Meet the newest 10 local companies joining mana up's cohort 9!
Our vision is to fuel an economic growth engine for Hawai'i that can generate success for the local economy, support the high cost of living in Hawaii, and create well-paying, interesting jobs for locals.
Our goal is to create Hawaii's next 100 product companies earning over $10 million in annual revenue, and based here in Hawai'i. We support products rooted in Hawai'i that elevate authentic Hawaii stories through their brands.
We help Hawai'i companies become global companies, bringing to the world what really makes Hawaiʻi special.
We host a 6-month accelerator program geared for Hawaiʻi-based product companies with a focus on scaling markets globally through both retail and e-commerce channels.
Mana Up offers local Hawaiʻi products you can buy online at House of Mana Up. House of Mana Up is a retail experience that shines the spotlight on the unique stories of Hawai‘i’s rising entrepreneurs and the premium brands they've built. Many of the entrepreneurs featured at House of Mana Up have been recognized internationally for their products' high quality or innovation.
In 2021, Mana Up launched its first venture capital fund with $6.3 million to offer much-needed funding for Hawai’i product companies to get to the next level. Building on the success of the Mana Up accelerator, Mana Up provides Hawai’i-headquartered companies with investment dollars to scale their businesses beyond Hawai’i.
Our long-term goal is to build a brighter future for our state. We break down the economic impact of the entrepreneurs in our portfolio and why this industry is so important to our local economy, and how with additional attention and resources, it can be an even more significant part of a diversified economy.
With everything we do at House of Mana Up and our broader efforts with Mana Up, we hope to create a culture of regenerative entrepreneurship, where we are investing the benefits of what we created back into our community looking at not only this generation, but also generations to come. Where we are investing in the future, not extracting from it. How is what we are doing now contributing to sustainability from an economic, environmental, agricultural, and cultural standpoint? How do we create a community of more entrepreneurship, investing our experience and knowledge back into the people to come after us? We care deeply about these issues and we hope that by supporting entrepreneurs who care about these values as well, we will all contribute to a future of regeneration.