Seline Karakaya

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.

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.

LAVA is the oldest, most successful organization focused on financing companies from start to exit. Since 1985, the Los Angeles Venture Association has been providing forums where entrepreneurs and executives of start-up, emerging growth, and late-stage venture-funded companies actively meet and learn from fellow executives, investors, bankers, financial advisors, and other providers of professional services. Our extensive slate of monthly meetings, Distinguished Speakers Lectures feature exceptional presentations by prominent members of our investment, entrepreneurial, business, and academic communities. Our annual Meet the VC conference and frequent strategic interest group meetings are our regions premier forums on investment capital. We also co-produce events with many of our affiliated organizations.

Excelerate Global provides strategy, commercial value creation, and due diligence services to investors and their portfolio companies.

Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world’s most ambitious change makers define the future. Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today’s urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients.