wood + code (opens woodandcode.com)
Limited-run handcrafted objects with electronics, software, and live data inside.
Waikoloa, Hawaiʻi · Since 2022
Technology built where hardware, software, and craft meet.
Nalu Technology is a Hawaiʻi company that designs and builds its own products, from embedded electronics and software to objects made by hand. Each product runs as its own venture.
Ventures
What we are building now
All ventures 
Paddle Manager (opens paddlemanager.com)
Club software for outrigger canoe clubs.
Sacred Craft: The Koa Canoe Legacy Project (opens koacanoeproject.org)
A living archive of Hawaiʻi's hand-carved koa racing canoes.
Track record
Products launched, scaled, and sold
Our founder has started and sold two technology companies. Nalu Technology's own research work has been recognized by the U.S. Army, NIST, and NVIDIA.
Pharmitas, Inc.
Pharmacy compliance software and purchase pattern recognition. Venture backed.
Acquired by Appriss (Equifax), 2015
GlowHolds LLC
Interactive climbing walls built on real-time signal processing.
Acquired by ClimbKorea, 2020
Research recognition
- 2022 Accepted into NVIDIA Inception
- 2022 U.S. Army xTechDetect finalist, one of twelve
- 2022 NIST UAS Indoor Challenge, phase one winner
- 2023 xTechPacific white paper winner and pitch semifinalist
- 2023 Selected to demonstrate at Army Research Laboratory Tech Assess '23
How we work
Real problems, sound engineering, steady growth
We start with a problem worth solving and technology that can grow beyond its first use. We build products that meet a real customer need, reach positive cash flow early, and keep risk at a level a small company can carry. And we learn by building, testing, and iterating.
About Nalu Technology