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Accelerator’s New Venture Fund is Helping Ag-Based Companies Expand
October 7, 2021

Fellows mentioned in this story: Meli James, Cohort VII

From Civil Beat:

In early 2018, Ko Hana Hawaiian Agricole Rum, a small distiller in Kunia, joined with Mana Up in the business accelerator’s first cohort of 10 young Hawai‘i-based companies seeking help scaling up their businesses.

Less than four years later, Ko Hana and Mana Up are teaming up again in the accelerator’s newest major project, Mana Up Capital: a $6.3 million venture fund aimed at Hawaii-based companies seeking money to help them grow.

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