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Karen Vardanyan

Investor

General Partner at Formula VC

Armenia

Writes $100K – $1M checks

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About

Brings roughly 10 years of finance and banking experience at HSBC. He co-founded Sprint Crowdfunders' Fund, focused on IoT projects entering the market via crowdfunding, which has backed over 200 projects raising more than $100M.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechFintechHardwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Experience

  1. Formula VCPartnercurrent2021 — presentArmenia
  2. Sprint Crowdfunders'​ FundFund Managercurrent2018 — presentYerevan, Armenia
  3. Investment Committee LLCCEOcurrent2018 — present
  4. HSBCProcurement Manager2015 — 2018
  5. HSBCAccounts Payable Officer2014
  6. HSBCFinancial Control Officer2011 — 2014
  7. HSBCFinancial Control Specialist2008 — 2011

Skills & more

Analytical Skills4Financial Audits13Banking16Credit Analysis1Commercial Banking2Credit1Portfolio Management3Financial Analysis16Credit Risk1Financial Accounting4Procurement Outsourcing

From Karen's professional profile.

Colleagues at Formula VC

Aksel Piran
Advisor at Formula VC
Artavazd Mehrabyan
Co-Founder/CTO at PicsArt at Formula VC
Christian Schellenberger
Advisor at Formula VC
Grigor Hovhannisyan
General Partner at Formula VC
Hagop Aynedjian
Limited Partner & Advisor at Formula VC
Maurice Beckand Verwee
Co-Founder of Crosspring at Formula VC
Michal Valko
Investor at KAYA
Paulo Bilezikjian
Partner at Formula VC

Frequently asked questions

Who is Karen Vardanyan?
Brings roughly 10 years of finance and banking experience at HSBC. He co-founded Sprint Crowdfunders' Fund, focused on IoT projects entering the market via crowdfunding, which has backed over 200 projects raising more than $100M.
Where does Karen Vardanyan work?
Karen Vardanyan is General Partner at Formula VC.
What does Karen Vardanyan invest in?
Karen Vardanyan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Media & Entertainment, SaaS.
What check size does Karen Vardanyan write?
Karen Vardanyan typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
Where did Karen Vardanyan go to school?
Karen Vardanyan studied at Armenian State Agrarian University (Master's Degree, Economics and Management); Agribusiness Teaching Center (affiliate of Texas A&M University) (Bachelor's Degree, Agribusiness and Marketing); Armenian State Agrarian University (Bachelor's Degree, Agribusiness and Marketing).

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