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West Virginia Hive Hosting August 6 Coffee Talks Session in Lewisburg
The West Virginia Hive is teaming up with Ascend WV Greenbrier Valley to host its next Coffee Talks networking session.
Beckley, W.Va. (September 1, 2022) – Country Roads Angel Network (“CRAN”) announced its investment of $80,000 in Parthian Battery Solutions (“Parthian”) of Morgantown today. Led by founder and CEO Auggie Chico, a West Virginia University finance graduate, Parthian Battery Solutions recertifies and repurposes electric vehicle batteries into low-cost eco-friendly residential and commercial solar energy storage systems.
Peyton Ballard, Managing Director of CRAN, said this investment in Parthian Battery Solutions “is significant because our investors are showing that they are committed to investing in innovative, economically diverse companies that will provide jobs to the Mountain State.”
“As the popularity of electric vehicles grows, Auggie and his team will be in the forefront of mediating the high cost of energy storage systems, which will help enhance renewable energy adoption, ”Ballard said.
Jeffrey James, CRAN investor and deal lead said, “Parthian’s proprietary electric vehicle battery testing and recertification process provides assurance to both electric vehicle manufacturers and battery handlers as to which original equipment batteries are fit to be repurposed in other applications and safe for shelf storage.”
CRAN investors appreciate that new vehicle battery production and battery termination methods are expensive and potentially dirty processes. “Auggie has created a multi-pronged clean energy business to address the growing need for EV battery testing, repurposing, and cost-effective battery storage systems used in solar applications. The repurposed electric vehicle battery packs Parthian manufactures in West Virginia are reducing the environmental toll caused by new battery production” he added.
As West Virginia’s only accredited angel investment network, CRAN has invested nearly $800,000 in five companies thus far, including Parthian Battery Solutions LLC. The other companies are Cox Telecom of Oak Hill, Iconic Air and Endolumik, Inc. of Morgantown and Mountain Steer Meat Company of White Sulphur Springs.
CRAN operates under the umbrella of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA), which serves four counties in southern West Virginia and is administered by the West Virginia Hive, a 12- county entrepreneurial support program of the NRGRDA. CRAN is made up of more than 30 accredited investors from across the country who in large part are native West Virginians looking to showcase the talent offered in their home state.
The West Virginia Hive is teaming up with Ascend WV Greenbrier Valley to host its next Coffee Talks networking session.
The West Virginia Hive is conducting a community conversation on inclusive capital access from 1-2:30 p.m. June 25, at The Loft, 1123 Mercer Street in Princeton, W.Va. The event is free to those who register.
The West Virginia Hive Network is hosting its 2nd Annual Network and Resource Fair, set for Thursday, June 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Historic Black Knight Conference Center, 2400 South Kanawha Street, Beckley, W.Va.
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