Hayk Mamajanyan

FAST (Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering and accelerating the advancement of Armenia’s science, technology, and innovation ecosystem. Since 2017, we have been developing and piloting transformative programs across our three core pillars—education, research, and commercialization—with the goal of creating lasting, sustainable impact.

Supporting Early-Stage Startups from Armenia and Beyond to Scale Globally STAN is a global network of angel investors with a mission to support early-stage technology startups from Armenia and beyond. While we actively scout startups in Armenia and Los Angeles, STAN welcomes innovative startups from anywhere in the world. STAN angels provide financial capital, network support and entrepreneurial support to help startups scale. While we focus on ecosystems in Armenia and Los Angeles, our reach spans across global startup communities. Currently, over 70% of STAN Angels are based in California, with 20% in Armenia and 10% in Europe. STAN’s Chapter in Los Angeles Our Los Angeles chapter is established in partnership with Triple S Ventures, a pre-seed to seed-stage VC firm. We welcome non-Armenian founders and angels to collaborate with the chapter. As part of our international growth, we plan to continue expanding by launching new chapters across key global startup hubs. Stay tuned for more updates! STAN Expert Council The STAN Expert Council is a community of domain experts who provide valuable insights, expertise, and global connections to STAN Angels and portfolio startups. This advisory body helps startups validate their technology and business models, while supporting STAN Angels with informed decision-making and domain-specific knowledge.

AICA is a non-profit organization designed to foster the development of entrepreneurial environment in Armenia. It is created to help start-ups and entrepreneurs with innovative ideas find high-caliber business professionals who would invest and help steer companies in their endeavors of high impact and growth. AICA is 20 members strong and growing. AICA brings together a very diverse group of CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals from Armenia, Russia, Germany, Austria, Denmark, and the USA. Its members represent various industries ranging from cutting edge sphere in Biotech, Digital Healthcare, IT, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Biometrics to more traditional sectors of Manufacturing, Construction, Real Estate Development, Renewable Energy, Banking, Fin-tech, Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Logistics and Retail. AICA boats 5 members from YPO and members from top business schools from Armenia, Europe, and USA, including 3 graduates of Harvard Business School. Members of AICA serve on Boards of Multinational Companies and run VC funds; They are Serial Entreprenuers with multiple successful companies under their belts and Top-Notch experts in Management, International and US Law, International Marketing, Sales and Distribution; They invest as Angels in companies with high growth potential and guide them through the exciting but challenging path to success; They open doors to New Markets and Clients and dedicate their Networks, Connections, and most importantly Knowledge, Experience, and Time to help companies Beat the Market Odds.

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.

Rimon is a highly selective entrepreneurial firm that combines the dynamic client service, teamwork and agility of a high-end boutique law firm with the deep multidisciplinary experience of a large global firm. Our clients consistently receive exceptional representation across twelve countries and five continents, from our all-star team of corporate, litigation, tax, intellectual property, entertainment, and private client attorneys. Rimons consistent excellence, commitment to the community, and innovation have been internationally recognized, including by Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, Chambers, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, the Financial Times Innovation awards, the Atlantic, the American Bar Associations Legal Rebels, the Economist, the Recorder, and many more. Rimon’s clients range from cutting edge technology startups to financial institutions and Fortune 100 companies. Rimons attorneys come with decades of experience before even joining Rimon. Rimons attorneys were meticulously drawn from the top ranks of premier law firms, international corporations, and academia. They hold JDs, PhDs, LLMs, and MBAs from the best universities in the United States and abroad. They have worked on multi-billion dollar deals, have won bet-the-company litigation, and have run universities. Their experience and education ensure our clients receive consistently excellent and comprehensive counsel.

FAST (Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering and accelerating the advancement of Armenia’s science, technology, and innovation ecosystem. Since 2017, we have been developing and piloting transformative programs across our three core pillars—education, research, and commercialization—with the goal of creating lasting, sustainable impact.

Supporting Early-Stage Startups from Armenia and Beyond to Scale Globally STAN is a global network of angel investors with a mission to support early-stage technology startups from Armenia and beyond. While we actively scout startups in Armenia and Los Angeles, STAN welcomes innovative startups from anywhere in the world. STAN angels provide financial capital, network support and entrepreneurial support to help startups scale. While we focus on ecosystems in Armenia and Los Angeles, our reach spans across global startup communities. Currently, over 70% of STAN Angels are based in California, with 20% in Armenia and 10% in Europe. STAN’s Chapter in Los Angeles Our Los Angeles chapter is established in partnership with Triple S Ventures, a pre-seed to seed-stage VC firm. We welcome non-Armenian founders and angels to collaborate with the chapter. As part of our international growth, we plan to continue expanding by launching new chapters across key global startup hubs. Stay tuned for more updates! STAN Expert Council The STAN Expert Council is a community of domain experts who provide valuable insights, expertise, and global connections to STAN Angels and portfolio startups. This advisory body helps startups validate their technology and business models, while supporting STAN Angels with informed decision-making and domain-specific knowledge.

AICA is a non-profit organization designed to foster the development of entrepreneurial environment in Armenia. It is created to help start-ups and entrepreneurs with innovative ideas find high-caliber business professionals who would invest and help steer companies in their endeavors of high impact and growth. AICA is 20 members strong and growing. AICA brings together a very diverse group of CEOs, Entrepreneurs and Business Professionals from Armenia, Russia, Germany, Austria, Denmark, and the USA. Its members represent various industries ranging from cutting edge sphere in Biotech, Digital Healthcare, IT, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Biometrics to more traditional sectors of Manufacturing, Construction, Real Estate Development, Renewable Energy, Banking, Fin-tech, Food & Beverage, Consumer Products, Logistics and Retail. AICA boats 5 members from YPO and members from top business schools from Armenia, Europe, and USA, including 3 graduates of Harvard Business School. Members of AICA serve on Boards of Multinational Companies and run VC funds; They are Serial Entreprenuers with multiple successful companies under their belts and Top-Notch experts in Management, International and US Law, International Marketing, Sales and Distribution; They invest as Angels in companies with high growth potential and guide them through the exciting but challenging path to success; They open doors to New Markets and Clients and dedicate their Networks, Connections, and most importantly Knowledge, Experience, and Time to help companies Beat the Market Odds.

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.