Country Roads Angel Network announces a $202,500 investment in three West Virginia startups—Brite, Growmentum, and Advanced Optronics—during its annual meeting.
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Country Roads Angel Network (CRAN) has announced a new investment totaling $202,500 in three promising startups located in Morgantown, West Virginia. This announcement was made during CRAN's annual meeting, which coincides with the West Virginia Entrepreneurship Ecosystem conference at Shepherd University. The funded firms—Brite, Growmentum, and Advanced Optronics—are all focused on addressing key challenges in higher education, technology, and medicine.
Brite aims to mitigate student attrition in colleges and universities by utilizing an innovative app that engages students and rewards them for providing real-time feedback on their experiences. Growmentum provides a software platform aimed at enhancing operational efficiency for commercial horticulturists, while Advanced Optronics is developing medical sensor technologies designed to assist during complex surgical procedures, particularly cochlear implants for hearing loss.
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Industry Overview in West Virginia
The startup ecosystem in West Virginia is burgeoning, with angel investment networks like CRAN leading the way in providing critical funding to innovative companies. As the first accredited angel investment network in the state, CRAN has facilitated nearly $1.5 million in funding over five years, directly
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