Funded Startups in Honolulu
Among the 17 most recent Honolulu-area funding rounds shown, one disclosed deal stands far above the rest: Holu Hou Energy’s $35M round (2024-03-12), while…
Among the 17 most recent Honolulu-area funding rounds shown, one disclosed deal stands far above the rest: Holu Hou Energy’s $35M round (2024-03-12), while the next-largest disclosed amount is Onebrief’s $24M (2025-06-16). Outside those two, disclosed amounts cluster mostly in the low single-digit millions and sub-$1M figures, with several entries either “undisclosed” or listed at $5M or less.
The timing also concentrates around a mid-2023 to mid-2024 window: 10 of 17 rounds have dates between 2023-03-06 and 2024-03-13, spanning a relatively tight period before the most recent entry on 2025-06-16 (Onebrief). Stage/category details are uneven: 13 of 17 rows are “Series Unknown” or “undisclosed,” with the “Series Unknown” label alone appearing more than any other series designation, and no single labeled stage dominates beyond that. Sector-wise, clothing and apparel appears twice (Hawaii’s Finest on 2023-08-17 at $250K; Kaka'ako Kasuals on 2023-05-22 with undisclosed).
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Frequently asked
What stands out most in round size across the 17 most recent Honolulu entries?
Holu Hou Energy’s $35M (2024-03-12) is the top disclosed amount, with Onebrief’s $24M (2025-06-16) the next-largest; everything else with disclosed figures sits well below those two, including $5M for reef.ai (2023-03-10) and $4M for Onefund (2023-03-27) and Shifted Energy (2023-03-06).
Do the rounds cluster in time, or are they spread out evenly across the page?
They cluster: 10 of 17 rounds fall between 2023-03-06 and 2024-03-13, including multiple May 2023 entries like Smart Yields ($100K on 2023-05-25) and Bishop Museum ($500K on 2023-05-18). The list also extends to a later edge with Onebrief on 2025-06-16, beyond that main window.
How much of the list has undisclosed or “Series Unknown” amounts versus specific disclosed amounts?
Only 7 of 17 rows show a disclosed dollar amount, while 10 of 17 are either “undisclosed” (e.g., Honua Hawaiian Skincare on 2024-06-10) or labeled “Series Unknown” (e.g., Trinity Investments on 2024-04-15). This makes stage and funding-size comparisons noisier than the few fully specified rounds.
Which stage labels appear, and do any dominate the labeled subset?
Among the specifically labeled stages, “Series Unknown” appears most often (e.g., Kuehnle Agrosystems on 2024-03-13 has no series value shown, and many others like AccesSurf on 2023-06-05 are “Series Unknown”), while only single labeled instances show up for Seed (Shifted Energy on 2023-03-06), Series A (TurnoverBnB on 2021-08-16), and Series C (Onebrief on 2025-06-16).
Are there outliers by sector or by the presence/absence of disclosed amounts?
Yes on size: Holu Hou Energy’s $35M (Energy, 2024-03-12) dwarfs other disclosed figures such as Hawaii’s Finest at $250K (Clothing and Apparel, 2023-08-17). There are also “disclosure outliers” where series/amount details are missing (e.g., multiple “undisclosed” entries like Kaka'ako Kasuals on 2023-05-22 and ProService on 2023-05-17), limiting cross-sector benchmarking.
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