Fellows mentioned in this story: Meli James

From Pacific Inno:

Mana Up has selected the next group of Hawaii companies that are participating in its product business accelerator program.

An initiative founded by Meli James and Brittany Heyd in 2017, Mana Up aims to help Hawaii consumer brands scale globally, with the larger goal of diversifying the local economy and increasing job opportunities.

This marks the ninth cohort of its accelerator program, which launched in 2018 and has a total of 85 graduate businesses to date.

Mana Up has been announcing the new cohort members in partnership with Pacific Business News, and individual profiles on each of the companies have rolled out over the last several days. Here’s a roundup of the businesses, including links to their profiles where you can hear from the founders about their company’s origins, future goals and what they’re hoping to get out of their time with Mana Up.

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