THE EMW CONFERENCE

April 15-16, 2025

Last Chance for Early-Early Bird Tickets

Early-early bird tickets are on sale now for EMW 2025! Get the lowest price for tickets now before prices go up on February 20th.

We have an amazing lineup of speakers, startups, and investors attending EMW 2025. Mahalo to our sponsors that make it all possible.

GOLD SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

COMMUNITY SPONSORS

We are looking for more startups to apply to pitch at EMW! Pre-Seed and Seed stage companies with global ambitions apply for a chance to win $1,000,000!! The winner will pitch at the Startup World Cup Finals in San Francisco.

Blue Startups accelerator program is coming to Maui March 7-9 for a weekend focused on customer discovery, product development, and fundraising.

The startup bootcamp is sponsored by the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation and the Maui Economic Development Board and is FREE to attend.

There is limited space left. Sign up today!

Community Events

Congratulations to Romesh, Randy, and Jason for being named finalists for

Tech Entrepreneur of the Year!

We are proud to have these outstanding founders from Cohort 15 and 16 representing Blue Startups. These founders have put in the hard work and truly deserve this recognition. Click below to learn more about their companies and support them on their journey!

Inttent – Next generation document format
Skidattl – Real-time location-based experiences
Umi – Revolutionizing language learning

Early Bird Tickets are on sale for the Hawaii Entrepreneur Awards on February 21, 2025 at Waialae Country Club. We’re excited to be celebrating 25 years of recognizing Hawai‘i’s entrepreneurs, organizations, and advocates driving innovation and economic change in our state.

Are you ready to take your Hawai‘i-based product business to new heights? Mana Up, an accelerator program designed to grow local products to markets worldwide, is now accepting applications for its 10th cohort. If you or someone you know is an entrepreneur ready to level up in 2025, share this opportunity and encourage them to apply. Together, we can continue to grow Hawai‘i’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and showcase our talented local brands on a global stage.

This is your chance to gain invaluable resources, mentorship, and access to a global network that celebrates Hawai‘i’s unique products and stories. Applications close Wednesday, February 19th! Apply Now: https://manauphawaii.com/pages/apply

Piʻikū Cohort 4 starts March 31, 2025!

Calling all Product Managers, UX/UI Designers, and Software Engineers, Piʻikū is looking for you! Join their upcoming 12 week internship program where you will get hands on experience building digital platforms for Zippy’s on a cross-functional team.

Looking for more details? Check out Piʻikū’s new website for program details and application requirements.

The East-West Center has announced the 2025 ‘Changing Faces’ Women’s Leadership Seminar, a 12-day professional training, dialogue, and travel program that focuses on the vital role that innovation and entrepreneurship is contributing to economic growth, job creation, and strengthening communities. Applications must be submitted by February 11, 2025. For additional information regarding funding and eligibility, please visit their website, or email changingfaces@eastwestcenter.org.

Blue Startups Alumni Job Opportunities

Dataplor:

• Senior AI/ML Engineer, Lead Product Manager (Remote)

Hostfully:

• Mid-Level Quality Assurance Engineer, Senior Backend Developer (Java), Senior Frontend React Developer (Remote)

Instantteams:

• Teams Customer Service Agent (Remote)

Inttent:

• Front-End Engineer, ML Engineer (Remote)

LiquiDonate:

• Director of Marketing (Remote), Chief of Staff (San Francisco)

Quibble:

• Senior MERN Software Engineer (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Business Development Manager (Miami, FL), Business Development Manager (Remote), Senior Revenue Manager (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

Reef.ai:

• Technical Customer Lead (Remote (Seattle, Portland))

Turno:

• Product Manager, SaaS (Remote)