Karén Gyulbudaghyan
InvestorAmbassador & Key Advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund · Ambassador at UC Berkeley Skydeck
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About
Karén Gyulbudaghyan is the Founding Partner of Strategic Value Ventures, a San Francisco-based strategic advisory firm serving global partners and startups. His career spans over 25 years across government, Big Four consulting, multinational technology companies, and World Bank and EU projects, including a role at Yahoo! where he led data center strategy and structured business incentive deals. He serves as an Ambassador, advisor, and selection committee member at UC Berkeley SkyDeck, and holds degrees in economics, mathematics, and accounting, along with a California CPA license.
Experience
- Strategic Value VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SkyDeck BerkeleyAmbassador & Key Advisorcurrent2017 — presentBerkeley, California
- Science and Technology Development Council under the Prime Minister of ArmeniaExecutive Board Member of the National Council for Science and Technology Developmentcurrent2023 — present
- Ground Zero Venture CaféFoundercurrent2022 — presentYerevan, Armenia
- BIGcontrolsStrategic Advisor, Board Membercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco, California
- Yahoo! Inc.Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Incentives2011 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- PricewaterhouseCoopersIndirect Tax Practice Manager2007 — 2011
- California State Board of EqualizationTop-ranking Tax Auditor2003 — 2007
- The World Bank - Municipal Development ProjectLead Financial Officer1999
- Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of ArmeniaLead Investigator - Special Unit1995 — 1998
Skills & more
High-Tech Industry11Science8Public Policy6Angel InvestingStrategy65Due Diligence57Business Development32Tax51Negotiation18Agent of change4Strategic Thinking11Data Analysis7
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Government IncentivesBusiness Process ImprovementStart-upsERPInternal AuditStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyLeadershipManagementRisk ManagementAccountingAuditingLanguages Armenian · English · German · Russian
- California Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
From Karén's professional profile.
Colleagues at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Allen Yang
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; Executive Director, FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Areg Alimian
Partner at SmartGateVC
Balu Masti
Ambassador, India at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Bhavika Patel
Program Coordinator at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Brian Bordley
Partner at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Bridgette L. Smith
CEO @ Founder Pitch Week; SkyDeck DEI Committee Chair at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Caroline Winnett
Angel at Berkeley Skydeck Fund
Chon Tang
Managing Partner at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Karén Gyulbudaghyan?
- Karén Gyulbudaghyan is the Founding Partner of Strategic Value Ventures, a San Francisco-based strategic advisory firm serving global partners and startups. His career spans over 25 years across government, Big Four consulting, multinational technology companies, and World Bank and EU projects, including a role at Yahoo! where he led data center strategy and structured business incentive deals. He serves as an Ambassador, advisor, and selection committee member at UC Berkeley SkyDeck, and holds degrees in economics, mathematics, and accounting, along with a California CPA license.
- Where does Karén Gyulbudaghyan work?
- Karén Gyulbudaghyan is Ambassador & Key Advisor at Berkeley SkyDeck Fund.
- Where did Karén Gyulbudaghyan go to school?
- Karén Gyulbudaghyan studied at Stanford University (Strategic Decision and Risk Management); Yerevan State University (B.S., Economics and Cybernetics (Math Modeling); Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) (Masters, Accounting).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Yahoo! Inc.435
Jess LeePartner and Chief Product Officer at Sequoia CapitalMike SpeiserManaging Director at Sutter Hill VenturesBrian ActonCo-founder of WhatsApp; co-founder of Signal FoundationStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrMax LevchinCo-founder of PayPal; founder, chairman & CEO of Affirm; partner at SciFi VCAmjad MasadCo-founder & CEO of Replit
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Also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers1,860
David PhuController at Felicis VenturesJen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis VenturesTianen LiangTax Controller at Felicis VenturesAryo TehranianManaging Director at Mayfair Equity PartnersAne Tolnes HaugdalInvestor at InvestinorEgilInvestor at Investinor
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