๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฆ How Armenian Inventors changed the World
Curated resources for Armenian founders and tech enthusiasts.
Armenia has a rich heritage of over 5,000 years, not only in the cultural scene but also in the scientific world. Armenians have made huge contributions to the World with many inventions currently being used in our day-to-day lives. Some of those inventions done by Armenians are somewhat hidden and unknown from the general public. Here we break down some of the best Armenian inventors that revolutionized and changed the world for the better.๐
12 Armenian Inventors ๐ก
Hereโs a shortlist of Armenian Inventors who have patented and created widely successful products with many of them impacting every human being in some capacity. Read their full story by visiting the link attached to their names.
Christopher or Khachatour Der-Serobyan is known as the inventor of the unique, tamperproof chemical composition of black and green dyes for the US dollar.
Among more than 200 inventions patented by Luther George Simjian, one can find an ATM, self-focusing camera, a flight speed indicator for airplanes, an automatic postage metering machine, teleprompter, and other devices
Hovhannes Ghukasyan or Ignacy Lukasiewicz is known as the inventor of kerosene lamp.
Asatour Sarafian or Oscar Banker known as the โfather of automatic transmissionโ has patented more than 300 inventions, among which the primary controls of the first โSikorskyโ helicopter, power-steering mechanism, fuel pump, liquid level gauge, and four-colour flatbed printing press.
Emik Avakian is an author of numerous patents including a self-operating robotic wheel that converts manual wheelchairs into automatic.
Alex Manoogian is a world-known philanthropist and businessman who has patented the single handle faucet.
Artem Mikoyan is the co-designer of the world-famous โMiGโ aircraft.
Gabriel Kazandjian is an inventor who introduced the world to the handheld hairdryer.
Hovhannes Adamian is known as the inventor of color television.
Stephen Stepanian is credited for having invented concrete mixing and transporting vehicle.
Harry Tatosian is known as the inventor of the ice-cream cone-rolling machine.
Arthur Bulbulyan is considered a pioneer in the field of facial prosthetics and the designer of the โA-14โ oxygen mask.
If you know of any Armenian inventor who should be highlighted and added to this amazing list, pleaseย donโt hesitate to message me!
Armenian Tech News ๐ฃ
๐จ Coin Stats raised $1.2 million pre-seed round from Jonathan Weiner, Imperii Capital, and FormulaVC. Coin Stats is the leading cryptocurrency portfolio management platform with over 1 million monthly active users.
๐ย Armenia issued $750 million worth of Eurobonds with a coupon yield of 3.875% while the demand for bonds exceeded $2 billion.
๐ก HyeCombinator, a mentorship, coaching, and guidance program just launched to accelerate the tech ecosystem in Armenia. They are currently taking admissions on a rolling process.
๐ Read This Twice launched a new product, Personal Libraries, a new way to organize your book collection, create reading lists of your favorite books and share them with friends, family, and the rest of the world. Check them out, led by Vahe Hovhannisyan.
๐ Sevan Startup Summit is back and will be held on July 25-31, 2021. Application and tickets will start selling as of May 1, 2021. The most anticipated event in Armeniaโs startup ecosystem.
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Startup spotlight ๐จโ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ป
PicsArt was co-founded in 2012 by two Armenian Americans, Hovhannes Avoyan and Artavazd Mehrabyan. Their main idea was to create a photo-sharing service by building a community around creatively editing pictures. PicsArt is the world's #1 creative platform and social editing app with more than 150 million monthly active creators. Every month, the PicsArt community creates, edits, and shares around 1 billion images, bringing together one of the largest open-source collections of content in the world, including free-to-edit photos, stickers, and more.
The product is available in 30 languages for free and as a subscription on all major platforms. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Yerevan, Armenia, Beijing, Tokyo, Moscow, and Los Angeles, PicsArt has raised over $65M from some of the most well know investors in the World (Sequoia Capital, DCM Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Siguler Guff and Company, EBRD and Capital300).
As building a community around your product is becoming a theme in 2021, itโs great to remind ourselves that many great founders have created large tight-knit communities by vertically integrating their products for specific user needs.
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