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Honolulu venture capital & startups
Honolulu Pacific climate and hard tech — Elemental Impact, Blue Startups, Hawaii Angels, Turno, Oceanit, Nalu Scientific, ʻŌlelo Intelligence.
Hawaiʻi's venture map pairs Pacific accelerators (Blue Startups, Hawaii Angels) with Elemental Impact's Honolulu climate-deployment platform, plus verified hard-tech and ops software: Oceanit, Nalu Scientific, Turno, and ʻŌlelo Intelligence.
Aliases: honolulu, hawaii, oahu. Mainland HQ companies are not Hawaiʻi matches.
Venture firms in Honolulu
Matched from fund headquarters in our directory (alias-based). Dual-HQ firms may appear in more than one city.
| Firm | HQ (directory) | Leads |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Startups | — | |
| Hawaii Angels | — | |
| Elemental Impact | — | |
| Khosla Ventures | — | |
| Lux Capital | — | |
| Fifth Wall | — |
Startups we cover in Honolulu
Matched from startup hq fields. Many profiles still lack HQ — curated lists
in editorial notes fill gaps when verified.
| Startup | One-liner | HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Turno | — | |
| ʻŌlelo Intelligence | — | |
| Oceanit | — | |
| Nalu Scientific | — |
Coverage gaps
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XLR8UH
UH venture accelerator under Elemental's XLR8 family — program, not a standalone /fund/
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OMVC Hawaii Fund I
New $6M HTDC-backed climate/deep-tech fund (2025) — track once portfolio companies are public
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Hephae Energy Technology
Elemental portfolio climate name — verify Hawaiʻi HQ before curating
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