Ashot Arzumanyan is co-founder and partner with SmartGateVC, a Silicon Valley pre-seed venture capital fund investing in deep tech Armenian startups. The SmartGateVC team stands behind Yerevan Machine Learning Excellence Center, Gate42 Quantum Computing Research Lab, Y-Ledger Consortium of Blockchain Developers and Armenia Startup Academy pre-acceleration program. Ashot has extensive experience in mentorship, investment advisory and deal structuring for companies across many sectors, as well as consulting on finance, strategy, performance management, business valuation and sectoral research in CIS, US and Middle East. On a daily basis, Ashot works with entrepreneurs on driving their innovative companies to the next level. Ashot holds a PhD degree in Economics from the Yerevan State University. He teaches venture capital management for MBA students at the American University of Armenia.
Education:
PhD in Economics, Yerevan State University, 2010
Courses taught:
BUS 377-Venture Capital Management
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