HIVE 30 Under 30 Armenians in Tech
Thank you for the overwhelming participation in the HIVE Ventures 30 under 30 Armenians in Tech. The nomination period is now closed. We will be announcing the winners soon – stay tuned!
Thank you for the overwhelming participation in the HIVE Ventures 30 under 30 Armenians in Tech. The nomination period is now closed. We will be announcing the winners soon – stay tuned!
Another new investment we’re incredibly excited about is in Shopmonkey, an all-in-one software platform specifically designed for the auto repair shop. Through his own experiences, Founder & CEO Ashot Iskandarian saw an opportunity to create a more efficient and customer-friendly experience out of the immensely tech-dated repair business. From there, Shopmonkey was born with the […]
We’re thrilled to announce the newest HIVE Ventures portfolio company, Gecko Robotics. The startup, co-founded by Jake Loosararian, develops wall-climbing robots that are revolutionizing industrial and power plant inspections. HIVE Ventures participated in the $7 million round alongside the Founders Fund, Westly Group, Mark Cuban, Twitch founder Justin Kan, and Y Combinator. Gecko Robotics takes […]
Congratulations to the team at Hoodline, who recently announced a $10M Series A Round to help propel their expansion nationwide. Led by Founder & CEO Razmig Hovaghimian, the HIVE-backed startup aims to reinvigorate the underserved local news ecosystem. The current round was led by Neoteny, with participation from Sound Ventures, Dentsu Ventures, and Eric Schmidt’s […]
We’re extremely excited to announce that ServiceTitan, the operating system for home services, has raised a $165M Series D round led by Index Ventures and joined by new investors Dragoneer and T. Rowe Price, as well as existing investors Bessemer, ICONIQ, and Battery Ventures! This is the largest fundraising round for any B2B software company […]
Throughout the weekend, our speakers & panelists had a chance to offer tons of advice, knowledge, and experience to both conference attendees and to startup founders who had a chance to ask pointed & direct questions during curated 1:1 sessions. We wanted to share some “words of wisdom” with everyone in the HIVE community by […]
Hyetech, a leading organizer of the Armenian technology community in Silicon Valley, is soon launching their Entrepreneur Immersion Program (EIP) on February 15. At HIVE Ventures, we firmly find commonality with Hyetech in our vision to empower early-stage Armenian entrepreneurs and provide them with access and understanding of Silicon Valley. That’s why we’re incredibly excited […]
We’re thrilled to announce a new seed investment in StayTuned, a smart video platform that allows content creators the ability to distribute, edit, and analyze their videos across all channels. Founder & CEO Serge Kassardjian, formerly Global Head of Media Apps at Google Play, launched the company to provide a single access point for content […]
Away from the Silicon Valley, the Mecca of technology, a new tech world is emerging and growing at an exponential speed. Except unlike the far-stretching plains of California, it found a home in the rocky mountains of Armenia. And at the head of this quick growth are young Armenian women, taking confident strides in establishing […]
Armen Martirosyan is the Co-Founder & CEO at BluIP. BeHive, a solution fully developed in Armenia by BluIP, was included in the Gartner Cool Vendors list 2019 for Employee Experience and Enablement in the Digital Workplace. This is the story of how it all started. Armen got acquainted with Armenian talent when he first attended […]