Hero House Glendale Accelerator Program Opens New Opportunity For Startups in Europe | Interview with Ashot Arzumanyan, Co-founder and Partner with SmartGateVC
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A Silicon Valley pre-seed venture capital fund SmartGate VC has launched a new Acceleration Program Hero House Glendale to help startups in Eastern Europe to get into the U.S. market. Through 12 week program, startups will have the opportunity to set up their sales and growth hackings in the United States.
In this Episode, Co-founder and Partner with SmartGateVC Ashot Arzumanyan joined me to talk about the Hero House Glendale, some of the benefit startups in the Eastern Europe can take advantage of it, and ways to overcome challenges to get into the United States market.
With Ashot, we also discussed the role of the Armenian tech community in Silicon Valley in the expansion of the Armenian tech and innovation ecosystem, as well as the ways to attract more entrepreneurs and investors from Diaspora to come to Armenia and start their business.
Bio: Ashot Arzumanyan is the co-founder and partner with SmartGateVC, a Silicon Valley pre-seed venture capital fund. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from Yerevan State University. He teaches venture capital management for MBA students at the American University of Armenia. The SmartGateVC team stands behind initiatives like Yerevan Machine Learning Excellence Center, Gate42 Quantum Computing Research Lab, and Armenia.
Episode Notes
- Hero House Glandel: program and application process
- Challenges that the startups from emerging markets face getting into the U.S. market
- Role of the Armenia tech community in the Silicon Vally in the expansion of the Armenian tech ecosystem
- Ways to attract more investors and entrepreneurs from Diaspora
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