SmartGateVC

Artificial Intelligence · Venture Capital
30investments
$29Mraised by its portfolio in 12 months
39open roles in its portfolio
10+people

Overview

SmartGateVC is a pre-seed deep tech venture capital fund with teams in Southern California and Armenia. It invests ahead of the market in physical AI, secure edge computing and brain-computer interfaces, backing technical founders at the earliest stages of company building. The fund was founded in 2017 and is based in Yerevan, Armenia, connecting Armenian engineering talent with the US technology ecosystem.

Key facts

These are the key facts about SmartGateVC on Alion as of Nov 13, 2026. SmartGateVC is headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 2017.

Headquarters
Yerevan, ArmeniaAlion company profile, updated Sep 17, 2026
Founded
2017Alion company profile, updated Sep 17, 2026
Employees
10+Alion company profile, an estimated range

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
30
25 of them startups
Hiring now
8
39 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
4
$29M raised
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 54%Health Care 17%Biotechnology 13%Software 13%Hardware 8%Data & Analytics 8%Consumer Electronics 8%Internet Services 4%
Where its companies are
United States 40%Armenia 3%Switzerland 3%Germany 3%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 50%Series A 30%Series B 20%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 30 investments
PerceptronVenture round $6.5M · 3 mo ago NetrisSeries A $15M · 4 mo ago Neurosoft BioelectronicsSeed $7.5M · 5 mo ago · 1 role SuperAnnotateVenture round $600k · 18 mo ago · 5 roles AmarosVenture round $1.3M · 19 mo ago Modicus PrimeVenture round $3.4M · 2 yr ago · 1 role ActiveloopVenture round $11M · 2 yr ago Deep OriginVenture round $29.4M · 2 yr ago · 4 roles BritiveVenture round $20.5M · 3 yr ago · 9 roles Arnata8 roles Grovf7 roles Krisp4 roles
39 open roles at 8 of its companies
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Plug and Play 4 shared Y Combinator 3 shared Samsung Next 2 shared Point Nine 2 shared RTP Global 2 shared Sierra Ventures 2 shared s16vc 2 shared Crosslink Capital 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
AIX Ventures Amplify Partners Khosla Ventures Felicis Madrona Venture Group SAV SV Angel Sequoia Capital
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
0
Countries
2
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Yerevan Armenia
HQ
Glendale United States
Regional office
326 Mira Loma Ave, Glendale, CA, 91204, US
company site

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