Meet the newest 10 local companies joining mana up's cohort 9!
Hawaii Business Magazine
Keoki Tavares says he began Aloha Elixir as a way to share his passion for healing and using the power of focused intention as a way to help others become their best selves.
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Ua Body continues a family natural skincare line formulated 30 years ago on the Island of Hawai‘i. Ua means rain in Hawaiian and speaks to the nurturing and healing effect of nature.
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Yireh says it is an ethically made women’s resort wear brand based on O‘ahu that focuses on empowering and encouraging women. The company says it has built a community of over 26,000 women who care about conscious consumerism, the planet and its people. The brand features versatile and effortless styles for everyday wear in one-of-a-kind prints.
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Nāpili FLO Farm started simply as a farm, a way for Monica Bogar to build a new life as a mother. Bogar says that when her son Maddox was born, she was not keen on her boy being raised by others while she trudged off to a traditional job. So she turned her family property in Lahaina into a sustainable, organic urban farm.
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Ao Organics Hawai‘i was founded in 2017 when Chelsa Davis was pregnant with her third keiki. She says she created organic reef safe sunscreen as a safer product for her children. When she learned what a difference it would make for our environment to use reef safe sunscreen over chemical sunscreens, she realized it was also her kuleana as a native Hawaiian.
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The lifestyle company Aloha Modern was conceived over cold beers and Mākaha sunsets by co-founders Malia Ka‘aihue and Reyn Mukawa. What started as a passion project between two friends has become a full-fledged business.
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Haku Collective was founded by singer-songwriter Kimié Miner as a full-service music, audio and talent production group. But the collective says it has since expanded to include an extended product suite offering apparel, accessories, home goods and more.
Hawaii Business Magazine
Hawai‘i-based consumer product accelerator Mana Up this week announced a diverse mix of local companies in its fifth cohort. The 10 companies based on O‘ahu, Maui and Hawai‘i Island offer products that range from a locally sourced and brewed kombucha to a nontoxic nail polish with a patented formula.
Hawaii Business Magazine will unveil the companies this week online, starting with two today.
Aloha, welcome to our May newsletter and a HUGE HO'OMAIKA'I 'ANA to all the recent/soon-to-be graduates. We're thrilled to be announcing Cohort 5 this week! Be the first to know who has joined our Mana Up 'Ohana by signing up for Hawaii Business Magazine's e-newsletter here. We're also excited to share a workshop series we are hosting this week and givebacks from our local entrepreneurs!
Hawaiʻi Magazine
Chef Adam Tabura, cookbook author and winner of Food Network’s “Great Food Truck Race,” has a new line of spices that’s sure to add some Hawaiʻi flavor to any dish or barbecue.
Big Island Now
Free online workshops will be available this week for small businesses in Hawai‘i looking to develop and improve internet sales. House of Mana Up is utilizing 100% of its e-commerce profits, which will be matched by King’s Hawaiian, to develop programs to grow online sales for Hawai’i-based product businesses while the state experiences the impacts of decreased tourism in local markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honolulu Magazine
Thirty small companies, graduates of Mana Up’s 2018 and 2019 accelerator programs, found a home at Royal Hawaiian Center. Each collection is accompanied by a written narrative introducing the talent behind the products and fun details about the goods, forging an instant connection to the brand.