SmartGateVC

Founded in 2017, SmartGateVC is a venture capital firm specializing in seed investments for tech companies focused on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, internet of things, and emerging computational biotech. Based primarily in California with additional reach into Massachusetts, NYC, Armenia, and wider Eastern Europe, the firm typically invests up to $0.1 million at the seed stage.

Areg Alimian

Partner

Ashot Arzumanyan

Partner

Armine Galstyan

Principal

28 past transactions

ThirdLaw Molecular

Pre Seed Round in 2025
ThirdLaw is a new company centered around a passionate and highly qualified team who have a unique and deep expertise in synthetic and computational chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, biologics and medical devices.

Ritual Dental

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Ritual Dental is a business specializing in personalized, preventive oral care. It leverages modern technology and microbiome science to help individuals and families establish lasting dental habits. The company offers a range of services, including early detection and prevention of oral and systemic diseases, using AI diagnostics and microbiome tests. Their offerings extend to restorative treatments, pediatric dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and preventative care.

Vonova

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Vonova, established in 2022, specializes in developing a less invasive catheter-based technology for brain interfaces. Their flagship product, the Cerebro Atlas System, aims to provide neuromodulation therapy for chronic pain and other neurological disorders, replacing the need for high-risk, invasive brain surgery. The company, led by experts in catheter device development and neurology, has secured US patents, received an NIH grant, and been selected for the MedTech Innovator cohort 2024. Vonova's mission is to revolutionize the $2B+ brain interface market by offering a safer and more comfortable alternative to traditional methods.

TACTUN

Pre Seed Round in 2024
TACTUN develops smart hardware controllers and no-code software application builders for automating mechanical testing. Its platform features configurable FPGA-based controllers with a user-friendly interface for creating custom machine applications without coding, supporting complex conditional logic and real-time sequencing in both offline and connected modes. This enables machinery manufacturers to accelerate deployment, streamline operations, and create new revenue streams through machine-as-a-service models.

Toxometris AI

Pre Seed Round in 2023
In-silico toxicity assessment of drug candidates.

TheraB Medical

Pre Seed Round in 2023
TheraB Medical is an early-stage medical device company focused on improving infant healthcare. Its flagship product, the SnugLit™ Portable Phototherapy System, is a wearable, portable solution for treating infant jaundice. Developed in collaboration with over 300 medical professionals and parents, the SnugLit System combines blue light therapy within a swaddle, promoting maternal-infant bonding and breastfeeding while reducing separation stress for both mothers and babies.

Cloudchipr

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Cloudchipr is a cloud cost management and analytics platform designed to help organizations optimize spending across multiple cloud accounts. The platform analyzes cloud resource utilization across accounts and regions to identify resource leaks and unutilized resources, detects cloud issues, and facilitates cleanup of unused or inefficient resources, enabling businesses to manage multi-cloud environments without increasing costs.

Expper Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Expper Technologies, Inc. is an industry-leading health-tech company creating a state-of-the-art innovation called Robin the Robot. Robin is a therapeutic tool that aims to revolutionize the healthcare industry and change the way care is being delivered. By developing cutting-edge technologies, the company aims to positively impact people's lives, provide a better experience for the patients and care providers, and improve the quality of care.

Modicus Prime

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Modicus Prime is a developer of advanced computer vision software and self-service artificial intelligence tools focused on the life sciences sector. The company’s innovative platform automates biologics image analysis, addressing critical challenges such as cost, legal, and waste liabilities associated with product quality failures in research and development as well as manufacturing. By integrating heterogeneous life sciences data, Modicus Prime facilitates anomaly detection and monitoring, enhancing decision-making for its clients. The platform empowers users to conduct cutting-edge research, train proprietary algorithms on specific datasets, and utilize self-service tools to derive actionable insights, thereby addressing emerging data challenges in the industry, including continuous manufacturing and smart monitoring.

