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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.