and entrepreneurs

Participation fees include:

  • NOK 2,000 per month for office space, access to meeting rooms and facilities at Marineholmen, and other ammenities
  • NOK 2,000 per month for sessions with advisors, workshops and events


The incubator offers co-working space and a collaborative environment. Photo: Future Ocean Incubator

To join the incubator, candidates must:

  • Have a sustainable and scalable business model, with a key focus on "People, Profit and Planet"
  • Show innovation on a global scale
  • Have a driven team
  • Be coachable and willing to share ideas
  • Be based in Norway - Invest in Bergen can provide crucial assistance

Learn more about Invest in Bergen’s services

Contact Hilde Indresøvde at hin@visinnovasjon.no for more information. 

Tone Hartvedt

Invest in Bergen

Hilde Indresøvde

Head, VIS Startups