Anania

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pinsight is a developer of an automated machine learning platform that focuses on predictive and prescriptive analytics. The company's platform utilizes a proprietary AutoML engine to derive insights from raw and unstructured data. It enables product and customer experience teams to access behavioral and hidden insights with ease. By offering accurate models, scenario analysis, and predictions, Pinsight facilitates the extraction of actionable insights for businesses, allowing them to effectively build models and enhance decision-making processes. The platform is designed to streamline the analytical process, making it accessible for organizations seeking to leverage data for improved outcomes.

Dowork.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dowork.ai is focused on creating advanced AI agents powered by Large Language Models to transform customer service. By leveraging cutting-edge machine learning and natural language processing technologies, these AI agents are designed to operate 24/7, offering immediate responses and a personalized interaction experience that rivals traditional customer service representatives. This approach not only enhances customer satisfaction but also significantly lowers operational costs for businesses across various sectors. Additionally, Dowork.ai offers a project estimation platform that facilitates the development of a work breakdown structure, enabling teams to generate accurate software estimates. This platform fosters collaboration by integrating with project management systems and allowing teams to engage in real-time conversations, thus improving project planning efficiency for both employees and freelancers.

Amaros Medical

Pre Seed Round in 2021
AI/ML-enabled predictive algorithms to accelerate clinical trials and to guide precise interventions for sight-threatening diseases.

Podcastle

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Podcastle operates an online platform that converts written news articles into podcasts using AI-powered speech synthesis. Its platform is accessible via computer, cellphone, or tablet, enabling users to create professional-quality audio content easily.

Britive

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Britive is a cloud security company headquartered in Glendale, California with an additional office in Bengaluru, India. It provides a cloud-native solution for privileged access administration across multi-cloud environments, empowering teams to implement best practices like just-in-time access and zero standing privileges. The platform offers rapid discovery of privileged access blind spots and increases operational efficiency.

dzook

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Dzook is an artificial intelligence-assisted platform that enables users to transform photos into illustrated portraits and videos into animations. The company specializes in providing tools that facilitate the creation of personalized artwork, allowing users to generate stylish portraits and animated content. Through its innovative platform, Dzook empowers artists and designers by offering advanced features for drawing, design, and character creation. This versatility supports creativity and enhances the production of personalized gifts and other visual content.

SuperAnnotate

Seed Round in 2020
SuperAnnotate is a platform for building high-quality training datasets for Generative AI, large language models, computer vision, and natural language processing. It provides advanced annotation and data management tools, automation features, data curation, orchestration, and an integrated workforce marketplace to help machine learning teams organize, annotate, and scale image, video, text, and lidar data. The platform supports collaboration, quality management, and pipelines to train and deploy accurate models, aiming to accelerate ML development and improve dataset integrity.

AimHub

Pre Seed Round in 2020
AimHub, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a machine learning software platform designed for engineers and data scientists. The platform enables users to track, compare, monitor, and optimize their machine learning models efficiently. AimHub provides a comprehensive repository that allows for the storage and management of experiments along with their complete history. Based in the United States, the company focuses on simplifying the process of recording, searching, and comparing numerous AI experiments, thus enhancing the workflow and productivity of professionals in the field.

Biosim AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Biosim AI is a medical technology company focused on enhancing and expediting the drug discovery process using advanced artificial intelligence. By leveraging quantum accuracy, the company develops innovative methods to significantly reduce the timeline associated with identifying and developing new pharmaceuticals. Biosim AI aims to address the challenges of discovering treatments for diseases that have traditionally been considered undruggable, ultimately benefiting both patients and the broader medical community.

Expper Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Expper Technologies, Inc. is an industry-leading health-tech company creating a state-of-the-art innovation called Robin the Robot. Robin is a therapeutic tool that aims to revolutionize the healthcare industry and change the way care is being delivered. By developing cutting-edge technologies, the company aims to positively impact people's lives, provide a better experience for the patients and care providers, and improve the quality of care.

ForgeFiction

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ForgeFiction Inc. is a company based in Yerevan, Armenia, that operates a platform designed for users to read and create fiction. The platform allows users to collaborate on story development, enabling them to write their own narratives either independently or in cooperation with others. Users can initiate new stories or continue existing ones, fostering a community-driven approach to storytelling. Additionally, the platform features a voting mechanism, allowing users to select their favorite chapters to be included in the final version of a book. By facilitating collaboration and engagement, ForgeFiction aims to deliver original content to the media industry while enhancing the creative experience for fiction enthusiasts.

