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Meet the 2024 Cohort of Our Growth Programme

Flex2Power presenting their concept Flex2Power for the cohort.
Flex2Power presenting their concept Flex2Power for the cohort.

This year's participants in our growth programme are Amundsen Kabel, Aragon, CCB, Entail, Flex2Future, Framo, Glex, and Æge Energy. Each of them bring their growth project to the table.

– This programme is all about learning from each other and putting your growth project through a rigorous test, says Bjarte Fagerås and Owe Hagesæther from GCE Ocean Technology.

As both mentor and co-organizers, they play a pivotal role in leading this growth programme alongside ScalingLab and the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT in Boston.

Per Ingvar Olsen from ScalingLab is the programme’s academic lead, ensuring participants receive top-tier educational content.

The other mentors guiding the participants include Tom Lindtein and Harald Hvidsten from ScalingLab and Karina Halstensen Birkelund from Farvatn.


Photo: This year's participants are from Amundsen Kabel, Aragon, CCB, Entail, Flex2Future, Framo, Glex and Æge Energy.

Preparing for the MIT Boston Experience

In just a few weeks, the group will head to Boston for a week, where they'll receive world-leading, personalized guidance based on MIT’s cutting-edge entrepreneurial teachings and research.

The programme is designed to help companies sharpen their scaling strategies through a methodical approach and the expertise of mentors in Bergen, Oslo, and at the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT in Boston.

Sponsored by Agenda Vestlandet

Agenda Vestlandet  sponsors this programme, furthering their commitment to supporting innovation and growth in the region.

Contact Information

Owe Hagesæther

Chief Executive Officer

Owe Hagesæther

Bjarte Fagerås

Senior R&D Advisor

Bjarte Fagerås

About

The Ocean Tech Scaling Program is an immersive 12-week learning experience with insights from a world-class faculty, experienced business mentors, investors and peers.

We offer

  • A thorough scientific and business-oriented evaluation of your company, business model, strategy and growth potential
  • Feedback, frameworks and tools to help you achieve rapid growth
  • A programme designed to help you create and implement a scaling strategy for internationalisation and rapid growth
  • 5-day module at Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship in Boston with serial entrepreneur Bill Aulet and access to world class mentors