IN THE PRESS

The Wall Street Journal

"Alternative State"

A state better known for sun and fun is quietly morphing into one of the world's leading incubators of alternative energy.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC is heading up a test venture in Hawaii to turn oil-rich algae into fuel. If the process is found commercially viable, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate could build algae-processing plants elsewhere.

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Pacific Business News

"Investment partner sends in CEO help"

Joelle Simonpietri has switched gears from investor to manager for a small Honolulu biotech research firm.

Simonpietri is one of four managing partners at Kolohala Ventures, a 2-year-old venture capital firm that invests in early-stage high-tech companies.

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Future In Review (FiRe) conference

Kolohala was one of five venture capital firms showcased at the Strategic News Service’s Future in Review (FiRe) Conference in May 2007. FiRe has been dubbed “the best technology conference in the world” by The Economist magazine. Managing Partner Michael Pfeffer represented both Kolohala and Hawaii at this conference.

Angel Investing,
"Matching Start-up Funds with Start-up Companies"

The Guide for Entrepreneurs, Individual Investors, and Venture Capitalists, by M. Van Osnabrugge. M. and Rob Robinson, Published by Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, in 2000.