XLR8UH

XLR8UH is an accelerator based in Honolulu, Hawaii, specializing in seed-stage and early-stage startups, particularly those emerging from the University of Hawaii's research and talent. Established in 2014, XLR8UH is notable for its partnership with Sultan Ventures, making it one of the pioneering public university investment programs in the nation. The firm invests across various sectors, including clean tech, energy, engineering, biotech, healthcare, and information technology. It operates a four-month accelerator program with two annual sessions, divided into two phases. Phase I teams can receive up to $0.025 million in funding, while Phase II teams can access up to $0.05 million, provided they meet specific fundraising milestones. XLR8UH typically accepts seven to ten startups for Phase I and three to five for Phase II. The firm prefers an equity stake in its investments and retains the option to participate in follow-on funding rounds for successful startups. XLR8UH has garnered recognition, including being featured in Forbes as one of the best startup accelerators.

John Hall

Board Member

25 past transactions

RendezView

Pre Seed Round in 2020
RendezView, Inc. is a software development company that focuses on creating collaborative workspace platforms. Incorporated in 2018 and based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the company provides a solution that consolidates various daily documents, sheets, and drawings into virtual project boards, allowing users to edit, visualize, and share their work effectively. In addition to its core offerings, RendezView includes features such as video chat, integration with Google Drive, PDF support, project management tools, and options for scheduling recurring meetings, all designed to enhance communication and collaboration among users.

IOTwitt

Funding Round in 2018
IOTwitt platform enables secure communication in and between millions of devices. It creates a secure social network among devices and users of data in realtime and offline applications.

KMBCo.

Seed Round in 2017
Versatility Kraft™ designed to allow everyone the opportunity to get out on the water and paddle.

Kineticor

Series B in 2017
Kineticor, Inc. is a medical imaging company based in Honolulu, Hawaii, specializing in motion correction technologies for the healthcare industry. Established in 2011, the company focuses on its patented prospective motion correction optical imaging technology to enhance magnetic resonance imaging applications. Kineticor's innovations aim to improve the accuracy and quality of MRI scans, thereby benefiting healthcare providers and their patients in regions including Hawaii, China, Europe, and the United States.

iFirst Medical Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
iFirst Medical Technologies LLC develops a smartphone technology for mobile health diagnostics. Its technology provides standard-of-care in coagulation diagnostics allowing patients to analyze their blood on the move. The company’s technology is used in conventional applications, such as laboratories, as well as OR, ER, and ambulances. iFirst Medical Technologies LLC was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

HealthTechApps

Seed Round in 2017
HealthTechApps, Inc. specializes in developing neurotechnology platforms aimed at monitoring and managing concussions, particularly for athletes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, the company utilizes short videos combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning to track and document concussion symptoms and triggers as they occur. This innovative approach provides physicians with significantly more data, enhancing their ability to make informed decisions regarding patient care. By focusing on traumatic brain injuries, HealthTechApps strives to improve the understanding and treatment of these conditions through advanced technology.

OiOIoT

Seed Round in 2017
OiOIoT turns analog readings into digital data and can transmit securely any time of day, replacing the need to swap out analog power meters for expensive smart meters.

Radial3D Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Radial3D Inc. is a United States-based company that offers a web and mobile application designed for shared viewing of medical images in a mixed reality environment. The platform allows clinicians and patients to interact with medical images, including CT, MRI, and 3D ultrasound scans, thereby enhancing the understanding of biology and anatomy. By facilitating collaborative viewing, Radial3D aims to improve the communication between healthcare professionals and patients, ultimately transforming the way medical information is conveyed and understood.

Herbavore

Seed Round in 2016
Herbavore LLC is a manufacturer and marketer of innovative garden tools based in Honolulu, Hawaii, founded in 2016. The company emerged from a desire to enhance the gardening experience by addressing common discomforts associated with traditional horticultural tools. Herbavore specializes in ergonomic and customizable hand tools, including wheelbarrows, garden gloves, shovels, rakes, and other accessories designed for both comfort and usability. With a focus on quality and user satisfaction, Herbavore aims to provide solutions that alleviate aches and pains, enabling a more enjoyable gardening experience for its customers. The company’s products reflect a commitment to innovation and practicality, catering to the needs of growers in Hawaii and beyond.
Natural Resource Data Solutions LLC develops software products for land and resource management. The company provides software tools that enable resource managers to collect field data in real time; store organized data and access it through tools; generate reports for progress, stakeholders, and analysis; communicate with team members; make short-term and long-term strategies based on findings; and execute targeted restoration and protection plans. It serves agencies, land owners, researchers, ecosystem monitors, institutions, and nonprofits. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Haiku, Hawaii.

HealthTechApps

Seed Round in 2016
HealthTechApps, Inc. specializes in developing neurotechnology platforms aimed at monitoring and managing concussions, particularly for athletes. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, the company utilizes short videos combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning to track and document concussion symptoms and triggers as they occur. This innovative approach provides physicians with significantly more data, enhancing their ability to make informed decisions regarding patient care. By focusing on traumatic brain injuries, HealthTechApps strives to improve the understanding and treatment of these conditions through advanced technology.

