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Venture Associate,  Sultan Ventures
In addition to being a Venture Associate at Sultan Ventures, Kate is also the Program Manager of XLR8UH. Born and raised in Slovakia, Kate moved to Hawaii to play for The University of Hawaii Women’s Tennis team. After she became a team captain in her junior year, she led her team to first ever conference championship in UH Women Tennis team history. In addition to her student- athlete achievements, she was selected to represent Shidler College of Business in CFA Research Challenge. After winning the local round, her team got placed in the top 20 teams within North and South Americas region. During her studies, Kate also worked as an Academic Mentor and Financial/Accounting Tutor for student- athletes. Kate graduated from University of Hawaii Shidler College of Business in Spring 2014, where she earned a BBA in Finance and International Business.

Katarina P. Matayoshi

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Katarina P. Matayoshi

Venture Associate,  Sultan Ventures

Katarina P. Matayoshi is an associate at local venture firm Sultan Ventures, where she leads various initiatives focused on empowering entrepreneurs to build and scale viable companies and creating a thriving innovation community in Hawaii.

Katarina helped launch XLR8UH®, one of the top 30 venture accelerator programs in the nation, where she worked with a diverse group of startup founders, mentors, and partners. Today she supports local entrepreneurs by connecting them to necessary expertise, resources, and network through XLR8HI®, Hawaii’s Entrepreneurship Center, and trains the next generation of innovators by leading Sultan Ventures’ Internship and Fellowship Program. 

Katarina, born and raised in Slovakia, is a UH Shidler College of Business graduate and a proud former UH Tennis Wahine (GO BOWS!). 

"The more our industry can identify with and reflect the diversity of our end-users and customers to meet their needs, the better our products and solutions will be."

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