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Business Incentives Venture Capitalist Funding

Hawaii-Focused Venture Capital/AngelFunds (Organized by year established)

Please visit the Hawaii Venture Capital Association, a valuable resource on venture cabital and angel funds available to Hawaii's entrepreneurs, for further information.


Organization
Address
Phone/Fax
Website

Year established in Hawaii

*Geographic focus for investing

*Industries of interest

*Stage of business which funding is provided

*Type of capital provided

*Name of principal or managing partner(s)

* Office locations
Pacific Venture Capital Ltd.
222 S. Vineyard St., Suite PH1
Honolulu, HI 96813
808.521.6502 / 808.521.6541
NA

1975
*Hawaii and the mainland

*"All"
*Later stage

*Equity and debt

*Frank Tokioka

*Honolulu
Allegis Capital

185 Berry Str., Suite 3600
San Francisco, CA 94107
415.977.0500 / 415.977.0502
www.allegiscapital.com

1981
*Global with emphasis on West Coast

*Information technology
*Seed and early stage

*Equity
*Barry Weinman, Robert Ackerman, John Funk

*San Francisco, Los Altos, Los Angeles, New York
Pacific Century SBIC Inc.
PO Box 2900, Honolulu HI 96846
808.537.8286 / 808.521.7602
NA

1984
*Hawaii

*"Varied"
*Second round/expansion phase

*Preferred equity and debt
*Darlene Blakeney, Derek Chang

*Honolulu
Keo Kea Hawaii LP
1188 Bishop St., Suite 1610
Honolulu, HI 96846
808.533.1400 / 808.533.4144
www.hawaiiventuregroup.com

1994
*Hawaii-based companies

*Biotech, high-tech
*Seed capital, start-up capital

*Equity
*Randy Havre

*Honolulu
HMS Hawaii Management
Davies Pacific Center
941 Bishop St., Suite 860
Honolulu, HI 96813
808.543.3755 / 808.531.2611
www.hmshawaii.com

1995
*Hawaii for early stage, West Coast for later stage

*Diversified
*Seed, startup, first and second stage, bridge

*Equity and convertible debt
*William Richardson, Richard Grey

*Honolulu, Sunnyvale, CA
Hawaii Venture Fund
PO Box 4163, Honolulu, HI 96813
808.737.0911 / 808.737.0911
NA

1995
*Hawaii with global opportunities

*Life sciences, software
*Seed to early state investments

*Equity
*Michael Coy

*Honolulu, Maui
PacifiCap Group LLP
1188 Bishop St., Suite 1610
Honolulu, HI 96813
808.440.2727 / 808.440.521.2889
NA

2000
*Hawaii, mainland, Asia Pacific

*DND
*Early to late stage

*Equity and sub-debt
*Jeffrey Aui, Rick Cho, Theodore Liu

*Honolulu, San Mateo, CA
Hawaii Opportunities Group LLC
1001 BIshop St., Pacific Tower Suite 925
Honolulu, HI 96813
808.375.0085 / 808.521.2889
www.hawaiiopportunitiesgroup.com

2000
*Hawaii
Diversified
e-learning, niche software, environmental
*Diversified, early stage through post-revenue
Private equity
*Kevin Robinson, Jeffrey Tunick, Thomas Swindell

*Honolulu
Ivencor, Inc., International Venture Fund 1
PO Box 7355, Menlo Park, CA 94026
650.854.0116 / 415.945.0646
www.ivencor.com

2000
*Primarily southwestern U.S., including Hawaii
*Information technology and healthcare services
*Seed and early stage

*Equity
*Debra Guerin, Kirk Westbrook

*Menlo Park, CA
NOTES: DND: Did not disclose; NA: Not applicable/available; NR: Not ranked in 2000.
Information on this list was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires and/or telephone interviews and could not be independently verified by Pacific Business News. Only those companies that responded to our inquiries were considered for this list. While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions sometimes occue. Pelase send corrections or additions on company letterhead to Stan Fichtman, Pacific Business News, PO Box 833, Honolulu, HI 96808. If you wish to be surveyed when this list is next updated, please send your company name, name of contact person and fax number to Stan Fichtman at the same address.

From the Pacific Business News, August 17, 2001.
Researched by Stan Fichtman (sfichtman@bizjournals.com)