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Electric jet manufacturer Panhwar closes Series A financing with Valkyrie GRP

10/08/2021

Press releaseIssued by Panhwar Jet Inc..
Electric jet manufacturer Panhwar closes Series A financing with Valkyrie GRP
Chad Swensen, founder and managing partner of Valkyrie and Nick Panhwar, founder of Panhwar Jet. (Photo: Valkyrie)

Panhwar Jet has designed and is currently building the world's first all-electric, self-charging luxury business aircraft. The groundbreaking, self-charging technology brings major disruptive innovation to the electric aircraft industry. Current battery density does not allow most electric aircraft to fly beyond two hours total flight time. However, the self-charging technology created by engineers at Panhwar Jet will allow the aircraft to fly up to 12 hours without touching down.

Panhwar Jet's patented technology has solved many of the existing battery limitations. Panhwar Jet is also hyper-focused on providing a superior flight experience by using clean, sustainable energy, which will create a new future of aviation where speed and range have less limitations.

Chad Swensen, Founder and Managing Partner of Valkyrie: "We're excited about the innovation that Panhwar Jet is bringing to a large global market. We are fully committed to supporting Panhwar Jet in realising the full potential of such a revolutionary technology in electric aviation."

"We're excited to collaborate with Valkyrie Group as our strategic capital partner," says Ms. Ayisha Fareed, Chairman, and CEO of Panhwar Jet. Fareed commented, "Valkyrie and Panhwar Jet share the passion, team spirit, background, and experience that will disrupt the electric aircraft industry."

According to Fareed, "This investment will allow Panhwar Jet to enhance the specifications of "ElectroBird," our first two-seater all-electric plane. We will unveil our technology to the market while attempting to achieve world records in electric aviation."

Panhwar Jet is assembling the prototype aircraft in Heber City, Utah, and plans to conduct early test flights beginning in 4th Quarter 2021

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