Welcome Cohort 14!

After combing through hundreds of applications and undergoing rigorous rounds of evaluations, we have accepted 8 awesome companies into the Blue Startups accelerator program and ohana! We are especially excited that 6 out of 8 are female founded companies!

Here’s a recap of our area’s of focus:

▪ Cross-border between Asia and the U.S. (East Meets West)
▪ Hawaii-based or Hawaii-connected
▪ Female founded or co-founded.

▪ Business-to-business software solutions
▪ Sustainability: responsible consumption, carbon reduction and smart cities
▪. Travel and tourism technology solutions

Cohort 14 Startup Profiles

Before Noon

Before Noon is a marketplace that connects busy people with virtual holistic practitioners such as hypnotherapists, reiki healers, and meditation teachers.

 

Sensay

Sensay helps English learners improve speaking skills and confidence via games with instant pronunciation feedback.

 

Mappy

Mappy is a mapping platform for venues, like ski resorts or festivals, to manage crowds and help their guests locate amenities and their friends and family.

 

 

Bonda

Bonda offers quick virtual games & data analytics that are based in science, to help remote teams build positive culture.

 

Quibble

Quibble is dynamic pricing like the airlines but for vacation rentals.

 

LiquiDonate

LiquiDonate saves large retailers billions of dollars per year by donating unsellable items to nonprofits and schools nationwide.

 

A-Forms

A-Forms replaces boring patient educational material with online, interactive health coaching tools, so doctors and insurers can encourage patients to be more proactive about their health.

 

Nonna Live

Nonna Live is a live online cooking experience taught exclusively by grandmothers that teaches you the art and love of traditional recipes

 

Growth Stage Company

Hohonu

Science-driven water monitoring to improve climate change adaptation.

 

Alumni News

Vanta Named Official Esports Sponsor of the Texas University Interscholastic League

“Vanta, a youth esports development platform, announced that they have been named the official esports sponsor of the Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL), the largest inter-school organization of its kind in the world, which provides extracurricular academic, athletic, and recreational activities to schools statewide in Texas.” – PR Newswire

Community News

6th Annual #galswithLEI Forum!

The East-West Center is excited to present the 6th #galswithLEI Forum! #galswithLEI is not your typical event; rather it is provocative, purposeful, and collaborative. #galswithLEI offers a keynote panel and six interactive workshops focused on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Inspiration followed by an attendee driven open space forum and a networking reception featuring local women chefs.

6th Annual #galswithLEI Forum!

The East-West Center is excited to present the 6th #galswithLEI Forum! #galswithLEI is not your typical event; rather it is provocative, purposeful, and collaborative. #galswithLEI offers a keynote panel and six interactive workshops focused on Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Inspiration followed by an attendee driven open space forum and a networking reception featuring local women chefs.

Jobs & Opportunities

Instant Teams

Instant Teams (Cohort 11) is hiring across a number of remote roles.

At Instant Teams we are a workforce on a mission.
Our unique combination of talent, technology, and remote teams takes on outdated models of customer support and customer service teams. We’ve built a modernized model of mission-centric service that puts our customers ahead and impacts an untapped market of military-connected professionals.

Celitech

Celitech (Cohort 13) is hiring a B2B Sales Manager

Celitech’s eSIM platform boosts your mobile engagement, generating up to 5x ROI.