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Recently funded science companies in Hawaii

16 companies in Hawaii closed federal SBIR/STTR awards in the last two years, newest first. The funding event is the signal — small companies grow right after the award lands.

OCEANIT LABORATORIES INC

HONOLULU, HI · 147 employees

Binary-Level Automated Vulnerability Detection and Patching without Source Code

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$15.2Macross 18 awardsfunded 2025-10-06Company site →

PRIME PACIFIC ENTERPRISES LLC

HONOLULU, HI · 0 employees

SBIR Phase I: Autonomous Drone System for Predicting Erosion and Safeguarding Coastline Communities

National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I

$305kawardedfunded 2025-10-01

HAWAI'I INNOVATION INC.

HONOLULU, HI · 3 employees

METAVEST: Advanced Biomimetic Personal Cooling for Enhancing Heat Safety Among High-Risk Workers

Department of Defense · Department of Health and Human Services · Phase Phase I

$442kacross 2 awardsfunded 2025-09-30Company site →

NALU SCIENTIFIC, LLC

HONOLULU, HI · 18 employees

WHISPER: Waveform-based High-speed Intelligent Signal Processing for Enhanced Readout

Department of Energy · Phase Phase I

$619kacross 3 awardsfunded 2025-09-26Company site →

Privateer Space, Inc.

Kihei, HI · 50 employees

AI Integrated MEMS to Enable Quicker Launch and Threat Assessments

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$2.0Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-09-19

JASON R VICK LLC

HONOLULU, HI · 1 employee

MINDMELD

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.8Mawardedfunded 2025-09-04

MAKAI OCEAN ENGINEERING INC

WAIMANALO, HI · 49 employees

Autonomous Subsea Cabling and Connection System

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$2.9Macross 4 awardsfunded 2025-09-03Company site →

Black Sand Solutions LLC

Kahului, HI · 9 employees

ATHENA (Autonomous Technology for Habitat Environmental Navigation and Assistance)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Phase Phase I

$155kawardedfunded 2025-09-02Company site →

SECOND WAVE TECHNOLOGIES LLC

HONOLULU, HI · 3 employees

Adaptive AI Assistant Platform for DoD Data-Driven Decision Making Using Tadata.ai

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$150kawardedfunded 2025-08-27Company site →

NORTH STAR SCIENTIFIC CORP

KAPOLEI, HI · 80 employees

Network Enabled Weapons Settings Verification

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$140kawardedfunded 2025-06-26Company site →

PacMar Technologies LLC

Honolulu, HI · 104 employees

Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicle Fueling at Sea

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I/Phase II

$4.5Macross 5 awardsfunded 2025-06-24Company site →

CLOUDSTONE INNOVATIONS INC

KIHEI, HI · 6 employees

Launchlock

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$3.6Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-06-16Company site →

SPECTRUM PHOTONICS INC

HONOLULU, HI · 20 employees

Thermal HyperspectraL Earth-Observing (HyLEO) Tactical SmallSat Payload

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$3.1Macross 2 awardsfunded 2025-05-22

H NU Photonics LLC

Kahului, HI · 26 employees

Innovative Flexible Heater Solution for Satellites and Space Operation

Department of Defense · Phase Phase I

$180kawardedfunded 2025-05-02

MORPHOPTIC INC

KULA, HI · 3 employees

QLER: Quantum Limited Enhanced Resolution

Department of Defense · Phase Phase II

$1.5Mawardedfunded 2025-04-11Company site →

Namaka Algae, Inc.

Kamuela, HI · 1 employee · woman-owned

SBIR Phase I: Area Efficient Cultivation Technology for Dense Microalgae Cultures

National Science Foundation · Phase Phase I

$305kawardedfunded 2025-04-09Company site →

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