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Startup Support
2025
OIST Startup Support
From lab bench to global capital

Partner
OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Outcome
Retained by OIST-founded start-ups
Sector
Startup Support
Startups emerging from OIST, such as Ekei Labs, have hired Merito to find capital and customers.
The challenge
Deep science spin-outs from OIST have world-class research but little built-in access to investors or commercial customers.
What Merito did
We work directly with OIST-founded companies like Ekei Labs to build fundraising narratives and open introductions to capital and customers.
The outcome
Ongoing engagements with OIST spin-outs on both fundraising and go-to-market.