Sultan Ventures

A Startup Catalyst®

We drive innovation and growth forward by providing expertise, capital, and connections.

Services

For investors and entrepreneurs

Invest in Ideas

Advisory

Working closely with investors and entrepreneurs alike, we provide due diligence, deal sourcing, capital raise and business planning services… More

Invest in Startups

Startup

Our passion is to build amazing and innovative companies and technologies. We are sector agnostic, however, we do focus on certain funding stages… More

Investors Invest

Investment

We participate in pre-seed and seed financing rounds with our preferred investment partners… More

We Invest in Education

Education

Our core investment thesis reflects a heavy emphasis upon personal and collective education. We invest significant resources to promote best practices… More

Sultan Ventures has emerged as a major force in Startup Paradise.

Susan Yamada

Director UH Ventures

News

How the Tradition of Aloha is Delivering SDG Progress in Hawaiʻi

  By MJ Altman on June 17, 2021 American Leadership on the SDGs   People across America are using the Sustainable Development Goals as a road map to recover better by turning these global ambitions into local action. In Hawaiʻi, that means uniting communities around the tradition and spirit of aloha to accelerate progress on...Read More

5 Ways to Boost Local Innovation

By Tarik Sultan and Omar Sultan for Hawaii Business Magazine Authors say Hawai‘i can help build a vibrant and diverse economy in the 21st century with a coordinated effort by business and government. Visitor numbers keep setting records year after year, but core questions about tourism and the Hawai‘i economy haven’t changed for half a...Read More

Two Hawaii Execs Selected to National List of Influential Young Executives

By Olivia Peterkin  – Web Editor, Pacific Business News Oct 17, 2019, 7:10am HST   Isar Mostafanezhad, founder and CEO of Nalu Scientific, and Tarik Sultan, co-founder and managing partner of Sultan Ventures, have been selected for a national list of influential young executives. The Business Journals’ Influencers: Rising Stars spotlights 100 executives who are having...Read More