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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Kamakura, Japan — February 23, 2019 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – attended the Slush Tokyo. It counted 6000 attendees, 700 startups, 200 investors and 500 media. For 16Lab, the activities were mostly 1-on-1 meetings with investors and tech executives from many countries.

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Kamakura, Japan — July 26, 2018 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – was selected to the NEDO Silicon Valley Immersion Program. Following the 4-day workshops held in Japan, 16Lab and other participants visited the Bay Area and had very productive 1-on-1 meetings with tech executives and investors with tremendous support by NEDO’s partner, Silicon Valley Forum (SVF). NEDO is one of the largest national research and development organization in Japan and SVF is an NPO that has been a key part of Silicon Valley’s vibrant ecosystem for over 35 years. The participation was sponsored by NEDO. 

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Kamakura, Japan — March 28, 2018 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – attended the Slush Tokyo. It counted 6000 attendees, 600 startups, 200 investors and 300 media from across the globe. The day was mostly marked by 1-on-1 meetings with investors.

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Kamakura, Japan — December 7, 2017 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – attended the TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. During the event, 16Lab participated in many 1-on-1 whole day meetings with VCs and Family offices, from across Europe. Afterwards, 16Lab took part in a pitch event in Potsdam. On the next day, 16Lab also visited Berlin Partner, EUREF (a research center for Smart City) and Deutsche Bank Labs. The booth registration fee for TechCrunch Berlin, event pass and other expenses were sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI – one of the ministries of the Japanese government.

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Kamakura, Japan — December 1, 2017 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – attended the Slush in Helsinki. It has relatively short history, but in just 10 years since its inception, it counted more than 20,000 participants from across the world. This year, the organizer arranged direct flights from the United States to Finland. During the event, 16Lab had many 1-on-1 meetings all day. All the meetings were productive, in particular, the one with the founder of a world-class company. The booth registration, event pass and other expenses were sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI – one of the ministries of the Japanese government.

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Kamakura, Japan — October 25, 2017 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – was chosen in the top 20 startups within the Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS). It is an invitation-only event for startups and it attracted around 6700 visitors with 100 major companies and 500 startups present. Besides the public pitching, 16Lab also conducted 13 individual meetings within the summit.

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Kamakura, Japan — September 20, 2017 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – attended a worldwide tech event, TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco.  The participation was sponsored by the Japan External Trade Organization JETRO. The event attracted around 5000 participants, and 16Lab was honored to be present at the Startup Alley. 2017 marked the largest Disrupt event so far. 

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Kamakura, Japan — July 15, 2017 — 16Lab, developer of OZON™ – a platform for next-generation computing experience – was selected to participate in the Next Innovator 2017 program. The program nurtures innovation leadership through a curriculum, mentoring sessions and workshops with a group of business executives, and is sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

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