HAWAI'I INNOVATION INC.
METAVEST: a personal cooling vest using gallium alloy-based liquid metal and ice coolants with a biomimetic circulation system for occupational heat protection
- Sector
- Materials
- Total capital
- $745K
- Federal grants
- $745K
- 3 awards · 2025–2026
- Rank in peer group#5 of 19
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · METAVEST: Advanced Biomimetic Personal Cooling for Enhancing Heat Safety Among High-Risk Workers$302K
- Federal grantHealth and Human S · Phase I · METAVEST: Advanced Biomimetic Personal Cooling for Enhancing Heat Safety Among High-Risk Workers$302K
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · STTR Phase I$140K
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Standing among 19 peers
Line = medianMaterials · Device
- Federal grants#5 · top 26%
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Founders and team
No founders are linked to this company yet.
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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026
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No granted patents are on record.
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Materials
- Eliminating Regulations Establishing Fellowships in Laboratory Standardization and Testing for Foreign CitizensNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Marking Requirements for Toy, Look-Alike, and Imitation FirearmsNational Institute of Standards and Technology
- Eliminating Obsolete Regulations Related to the Advanced Technology Program and the Technology Innovation ProgramNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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