© Solar Impulse | Revillard | Rezo.ch FINANCIAL & BUSINESS SERVICES CASE STUDY ABBALab inc. SPARKING INNOVATION IN STARTUPS In 2014, Tokyo-based ABBALab created a support program for startups that wish to develop and market hardware for the Internet of Things (IoT). ABBALab proposes a wide variety of services, from funding and equipment to skill enhancement starting at the prototyping phase of early development. “We were a platinum sponsor for the Gugen2014 hardware contest, which exiii Inc., developers of robotic prosthetic hands, competed in,” Osamu Ogasahara, CEO of ABBALab, said. “When I approached exiii about joining our support program, Tetsuya Konishi, the exiii COO, said they’d come on board only if they could get access to Dassault Systèmes’ design application CATIA. Tha

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