HYGEN

Hygen SIA is an ambitious and innovative Latvian SME dedicated to the development and commercialisation of refuelling technology for the G-Mobility market, a gaseous fuel vehicles fuelled by Bio-CNG (hereafter – NGVs) . Our company has a host of awards to its name, including a 2018 EIT Innovators Award Nomination, 3-d place by the German Gas Industry Innovation Award, Start Up Energy Transition Award Top 100 in 2020, Special distinction at the EU Startup Prize for Mobility. Hygen employs 14 highly qualified staff and has a strong and ambitious leadership team consisting of Mario Parraglia (CEO) – executive positions at multiple gas and NGV related companies; Alex Safronov (Founder and CTO) – 20 year technical and entrepreneurial background in NGV  industry;  and Robert Strods (Co-Founder and COO) – specialist in finance, with successful track record in investment banking and project management. Julia Guzeyeva (Co-Founder), with support from key staff members, is leading the CEN European Standardisation Committee on gas vehicle fuelling appliances (VFAs). Hygen has received a total of €3.5million, which it has helped to develop the HYGEN platform technology to TRL7.