Blue Startups

Blue Startups is a Hawaii-based accelerator company co-founded by Henk Rogers, Maya Rogers and Chenoa Farnsworth in 2012 to help develop startup companies and a startup ecosystem in Hawaii. The company has a network of over 120 mentors from Hawaii, Silicon Valley, and Asia.

The accelerator operates a cohort program where the accelerator offers startup companies the opportunity to receive capital, training, and experience to grow their startup. The cohort program takes place annually, with programs that focus on developing "capital-efficient and scalable-technology companies" in the Internet, software, mobile, gaming, and e-commerce industries. Startups are selected from hundreds of applicants who receive an initial investment of $25,000, training, and office space in exchange for a 3% to 10% equity stake. Blue Startups is able to invest up to $300,000 in each startup.