Ventures
Programs that empower underestimated entrepreneurs to create waiwai in our communities and better futures for the next generation.
Mālama Venture Studio partners with values-driven entrepreneurs to incubate innovative companies that restore our oceans, land, and communities.
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Purple Prize
(Discontinued)
The Purple Prize accelerated and funded excellent teams with ideas for innovative technology products to launch startups that amplify community and regenerate our ecosystems.
Learn more at purpleprize.com
Mālama Design Studio
Applications Open
Mode: Virtual
Applications Due: February 1, 2023
Dates: March 1 – December 21, 2023
What: Mālama Design Studio is a 9-month accelerator that will guide Kānaka Maoli owned companies through design-thinking processes rooted in Hawaiian culture. Our team will help to implement both practical & innovative solutions while maintaining cultural values.
Mālama Team
Keoni DeFranco
Managing Director, Mālama
Alec Wagner
Strategic Projects Lead
Darien Siguenza
Program Director, Hawaiʻi FoundHer
Keaʻa Davis
Lead Design and Product Strategist
Pōhaikealoha Panoke
Creative Developer