Cohort 13 Demo Day – Save the Date!
We are super excited to announce Cohort 13’s Demo Day! While this is just a Save the Date for your calendars, stay tuned for announcements on our guest panel, special guests, and sponsors. More to come!
Cohort 13 Spotlight – Celitech
Our first spotlight today is CeliTech which aims to provide affordable and on-demand wireless connectivity to all. Founder & CEO Al Fares explains that his company is doing this through a technology called eSIM. eSIM is a feature in new devices that allows the digital activation of connectivity. Instead of using a physical SIM card, you’ll be able to scan a QR code to activate a wireless plan.
Check out the full interview with Al to further understand eSIM, how his background has prepared him for this venture, and how Hawaii’s tourism industry ties in to their vision.
For the full interview, check out this Medium post.
(Interview by Program Associate Tiger Tam)
Cohort 13 – Spotlight: TomYo
For our second spotlight this newsletter, comes an international team all the way from Mongolia! Eja & Erkhem, Co-Founder’s of TomYo, an edTech startup that offers white label solutions to instructors and content creators in the form of drag-and-drop mobile apps.
Born from both of their experiences of studying abroad, they found themselves creating a mobile app platform to answer all the questions they received upon their return. They chose a mobile app because in Mongolia, not everyone has a laptop or internet, but everyone has a cell phone,
Read the full article to discover how they evolved from their first iteration, to providing white label solutions to language institutions, and eventually wanting to open their app up to all users as they make mobile app building as easy as building a website.
For the full interview, check out this Medium post.
Check out this new blog post Chenoa wrote about the 7 crucial steps companies need to take to close their first round of funding. With decades of experience in startups and investments, don’t miss the gems she is dropping to all early stage startups. Check out the full post here!
Alumni News
Last week, 3Rwater founder, Lauren Roth-Venu, announced that they have been accepted into Google for Startups Startup Advisor: Sustainable Development Goals Program!
We are thrilled for one of our newest alumni companies and know that they are going to do amazing things working with Google for Startups. Congrats!
Community News
Hawaii Economic Association’s 2021 Conference
Catch HEA’s annual conference where our own Chenoa Farnsworth will be on a panel during Day 1 entitled Can We Leverage Tourism Diversification in Hawaii’s Economy? The rest of the panel includes:
Moderator: Jennifer Chun, Director of Tourism, DBEDT
Panelists:
John De Fries, President & CEO, Hawaii Tourism Authority
Denise Hayashi Yamaguchi, Executive Director, Hawaii Agriculture Foundation
*Pauline Sheldon, PhD, Professor Emeritus at UH, School of Travel Industry Management
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