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The First Wave of Teams at Blue Startups Have Arrived!
After reviewing over 130 companies for our first program, we are excited to announce the Spring 2013 cohort of Blue Startups! This is an impressive and passionate group of entrepreneurs who are building solutions in a variety of sectors. We’re very proud of our first eight teams and are eager to roll up our sleeves and help them build scalable, world-changing companies!
The cohort kicked off in March, so please stay tuned for important upcoming dates including our Honolulu Demo Day on May 31st! Investors will receive invitations soon.
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Aptly
Aptly Incorporated, co-founded by Mark and Tiffany Quezada of Honolulu, develops tools to increase your social capital. Their first product, Minded, is an app that alleviates the stress of gift giving by pairing reminders for special occasions with tailored gift suggestions. With just a few taps you can discover, buy and send a unique and relevant gift all from your mobile device. To learn more, visit: www.apt.ly and www.minded.io
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Flo Water®
Flo Water, founded by Wyatt Taubman of Kauai, provides advanced reusable water bottle Refill StationsTM to major educational institutions and retail locations. Flo Water uses a revenue-share, rental, and sponsor model to satisfy all demand. Flo Water partners with educational institutions and retail locations and provides its Refill Stations, shipping, installation, service and maintenance, and a split of revenues. For more information, visit www.flowaterusa.com.
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Pharmly
Pharmly is the first software of its kind focused on combating drug shortages within the pharmaceutical industry. Through its reverse bidding platform, healthcare facilities are able to request bids from vendors to satisfy all of their pharmaceutical needs. Pharmly is designed to drive down healthcare costs and foster small business through its competitive bidding platform. Founded in San Diego, Pharmly's team includes: Samantha Godfrey, CEO; Kubs Lalchandani, CFO & General Counsel; and Anup Marwadi, CTO.
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SurroundsMe
Honolulu-based, SurroundsMe automates social media marketing, turning loyal customers into advocates and content creators for businesses. Led by Ann Boots, Chief Operating Officer, and Rob Bertholf, Chief Executive Officer, SurroundsMe, uses an online platform connecting brands with their constituents to engage in social media. For more, visit: www.surroundsme.com.
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Tealet
Tealet, founded by Elyse Peterson of Honolulu, is a direct-from-grower retail and wholesale marketplace that connects tea lovers with teas from around the world. Growers build boutique brands through stories while drinkers browse, review, and purchase teas. Tealet is disintermediating one of the world's oldest industries that is ripe for disruption. For more, visit: www.tealet.com.
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Tow Choice
Dave Kozuki and Robert Chang of Honolulu, backed with 20+ years of experience in the towing industry, are co-founders of Tow Choice. Using an instant mobile bidding platform, Tow Choice will eliminate the costs and inefficiencies of tow truck dispatch centers providing distressed motorists with the fastest rescue response times.
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Volta Industries
Volta, founded by Scott Mercer of Honolulu, provides electric vehicle charging stations to major metropolitan areas and commercial sites. Volta partners with commercial site owners providing charging stations and installation and a split of advertising revenue. For more information, visit: www.voltacharging.com.
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WickedLoot
Wicked Loot is a game development studio that is leading the charge for user generated content. The company is building a platform for game developers that makes it wicked easy for any game to support user generated content, and for a gamer to create, curate, and share in-game content. From Redwood City, CA, co-founders include: John Lee and Shougo Li, who have a combined 25 years of experience building games and gaming platforms.
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