Two Fukuoka delegations, curated by Merito, turned nine start-ups into two closed investment deals in Boston.

The challenge

The Governor of Fukuoka's office needed to put the prefecture's biotech and medtech innovators in front of the world's densest life science cluster, twice.

What Merito did

Merito designed both delegations end to end: target selection, meeting curation with Boston pharma, medtech corporates and investors, and the pitch coaching that got nine Fukuoka start-ups ready to be taken seriously in the room.

The outcome

Two investment deals closed, with further business development discussions still ongoing.