Embry Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Embry Tech, Inc. is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in innovative health technology. It has developed a smart shoe insole equipped with a built-in scale designed for automated weight tracking. This sophisticated insole measures body weight and generates personalized alerts for weight changes based on comprehensive activity analysis. Furthermore, the product offers users tailored coaching on nutrition, physical activity, and healthy habits through a mobile application, enhancing their wellness journey. Embry Tech’s patent-pending platform aims to assist consumer brands in exploring new opportunities in the wellness market by integrating wearable sensors into their product offerings.

Activeloop

Seed Round in 2018
Activeloop is a technology company that specializes in providing a distributed cloud computing platform designed for building and scaling data pipelines for machine learning applications. Its flagship product, Deep Lake, is a database optimized for artificial intelligence, particularly for deep learning and large language model (LLM) applications. Deep Lake offers a unique storage format that accommodates various data types, including embeddings, audio, text, videos, images, and annotations. The platform features capabilities for querying, vector search, data streaming during model training, and comprehensive data versioning and lineage management. Deep Lake is designed to handle data of any size in a serverless environment, facilitating seamless integration with popular tools such as LangChain and Weights & Biases. The platform is utilized by notable organizations, including Bayer Radiology and Matterport. Founded by a team with backgrounds from prestigious institutions such as Princeton and Stanford, Activeloop has garnered support from Y Combinator, positioning itself as a key player in the machine learning and AI data management landscape.

Grovf

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Grovf specializes in developing Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based solutions for enhancing data processing and network performance. Founded in 2017, the company serves cybersecurity and financial industries with products like GCache, GRegex, and MonetX. Grovf operates from Berkeley, California.

SuperAnnotate

Pre Seed Round in 2018
SuperAnnotate is a platform for building high-quality training datasets for Generative AI, large language models, computer vision, and natural language processing. It provides advanced annotation and data management tools, automation features, data curation, orchestration, and an integrated workforce marketplace to help machine learning teams organize, annotate, and scale image, video, text, and lidar data. The platform supports collaboration, quality management, and pipelines to train and deploy accurate models, aiming to accelerate ML development and improve dataset integrity.

Krisp

Seed Round in 2018
Krisp is a technology company that offers an AI-powered application designed to enhance remote communication by eliminating background noise and ensuring clear audio quality during calls and meetings. The app is compatible with all conferencing and recording platforms, allowing users to take calls from any location without concerns about privacy or environmental noise. Krisp's advanced technology not only cancels unwanted sounds but also recovers lost audio packets during network transfers, transforming low-bitrate audio into high-definition quality. This makes it particularly beneficial for contact centers, telecommunications, and critical communications, enabling existing audio devices to deliver enhanced communication experiences.

Facehub

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Facehub Inc. is a California-based company that specializes in the design and development of a facial animation mobile application. Utilizing advanced machine learning, deep learning, and image processing algorithms, Facehub enables users to animate facial expressions on pre-installed images, cartoon characters, illustrations, or 3D models. The application features unique lip-synching technology that allows users to mirror their gestures, such as speaking and laughing, onto other faces in real-time. Notably, Facehub is the first mobile app capable of performing face-swaps on iPhone 7 and newer models, providing an innovative platform for creative expression.

Embry Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Embry Tech, Inc. is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in innovative health technology. It has developed a smart shoe insole equipped with a built-in scale designed for automated weight tracking. This sophisticated insole measures body weight and generates personalized alerts for weight changes based on comprehensive activity analysis. Furthermore, the product offers users tailored coaching on nutrition, physical activity, and healthy habits through a mobile application, enhancing their wellness journey. Embry Tech’s patent-pending platform aims to assist consumer brands in exploring new opportunities in the wellness market by integrating wearable sensors into their product offerings.

Netris

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Netris offers an automatic network operations platform that transforms physical or private networks into cloud-like services. It provides cloud-grade automation, abstraction, and multi-tenancy features, enabling efficient management of complex networks.
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