Bakur Melkonyan

BANA Angels is the first and most active Angel Network in Armenia. The members of BANA Angels represent a diverse and experienced network of leading Investors from a wide range of industries and geography. Besides actively working on the development of the local investment environment, we ran several programs for startups. We kicked off a program in partnership with SAP: SAP Startup Factory by BANA, an acceleration program for B2B startups. SAP is the world’s largest enterprise software provider with around half a million client-base and $150B capitalization. The aim of our program is to provide a platform where our startups can get integrated to SAP and get access to their client-base. We run BANA Startup incubator, tailor made incubator program for early stage startups to boost their growth and support generate customers.

BANA Angels is the first and most active Angel Network in Armenia. The members of BANA Angels represent a diverse and experienced network of leading Investors from a wide range of industries and geography. Besides actively working on the development of the local investment environment, we ran several programs for startups. We kicked off a program in partnership with SAP: SAP Startup Factory by BANA, an acceleration program for B2B startups. SAP is the world’s largest enterprise software provider with around half a million client-base and $150B capitalization. The aim of our program is to provide a platform where our startups can get integrated to SAP and get access to their client-base. We run BANA Startup incubator, tailor made incubator program for early stage startups to boost their growth and support generate customers.

“Ready Steady” LTD with “Art Lunch” brand was founded in 2002 January. Gradually, parallel to the expansion of business, other brands have been founded (Buffe Lunch, Barekendan). Primarily being involved only in the delivery service, now Ready Steady has the biggest cafeteria chains in Armenia. Since the very first day of its foundation <<Ready Steady>> has been collaborating with various international consulting, developing programms, like DAI (supporting program of Small and Medium Enterprises).Due to the corporation with them, our company has taken part in different international and local exhibitions, seminar-lessons, business trips, among them` 1. Participent- Arm Prod Expo in 2004 2. Participent-Women and Business in 2005 3. Participent-Women and Business in 2005 4. Visitor- <Berlin Groune Vox< annual exhibition of food and restaurant business in 2002 (financed by German government), 5. Visitor- <Berlin Groune Vox< annual exhibition of food and restaurant 2012 6. In 2005 business visit of our boss Gayane Margaryan to 13 cities of 5 states of USA and meetings with the local public food companies (financed by the USA government) 7. Visitor-Annual Dubai Gulffood exhibition in 2006-2008-2010-2011-2012.