Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (ML&P) is a land holding and operating company dedicated to agriculture, resort operation and the creation and management of holistic communities. ML&P owns approximately 25,000 acres on the island of Maui, on which it operates the Kapalua Resort community and cultivates approximately 6,000 acres of pineapple. ML&P also owns and manages the 9,881 acre Pu‘u Kukui Watershed Preserve, which is the largest private nature preserve in the state of Hawai‘i.
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Kamehameha Schools' mission is to create educational opportunities in perpetuity to improve the capability and well-being of people of Hawaiian ancestry. Statewide, Kamehameha serves over 6,500 students from preschool through the twelfth grade. The Kamehameha Schools are also the state’s largest private landowner with approximately 365,000 acres throughout the state. It is also one of the world's largest private education endowments, with the Trust's value climbing to over $9.1 billion in 2007/2008.
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The Khosla Ventures mission is to assist great entrepreneurs determined to build companies with lasting significance. Khosla Ventures offers venture assistance, strategic advice, and capital to entrepreneurs. The firm helps entrepreneurs extend the potential of their ideas in both traditional venture areas like the Internet, computing, mobile, and silicon technology arenas, but also supports breakthrough scientific work in clean technology areas such as bio-refineries for energy and bioplastics, solar, battery and other environmentally friendly technologies.
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Finistere Ventures is a leading life science venture capital firm based in San Diego. Their advisors include thought leaders and practitioners in the fields in which they invest, and enable them to understand the challenges of commercialization of innovative technologies. Their current investment strategy focuses on medical devices and non-therapeutic biotech, including agbiotech, and the rapidly growing renewable fuels and “Green Energy” space.
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Grove Farm has land holdings of nearly 22,000 acres on the island of Kaua‘i. Currently, Grove Farm is shifting its focus toward management of its prime holdings on Kaua‘i, enhancing its land and water resources to meet Kaua‘i's housing needs and to promote diversified agriculture. In its transition from a sugar plantation to a land development and management company, Grove Farm continues to maintain its keen focus and commitment to the Kaua‘i community. It is well known for its responsiveness to change and meeting new challenges, with a rich heritage of leadership initiated by its founder nearly 150 years ago.
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Ohana Holdings, LLC, is a diversified private fund which serves as the primary commercial investment vehicle for the Omidyar family. Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, and his wife, Pam, also established the Omidyar Network based on the belief that every person has the potential to make a difference. Since 2004, Omidyar Network has worked with its partners to create opportunities for people to tap that potential, enabling them to improve their lives and make powerful, lasting contributions to their communities.
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