Vazgen Hakobjanyan
InvestorCo-founder & Partner (Fund I) at SmartGateVC
San Francisco, California, United States
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About
Vazgen Hakobjanyan is the Founder and CEO of Magical Labs. His work focuses on applying computer science algorithms to enterprise and real-world applications, including image and signal processing, pattern recognition, AI, and EDA.
Experience
- Magical LabsFounder & CEOcurrent2020 — present
- Flexy GlobalCTOcurrent2025 — present
- Yerevan State UniversityAssistant Professorcurrent2021 — presentArmenia
- SmartGateVCPartner (fund I)current2018 — present
- YerevaNNBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentArmenia
- The Crowdfunding FormulaTechnical Advisor2019 — 2021
- Gate42Board Member2018 — 2020
- Teamable Software (acquired)Co-Founder , VP Data Science2013 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- SynopsysSenior R&D Engineer2011 — 2013Armenia
- SonicsSoftware/Hardware Verification Engineer2006 — 2011Armenia Design Center
- Accusoft PegasusSoftware Engineer2005 — 2006Armenia
- MemcoSoftware Engineer2004 — 2005Armenia
Skills & more
Software Development77Team Building40Software Engineering51Statistical Data Analysis11OOP57Machine Learning21Mathematical Logic8EDA35Object Oriented Design33Face Recognition17Qt16Image Processing18
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OpenCVArtificial Neural NetworksGNU MakeTheory of ComputationScalabilityInfrastructureApache SparkIdea GenerationPythonC++CLinuxLanguages Armenian · English · Russian
From Vazgen's professional profile.
Colleagues at SmartGateVC
Alex Pepe
Venture Partner at SmartGateVC
Alisa Minasyan
Analyst, Life Sciences at SmartGateVC
Alla Arzumanyan
Founder at SFA Therapeutics
Anahit Mnatsakanyan
Analyst, Life Sciences & Project Manager at SmartGateVC
Anna Aleksanyan
Partnerships Coordinator at SmartGateVC
Anna Tantushyan
Associate at SmartGateVC
Anush Saqanyan
Administrative Manager at SmartGateVC
Areg Alimian
Partner at SmartGateVC
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vazgen Hakobjanyan?
- Vazgen Hakobjanyan is the Founder and CEO of Magical Labs. His work focuses on applying computer science algorithms to enterprise and real-world applications, including image and signal processing, pattern recognition, AI, and EDA.
- Where does Vazgen Hakobjanyan work?
- Vazgen Hakobjanyan is Co-founder & Partner (Fund I) at SmartGateVC.
- Where did Vazgen Hakobjanyan go to school?
- Vazgen Hakobjanyan studied at Russian - Armenian University (PhD studies, High-Performance Computing); Yerevan State University (Master's degree, Applied Mathematics and CS).
Same school
Also attended Russian - Armenian University3
Also attended Yerevan State University21
Manuk HergnyanCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Granatus VenturesYervand SarkisyanInvestor in deep tech and AIAshot ArzumanyanCo-founder & Partner at SmartGateVCAnna AleksanyanPartnerships Coordinator at SmartGateVCGrigor HovhannisyanGeneral Partner at Formula VCDavit BaghdasaryanPartner at BIGSTORY VC
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Shared employers
Also worked at The Crowdfunding Formula1
Also worked at Synopsys49
KT MooreAdvisor at Clear VenturesSteve WalskeInvestor at Streamlined VenturesMaxim SirenkoVenture Partner at DFJJeannine SargentAdvisor at Colle Capital PartnersPeter HerzGeneral Partner at 1st Course CapitalPeter VanbekbergenPartner & Co-founder at imec.xpand
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