Country Roads Angel Network celebrates investment successes, hears new venture pitches
17 Apr 2023
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Country Road Angel Network continues to celebrate its mission of fostering West Virginia entrepreneurism. Members met in Wheeling Monday evening to review their successes, get updates on ventures they've worked with and hear a couple new pitches.
CRAN — for short — was formed in 2019 to provide early stage seed funding for entrepreneurs. President Judy Moore said they've grown to 35 member investors (from 32 when we last reported on CRAN in November) and invested $1.5 million in seed funds in five companies (three of them from Morgantown), which enabled them to raise $8 million more.
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