We make venture capital investments in start-up, emerging and established companies with a preference for seed and early-stage Hawaii-based companies and later-stage non-Hawaii-based companies. We make investments ranging from $250K to $2 million in Hawaii based quality deals are specifically tied to the geographic, technical and social strengths of our island community.

Our later-stage non-Hawaii deals are generally made as co-investments with our extensive group of investment partners. Our preference is to look for portfolio companies that capitalize on Hawaii’s strengths, in telecommunications, health & wellness, biotechnology, dual use (military technology adapted to civilian use) and ocean, earth and space sciences.

Within the green sector we have made investments in Kona Bay Marine Resources, Pacific Bay Recources (sustainable marine aquaculture), and Hoku Scientific (fuel cells).