SmartGateVC
SmartGateVC is a venture capital firm established in 2017 and located in Glendale, California. It specializes in seed and pre-seed investments, primarily focusing on technology companies in sectors such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, the Internet of Things, emerging computational biotech, quantum computing, and blockchain. The firm targets investments in California, Massachusetts, New York City, Armenia, and broader Eastern Europe, typically committing up to $0.10 million at the seed stage. SmartGateVC has built a diverse portfolio, which includes notable companies like Krisp and SuperAnnotate, and has partnered with prominent investors for follow-on funding.
ForgeFiction
Pre Seed Round in 2019
ForgeFiction Inc. is a company based in Yerevan, Armenia, that operates a platform for reading and writing fiction. This platform allows users to engage collaboratively, enabling them to write their own stories or contribute to existing ones. Users can also vote on their favorite chapters, influencing which content gets included in the finalized versions of the books. By facilitating the creation of original content, ForgeFiction supports the media industry and fosters a community of fiction enthusiasts.
Grovf
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Grovf Inc. is an application performance acceleration company specializing in the development of programming algorithms on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Founded in 2017 and based in Berkeley, California, with an additional office in Yerevan, Armenia, Grovf offers a range of products including GCache, an FPGA-based key-value store for efficient data caching; GRegex, which analyzes semi-structured or unstructured data to support business decision-making; and MonetX, which enhances server memory capabilities. The company focuses on delivering solutions for memory, storage disaggregation, and network offload, utilizing technologies like CXL and CCIX to support the evolving needs of data centers. Grovf's innovations are particularly relevant to the cybersecurity and financial sectors, as well as to industrial Internet of Things applications, where they provide solutions for time-series data storage and processing, improving performance and reducing power consumption.
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