Granatus Ventures
Venture capitalYerevan · Seed–Growth · 5 people tracked
Investment thesis
Granatus Ventures positions itself as the first venture capital firm backing startups worldwide that tap into Armenia's potential as an emerging technology hub. The firm emphasizes deep understanding, deep relationships, and deep impact, supporting entrepreneurs and highlighting the impact they have across industries.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 25 of 27 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×17Deep Tech ×6Biotech ×5Digital Health ×5Healthtech ×5SaaS ×5Data & Infrastructure ×3Enterprise Software ×3
HQs:United States×14United Kingdom×2Armenia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×73 founders×4
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 27 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12015 · 13 dated
Areg.AI offers an AI- and robotics-driven platform for autonomous monitoring, inspection, and maintenance of solar assets, aimed at solar operations and asset management teams.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyRobotics
Hayk Harutyunyan(Co-Founder & CEO)Artavazd Minasyan(Co-Founder & CIO)
Co-investorsFormula VC
Bacto.bio is a biotechnology company developing a multidisciplinary pipeline, staffed by scientists, engineers, and other technical specialists.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsBridford Investments (Bridford Group)Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)
Benivo provides employee relocation services combined with a SaaS platform for global mobility management, supporting policies such as managed services, lump sum, core-flex, and immigration on a single platform.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSLondon, GB
Nitzan Yudan(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsUpdata PartnersSalica Investments
BlueQubit provides a cloud platform with managed GPU-based and hybrid quantum simulators and an SDK for running large-scale quantum circuits and quantum machine learning algorithms.
Cloud ComputingDeep TechQuantum ComputingLos Angeles, US
Hayk Tepanyan(Director)Hrant Gharibyan(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsChaac VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Financial Venture StudioFormula VCNycaNyca Partners+4 more
CodeSignal provides an educational ebook guide for talent teams on implementing AI hiring tools, covering readiness assessment, solution selection, and compliant usage practices.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR TechSan Francisco, US
Tigran Sloyan(Founder)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesCM VenturesFormula VCIndex VenturesMenlo VenturesXG Ventures
Cognaize builds a document automation and Enterprise Knowledge Platform that uses AI and deep learning to extract structured, actionable data from unstructured financial documents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US
Vahe Andonians(CEO & Founder)Alfred Eisaian(Executive Officer, Director)Andre Andonian(Director)
BoardViken Douzdjian(Director)inMark Almeida(Board Member)inAndré Andonian(Chairman of the Board)in
Co-investorsArgonautic VenturesMetaplanet
Collectly provides AI-powered automation for healthcare revenue cycle management and patient financial engagement.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Levon Brutyan(Founder/CEO)inMax Mizotin(Founder)in
Co-investorsCabra VCGoAhead VenturesInvariantes FundSapphire VenturesY Combinator
Co-investorsFormula VC
Denovo Sciences develops an AI platform for structure-based small-molecule drug discovery, using generative algorithms to design candidate molecules de novo within a target's binding pocket and predict their synthesizability and drug-likeness.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechPlymouth, US
Hovakim Zakaryan(Co-Founder & CEO)Vardan Harutyunyan(Co-Founder & CAIO)Mher Matevosyan(Co-Founder & CTO)Priyardarshini Gogoi(Executive Officer, Director)Kalyan Handique(Executive Officer, Director)Timothy Mayleben(Director)
Emerald offers comprehensive health testing (124 biomarkers), clinician-reviewed results, wearable and historical data integration, and ongoing care to help individuals identify metabolic, cardiovascular, and weight-related risks earlier.
Digital HealthHealthtechLongevityWellness & FitnessLondon, GB
Anton Shchipanov(Founder)in
Co-investorsBoost Capital PartnersEnergy Impact PartnersNVIDIA
Endometrics is a molecular diagnostics company developing non-invasive tests for women's health that use menstrual blood as an organ-proximal liquid biopsy, with an initial focus on endometriosis.
