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16 companies · SBIR/STTR awards, last two years

Recently funded science companies in Hawaii

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

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Oceanit Laboratories Inc

Honolulu, HI147 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase I/IIcompany site

“Binary-Level Automated Vulnerability Detection and Patching without Source Code”

$15.2M18 awards

Prime Pacific Enterprises LLC

Honolulu, HI0 employeesNational Science FoundationPhase I

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

$305k

Hawai'i Innovation Inc.

Honolulu, HI3 employeesDepartment of Defense, Department of Health and Human ServicesPhase Icompany site

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

$442k2 awards

Nalu Scientific, LLC

Honolulu, HI18 employeesDepartment of EnergyPhase Icompany site

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

$619k3 awards

Privateer Space, Inc.

Kihei, HI50 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase I/II

“AI Integrated MEMS to Enable Quicker Launch and Threat Assessments”

$2.0M2 awards

Jason R Vick LLC

Honolulu, HI1 employeeDepartment of DefensePhase II

“MINDMELD”

$1.8M

Makai Ocean Engineering Inc

Waimanalo, HI49 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase I/IIcompany site

“Autonomous Subsea Cabling and Connection System”

$2.9M4 awards

Black Sand Solutions LLC

Kahului, HI9 employeesNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPhase Icompany site

“ATHENA (Autonomous Technology for Habitat Environmental Navigation and Assistance)”

$155k

Second Wave Technologies LLC

Honolulu, HI3 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase Icompany site

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

$150k

North Star Scientific Corp

Kapolei, HI80 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase Icompany site

“Network Enabled Weapons Settings Verification”

$140k

PacMar Technologies LLC

Honolulu, HI104 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase I/IIcompany site

“Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicle Fueling at Sea”

$4.5M5 awards

Cloudstone Innovations Inc

Kihei, HI6 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase IIcompany site

“Launchlock”

$3.6M2 awards

Spectrum Photonics Inc

Honolulu, HI20 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase II

“Thermal HyperspectraL Earth-Observing (HyLEO) Tactical SmallSat Payload”

$3.1M2 awards

H NU Photonics LLC

Kahului, HI26 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase I

“Innovative Flexible Heater Solution for Satellites and Space Operation”

$180k

Morphoptic Inc

Kula, HI3 employeesDepartment of DefensePhase IIcompany site

“QLER: Quantum Limited Enhanced Resolution”

$1.5M

Namaka Algae, Inc.

Kamuela, HI1 employeeNational Science FoundationPhase Iwoman-ownedcompany site

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

$305k

Source: public SBIR/STTR award record. Company-level facts only. Open roles are live listings on our board.

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