Ashot Arzumanyan

co-founder and partner at SmartGateVC

Ashot is co-founder and partner at SmartGateVC, a deep tech seed VC fund backed by notable venture capital firms and investors as well as serial entrepreneurs. He has 15 years of experience in VC & PE investment management and facilitation, accelerator management, investment advisory and deal structuring.

SmartGateVC is the initiator of Hero House, deep tech entrepreneurship hub in Glendale and Yerevan, connecting business development talent and opportunities in the SoCal area with the deep tech teams in Eastern Europe. SmartGateVC is a value-add investor with portfolio of 20 startups providing hands-on technology and business development support to companies. Co-investors and follow-on investors of the fund include Sierra Ventures, Upfront Ventures, True Ventures, AI Fund, YC, and others.

Meet Ashot at Meet the Funders.