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Research Update First Startup from OIST OIST’s first startup, Okinawa Protein Tomography Ltd., capitalizing on Prof. Ulf Skoglund’s advanced structural imaging technology, has been launched. 30 July 2014
Research Update OIST green-tech startup accelerates to victory! Cutting-edge science and industry are combined in award-winning entrepreneurial teams, boosted by Okinawa's first global startup accelerator program. 10 December 2019
Research Update OIST Researchers Awarded Grant to Create New Startup Company A START grant will enable the transfer of technology from the laboratory to industry 24 November 2016
Research Update OIST-Born Startup, EF Polymer Completes Seed Round of Funding EF Polymer completed the first seed round as a startup from OIST Startup Accelerator Program 14 April 2021
Research Update OIST-grown company, EF Polymer, wins top prize in Japan’s 2021 Green Startup Pitch The Ministry of the Environment of Japan has awarded first place prize to OIST-born startup EF Polymer, whose product promotes sustainability and solves key agricultural issues of climate change and drought. 09 March 2022
Research Update OIST and Beyond Next Ventures tie in a new innovation hub OIST and venture capital firm, Beyond Next Ventures, are partnering to support deeptech startups through the creation of the OIST-BNV Innovation Hub (“OBI-Hub”). 25 May 2021
Research Update Driving industrial innovation in Okinawa Two new teams recently joined the Innovation Square Startup Accelerator Program, which seeks to support entrepreneurs who wish to launch their technology startups in Okinawa. 14 July 2021
Research Update New Center of Innovation at OIST The Global Bioconvergence Center of Innovation will bridge academia, government and industry by promoting synergies between science, technology, and engineering. 28 October 2022
Research Update BioAlchemy: Treating Wastewater at the Point of Production New OIST startup uses bacteria to treat wastewater at low cost. 07 October 2019
Research Update Former OIST student and Technology Pioneer Fellow launches tech start-up, RyuDyn RyuDyn founder, Dr. Paul Hsieh Fu Tsai, is planning to launch a microscope and accompanying software that uses AI to image and analyze dynamic data, such as living cells. 18 February 2022
