More than $30k awarded to kickstart student-led businesses
Teams worked with a dedicated business mentor who advised them during customer validation and business model development.
Startups awarded more than $60k in prizes in 1st virtual competition
The three startup companies are Pono Potions, Manaola Innovations, Inc. and What’sFresh!.
Learn about mentorship, coaching, funding for UH startups
The combined, virtual information sessions are on April 28 and May 27 from 12–1:30 p.m.
UH Ventures Accelerator announces companies in spring 2020 cohort
Five Hawaiʻi startups were named to UH Ventures Accelerator's spring 2020 cohort.
UH student-led startups awarded $40K
Three UH student–led startups were awarded a total of $40,000 in grant funding by Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship’s new Liftoff Advisors program.
High tech helmet calls 911 upon impact
Ty Uehara’s emergency rider helmet “ConTekt” won PACE’s 2019 Hawaiʻi Breakthrough Innovation Challenge.
UH pairs its nationally recognized startup accelerator with entrepreneurship program
The University of Hawaiʻi revamps its startup accelerator and calls it UH Ventures Accelerator.
Student entrepreneurs get their start at summer launchpad
A kombucha and kava lounge and an online education platform for professional tattoo artists are some of the entrepreneurial possibilities from the Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship's Summer Startup Launchpad.
Entrepreneurial UH students win money, support
A team of UH Mānoa biology, business and mechanical engineering students earned first place in the 2019 Shidler College of Business Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition
Customizable walking device wins innovation challenge
Austin Yoshino and his idea called G-Trainer captured the top prize of $2,000 in the UH Breakthrough Innovation Challenge.
