Kamakura, Japan –  June 1, 2023 – 16Lab, developer of OZON™, a platform for next-generation computing experience, was selected for the mobility vertical of Plug and Play Japan’s Summer/Fall 2023 Batch accelerator program. One of the world’s top-class accelerator/venture capitals, Plug and Play was established in Sunnyvale, CA, in 2006. With more than 50 offices across the globe, it has been investing in more than 1.7K startups since then. Plug and Play Japan (http://japan.plugandplaytechcenter.com/) was established as its subsidiary in 2017 and now works with over 40 leading companies in their respective industries as its corporate partners.

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Kamakura, Japan –  April 27, 2023 – 16Lab, developer of OZON™, a platform for next-generation computing experience – participated in the Miraise Class, a small yet very inspiring workshop organized by a Tokyo-based VC, Miraise (https://www.miraise.vc/). This time, the founder and CEO of Atomico, Mr. Niklas Zennström, hosted the event. Mr. Zennström shared his deep insights as a serial entrepreneur, through the success of Skype in particular, to the founders of selected startups.

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Kamakura, Japan — February 3, 2023 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – was selected to participate in the NEDO Paris Immersion Program. Following the 5-day workshops held in Japan, 16Lab and the other participants visited Paris and had very productive 1-on-1 meetings with tech executives and investors with tremendous support from NEDO’s local partners WILCO and SINEORA. NEDO is one of the largest national research and development organizations in Japan. The participation was sponsored by NEDO.

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Kamakura, Japan — March 18, 2022 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – announced that it has closed fundraising with Monozukuri 2 Limited Partnership, a venture capital fund run by Monozukuri Ventures Corp.. With its offices in Kyoto and NYC, it focuses on investing in hardware startups.

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Kamakura, Japan – March 30, 2021 – 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – was honored to be included as one of the startups Infineon Technologies AG wants to collaborate with, receiving a mention on top of the list. Infineon aspires to partner with startups in the area of advanced productivity, embedded software, hardware-based solutions and semiconductor technology.

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Kamakura, Japan — January 29, 2020 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – announced that it has closed the second batch of the 3rd round of fundraising from individual investors including a well-experienced executive in the European luxury fashion industry. 

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Kamakura, Japan — December 11, 2019 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – announced that it has closed the first batch of the 3rd round of fundraising from Miraise1 Investment Limited Partnership, a venture capital fund led by Mr. Iwata – the former President of Skype Japan, and other international investors including a well-experienced tech executive and a founder of a successful startup. The second batch of fundraising will be completed in January 2020.

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Kamakura, Japan — November 22, 2019 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – attended the Slush in Helsinki, Finland, for the second time. It had more than 25,000 attendees from around the world, including 3,500 startups and 2,000 investors. For 16Lab, the days were mostly marked by 1-on-1 meetings with investors and tech executives from many countries.

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Kamakura, Japan — May 23, 2019 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – attended the Collision in Toronto, Canada. It had 30,000+ attendees from 100+ countries. The event is now well known as the fast-growing tech summit in North America. For 16Lab, the days were mostly marked by 1-on-1 meetings with investors and tech executives from many countries. 16Lab also participated in a very inspiring small workshop led by Mr. John Chambers, Chairman Emeritus of Cisco Systems and CEO of JC2 Ventures.

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Kamakura, Japan — May 11, 2019 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – was honored to receive the TiE 50 2019 Top Startup Awards. The award ceremony was held at Santa Clara Convention Center as part of TiECon, an annual event hosted by the world’s largest mentorship organization to support entrepreneurs. As a bonus, 16Lab also received $100,000 credits for Google Cloud Services. In addition, 16Lab participated in many 1-on-1 meetings with mentors, investors and tech executives.  The participation was sponsored by TiE Japan.

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