Women in Tech: An Interview with Chenoa Farnsworth
About this event
Brought to you by the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), TRUE Initiative and Entrepreneurs Sandbox, the monthly Women in Tech (WIT) series features female technologists who share their experiences working in the technology industry in technical and tech-adjacent roles. To commemorate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) in November, starting from July, we will be shifting the spotlight to women who are enabling female entrepreneurs and technologists.
In this WIT session, we will be speaking to Chenoa Farnsworth, Managing Partner of Hawaii-based Blue Startups, a top 20 U.S. Accelerator (Techcrunch). To date, Blue Startups has invested in 82 companies which have gone on to raise $120 million in venture capital. She also manages the Hawaii Angels investment network, which has invested over $60 million in over 100 startup companies.
In 2010 she founded Hi Impact, a Hawaii-based impact investment organization which led to the establishment of the Impact HUB Honolulu in 2012, a co-working space dedicated to social entrepreneurs. In 2006, she co-founded Kolohala Ventures, a Hawai‘i-based venture capital firm that invested $50 million into Hawai‘i-based technology start-ups. Prior to that she provided strategy development and business planning consultation for start-up companies and high-growth businesses through her company Farnsworth Consulting.
Farnsworth has served the community as chair of the Women’s Fund of Hawai‘i, director of the Hawaii Venture Capital Association, director of the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Hawaii, director of the Impact HUB Honolulu, and judge for the University of Hawai‘i business plan competition. Farnsworth earned a BA in political science from the University of California at Santa Cruz and an executive MBA from the University of Hawai‘i.
Please register by Tuesday, September 14th at 5pm (HST). After registration closes, we will send a Zoom link to all registered participants. If you are unable to register, please contact Shane at info@sandboxhawaii.org to be added to the waitlist.
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Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) is a state agency under the State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. Our mission is to diversify Hawaii's economy by developing a flourishing technology industry that provides quality, high-paying jobs for Hawaii residents. www.htdc.org
The TRUE Initiative is an initiative of the Hawaii Executive Collaborative, supporting the CHANGE Framework and Movement. Driven by a partnership between the private, public sectors and the State of Hawaii, TRUE aims to tech-enable organizations through collaboration and sharing of tech solutions to common business challenges, in turn creating more resilient companies and a thriving Hawaii. www.hec.org/true
The Entrepreneurs Sandbox is a co-working facility in Kaka'ako, owned by HTDC and managed by BoxJelly. As the "front door to innovation", our mission is to bring together change agents in Hawaii to enable transformation for a more dynamic Hawaii through technology and entrepreneurship. www.sandboxhawaii.org