AlgorithmHub

Seed Round in 2016
AlgorithmHub is a software platform that provides scientists and engineers with automated services to easily develop, and deploy algorithms written in various software languages to a public or private cloud. Our mission is to unleash the power of algorithms. Typically scientists and engineers develop and run algorithms on a PC or laptop. AlgorithmHub seamlessly connects users to high performance cloud computing and allows users to easily share algorithms as a web service.

Cropsticks by Cropmade

Seed Round in 2016
Cropsticks is the first product from Cropmade, a line of sustainable goods for Asian cuisine. Cropsticks is an innovation on the everyday chopstick. After 4000 years, chopsticks now come with a built-in rest made from sustainable fast growing bamboo. Bamboo is a crop, hence the name, CROPsticks! The company is committed to producing products that will leave behind a greener environment for future generations.

Jetset ESL

Seed Round in 2016
Jetset ESL Inc. is an online platform that connects English learners with native speakers, offering Skype lessons and both online and in-person teacher training workshops. Founded in 2015 and based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the company aims to enhance conversational skills for students and professionals worldwide through its Online Cultural Immersion program. This initiative allows participants to engage in organic conversations, essential for effective language acquisition. As English remains the global business language, Jetset ESL's services are designed to help learners improve their language proficiency, thereby increasing their financial prospects and opportunities. The platform has received positive feedback from corporations, school owners, teachers, and learners, who appreciate its role in supplementing traditional English curricula. With the growing demand for English in various professional sectors, Jetset ESL is committed to collaborating with educational institutions and businesses to prepare their students and employees for a globalized future.

RealGreen Power

Seed Round in 2016
RealGreen Power aims to establish sustainable and profitable energy solutions around the world. Real Green Power modular toilet systems are perfect for homeless or refugee camps, historic sites, military bases, industrial sites, parks, and even urban centers. The mission of RealGreen Power is to establish sustainable and profitable energy solutions around the world, bringing together region-specific natural, human and economic resources to benefit local communities and the global environment. RealGreen Power’s unique process provides opportunities for industries, organizations and investors to create, own and operate profitable enterprises that produce clean energy and clean water, without pollution or waste.

RedVox

Seed Round in 2015
Early warning detection of natural and man made hazards by capturing and analyzing infrasound data via mobile devices.

MeetingSift

Seed Round in 2015
MeetingSift delivers deep, actionable insights from meetings across the enterprise. By combining collaborative tools, artificial intelligence, and data analytics, MeetingSift offers an enterprise SaaS platform that empowers decision makers with deep insights directly from the front line, in real-time. MeetingSift has built in virality that delivers both single user utility and multi-user utility, in addition to enterprise utility.

Interstel Technologies Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Adaptable space missions operations software that can monitor and control satellites and other remotely operated vehicles.

Comprendio

Seed Round in 2015
Comprendio Inc. is a Honolulu-based company that specializes in knowledge visualization and analytics through its web application designed for educational institutions and enterprises. The platform provides real-time assessments and feedback to learners, addressing a significant challenge in the edtech sector: the low adoption rates of educational technologies. A study highlighted that nearly 70% of edtech licenses experience minimal usage, resulting in wasted resources and unmet educational potential. Comprendio aims to enhance the adoption of technology by leveraging a methodology developed by its founders in Title 1 classrooms, which significantly improved student pass rates. By translating this approach into cloud technology, Comprendio equips customer success teams and educational leaders with valuable insights to better engage teachers during the onboarding and implementation phases. This proactive strategy serves as an early warning system for both solution providers and educational leaders, helping to ensure that educational technologies fulfill their intended purpose and effectively support student learning.

Adnoviv

Seed Round in 2015
Adnoviv, Inc. is a technology research company specializing in the development of sensors and systems for industrial, medical, and security applications. The Adnoviv team has over 20 years of experience in engineering research and product development, and are leading world experts in non-invasive physiological sensors.

Jun Innovations

Seed Round in 2015
Jun Innovations is a Hawaii-based company that develops a supercooling device to maintain freshness and increase longevity of perishable products. Its device preserves the freshness of meat and fish. Jun Innovations is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Bio-Logic

Seed Round in 2015
Bio-Logic is an oral pharmaceutical used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease and associated colorectal cancers.

MorphOptics

Seed Round in 2015
MorphOptics develops advanced image-based tools for precision metrology. It creates high-quality lenses that can be inexpensively mass-produced for specialized applications in solar energy and meteorology. MorphOptics was formed by a group of PhD physicists and optical scientists at the University of Hawaii to exploit a new technology for forming inexpensive, large, light-weight, and accurate parabolic mirrors. Its team includes expertise from the Hawaii solar power industry, in combination with international and NASA prize-winning researchers and technologists.

Akabotics

Seed Round in 2015
Akabotics is an autonomous robotic platform that conducts continuous maintenance dredging on shallow waterways. Its system reduces mobilization, labor, and energy costs. The company is based in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Diagenetix

Seed Round in 2014
Diagenetix, Inc. was co-founded by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The company's mission is to help make molecular diagnostics and DNA amplification methodologies more accessible and applicable for students, researchers, scientists, government, and businesses. By doing so and with customers, Diagenetix hopes to help create solutions and move science forward. Diagenetix excels at working near the crossroads of research and applied science, helping customers and collaborators develop the right detection solution for their needs. The staff always love to hear about interesting research
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