HMS Hawaii Management

HMS Hawaii Management is a venture capital and private equity firm based in Honolulu, Hawaii, founded in 1995. The firm specializes in seed, early stage, and later stage investments, particularly in privately held companies operating in telecommunications, health and wellness, biotechnology, dual-use technologies, and earth and space sciences. It primarily seeks to invest in Hawaii-based companies, favoring seed and early stage opportunities, while also engaging in later stage investments outside the state, typically as co-investments. HMS Hawaii Management aims for a minimum market size of $50 million in its investments and often takes a lead role in investment syndicates within Hawaii, preferring to co-invest with other venture capital firms. The firm also values having a board seat or observer’s privileges in its portfolio companies.

William Richardson

General Partner

3 past transactions

Firetide

Series B in 2004
Firetide Inc. specializes in wireless mesh networks, offering advanced technology that delivers fiber-quality multimedia content to various locations and assets, both mobile and static. The company provides wireless infrastructure solutions tailored for the service, transportation, and industrial sectors. Its offerings are designed to meet the demanding requirements of high-definition video, voice, and data applications, particularly for public safety and commercial operations. By eliminating the costs and lengthy installation times associated with traditional fiber networks, Firetide enables customers to manage their critical infrastructures reliably, securely, and with low latency.

Hawaii Biotech

Series A in 2003
Hawaii Biotech, Inc., a biotechnology company, focuses on the research and development of prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases. It provides a protein production platform that has application to the production of proteins for use as antigens in infectious disease vaccines. The company also develops vaccines for various diseases, including West Nile, influenza, dengue fever, hepatitis C, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, Ebola, and Eastern equine encephalitis. Hawaii Biotech, Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Aiea, Hawaii.

Firetide

Series A in 2003
Firetide Inc. specializes in wireless mesh networks, offering advanced technology that delivers fiber-quality multimedia content to various locations and assets, both mobile and static. The company provides wireless infrastructure solutions tailored for the service, transportation, and industrial sectors. Its offerings are designed to meet the demanding requirements of high-definition video, voice, and data applications, particularly for public safety and commercial operations. By eliminating the costs and lengthy installation times associated with traditional fiber networks, Firetide enables customers to manage their critical infrastructures reliably, securely, and with low latency.
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