🇦🇲🦊 Welcome to the Hye Ventures Newsletter!
A newsletter about Armenian startups, venture capital, and technology
This newsletter is meant for early-stage founders, funders, and operators as well as tech enthusiast of the Armenian tech community. Hye Ventures is designed to reach people who want to accelerate the success of Armenian founders and funders and are looking for a place to find and share insights on how to realize this mission faster.
Why Now?
Armenia has one of a kind global community, which is its core asset, YET unrealized
Opportunity to build a global business around innovation, monetizing IP and developing global-level entrepreneurs & mindset (Leverage recourses + collaboration)
Top International Venture Capitalists like Index Ventures, Sequoia, True Ventures, have invested more than $150M+ in Armenian Startups with more possibilities to come in the near future.
Armenian Tech News 📣
🧠 Cauldron: Create unique job application experiences. Cauldron redefines the job application process and lets you meet the best candidates in the shortest time. Anyone signing up in the next week will get a 50% discount on any of their annual offers once they successfully closed a hire through their free trial. Launched this week!
🏢 Dalan Technologies Park in Armenia has started the construction. The Tech Park will cover office spaces of 38.000 sq.m,, expo center, hotel, sports complex and amphitheater
🏃♀️ Former VP Of Yeezy Footwear launches new Shoe Brand, Gaian. Maral Kalinian launches the first sneaker in her innovative new shoe brand. Gaian Footwear’s three newest limited edition models starting at $350 have the ability to harness the energy created with each step’s impact and store this energy in a battery pack on the back of the sneakers. Users can then use this small battery pack to charge their portable devices on the go.
🎥 Covalent: Interactive icebreakers for remote teams. Covalent helps remote teams build better bonds through interactive, online icebreakers. Your favourite in-person icebreakers are turned into interactive, online games that can be used alongside your Zoom calls. They also have a built-in video feed integrated into your games to personalize the experience. Also launched this week!
What we’re following 🚀
Harry Stebbings and 20minVC is launching the Memo. Unpacking the greatest ventures deals of the last 10 years, all centred around the investment memo written by the investor.
Quaestor, an automated data platform that enables financial collaboration between startups and investors, launched Board Deck Templates. Great examples on how to run an efficient Board Meeting.
See the full tour of the new and revived TUMO Gyumri. Enjoy a preview below!
NFX, a Venture Capital firm, released a Non-Obvious Guide to Fundraising. If you’re a Founder looking to fundraise venture capital, the first thing you need to understand about the process is that it’s far more complex than it appears.
Jobs 💼
Launching the first International Armenian Job Board. Post or Search for your ideal job below:
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Next Issue 📰
Where Armenian Founders Can Find Funding, Resources, and More. Stay Tuned!
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