BiotechDigital HealthFemTechSanta Clara, US
Dr. Aznavour(CEO & Founder)Yana Aznavour(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsFirst Spark Ventures, Llc
Gecko Robotics builds robots equipped with sensors and cameras to inspect industrial structures like boilers for structural defects, replacing dangerous manual inspections at height.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsPittsburgh, US
Jake Loosararian(Founder/CEO)inTroy Demmer(Founder/COO)
BoardGaetano Crupi(Director)inAndrew Davis(Director)inTrae Stephens(Director)in
Co-investorsBase Venture Management, Inc.Drive CapitalFifth Down CapitalFormula VCFriends Family CapitalFundersClub+17 more
Grovf develops AI infrastructure back-end fabric technology, including RDMA and scale-up chiplets (via UCIe interface), turnkey 400G/800G networking IP, and PCIe scale-out NICs that connect AI accelerators over Ethernet.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Co-investorsSmartGateVC
Intelinair provides aerial imagery and agronomic analytics through its AGMRI platform, delivering in-season alerts and postseason reporting on crop health, weeds, nitrogen deficiency, stand assessment, and yield loss.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningSaaSSan Jose, US
Naira Hovakimyan(Chief Scientific Officer and Secretary)inAlfred Eisaian(President and Chief Executive Officer)Al Eisaian(Founder)in
Co-investorsHyde Park Venture PartnersScientia Ventures
Krisp builds real-time voice AI products that enhance communication through noise cancellation, accent conversion, voice translation, transcription, and summarization across audio hardware and applications.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSBerkeley, US
Arto Minasyan(Founder)inDavit Baghdasaryan(Founder)
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundCM VenturesFormula VCRTP GlobalSierra VenturesSmartGateVC+1 more
Prelaunch is a product validation platform that tests early-stage product concepts using real audiences who leave a deposit to signal genuine purchase intent, offering AI-led customer interviews, A/B price testing, business model evaluation, and a real-time analytics dashboard.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsFormula VC
Netris provides network automation, abstraction, and multi-tenancy platform designed for AI infrastructure operators.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSanta Clara, US
Tigran Martirosyan(Co-Founder & VP Software Engineering)in
Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz
Quiltt provides fintech infrastructure that connects builders to financial data aggregators and enrichment providers through a single integration.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintech
Ruben(Co-Founder & CEO)Mark(Co-Founder & CCO)Ruben Izmailyan(Founder)inZane Pickett(CTO)in
Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalEarly Light VenturesK Street CapitalNVP CapitalOvereasy VenturesGreycroft+2 more
Sololearn is an online learning platform that offers interactive courses in programming languages and coding topics such as Python, Java, JavaScript, HTML, C++, and machine learning.
ConsumerDeveloper ToolsEdTechSan Francisco, US
Davit Kocharyan(Founder)
Co-investorsDrive CapitalGraph Ventures
Sparxell designs, engineers, and manufactures plant-based colorants using cellulose, including biomimetic pigments, biodegradable glitter, powders, pearls, foils, and specialty shapes such as sequins.
BiotechCircular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Benjamin Droguet(Founder)in
Co-investorsCircular Innovation FundEarth Venture CapitalCycle CapitalSWEN Capital Partners
SuperAnnotate provides an AI platform for dataset creation, curation, and model evaluation, helping teams build, fine-tune, and deploy machine learning models.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaSSan Francisco, US
Tigran Petrosyan(Co-founder)inVahan Petrosyan(Co-founder)Davit Badalyan(Founder)inRussell Mathias(Executive Officer)
BoardTJ Nahigian(Director)inLouis Coppey(Director)in
Co-investorsFormula VCGlynn Capital ManagementPlay Time VenturesPoint NineRuna CapitalSmartGateVC+3 more
Medivis develops augmented reality and AI technology for surgical navigation and clinical training, giving surgeons real-time imaging to guide procedures and reduce surgical errors.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Christopher Morley, MD(Founder)in
Co-investorsCoalition OperatorsBessemer Venture PartnersGOOSE CapitalSpringboard Health AngelsTechVision Fonds
VivantX works in precision oncology, applying tumour molecular profiling and personalized therapeutics to cancer care.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtech
Waveye builds imaging radars for multi-modal AI applications, aimed at enabling safe interaction between humans and machines.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwarePalo Alto, US
Gor Hakobyan(Founder)
Co-investorsFormula VCSmartGateVC
Zoundream applies artificial intelligence and sound recognition to analyze and translate newborns' cries in real time, identifying needs such as hunger or sleepiness.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerDigital HealthFemTechMedical Devices
Ana Laguna Pradas(Founder)inRoberto Iannone(Founder)in
Co-investorsSICTICVerge HealthTech FundMission GateTq Ventures Llc
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Emerald · nyongesasande.com · Aug 16, 2026
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Benivo · benivo.com · Jul 30, 2026
BlueQubit · interestingengineering.com · Jul 26, 2026
Super Annotate · tipranks.com · Jul 17, 2026
Vivan Therapeutics · oncodaily.com · Jul 10, 2026
Netris · thesaasnews.com · Jun 26, 2026
Gecko Robotics · tsginvest.com · Apr 23, 2026
Sparxell · enterprise.cam.ac.uk · Feb 9, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Granatus Ventures made?
- Granatus Ventures has 27 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Granatus Ventures invest at?
- Granatus Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Growth stages.
- What is Granatus Ventures's typical check size?
- Granatus Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $4.7M.
- What sectors does Granatus Ventures focus on?
- Granatus Ventures focuses on AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cleantech, Deep Tech, EdTech, Fintech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Medical Devices, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Granatus Ventures located?
- Granatus Ventures is headquartered in Yerevan, AM.
- Does Granatus Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Granatus Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Granatus Ventures co-invest with?
- Granatus Ventures most often shares deals with Formula VC, SmartGateVC, CM Ventures, among 65 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamInvestor Connect - Episode 341 - Manuk Hergnyan of Granatus Ventures
Hall Martin · Manuk Hergnyan
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