Armine Galstyan

principal at SmartGateVC and Managing Director at Hero House Glendale

Armine is principal at SmartGateVC and Managing Director at Hero House Glendale, a tech and entrepreneurship hub in Southern California. As part of its founding team, Armine is responsible for the establishment and management of Hero House GateWay acceleration program which connects the business opportunities and research universities of Southern California with the deep tech teams of Eastern Europe.

Armine's experience spans from accelerator management to startup advisory, partnerships and community management. She played a key role in establishing SmartGateVC's deep tech incubation and pre-acceleration programs, where she worked with 100+ early-stage startups and helped entrepreneurs to raise pre-seed funding. At SmartGateVC, Armine is also part of the investment team (20 portfolio companies as of January 2021).

Meet Armine at Meet the Funders.