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This award recognizes the most outstanding individual or entity that has contributed significantly to investing in the Hawaiʻi startup ecosystem - not only in the literal capital definition, but also in terms of their investment in the community.
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Our 2024 Investor of the Year Winner is Donavan Kealoha of Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund. Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund dedicated to investing in B2B software and technology startups. Donavan has led two investments into two Hawaii-based technology companies, Shifted Energy and reef.ai, Inc.