90+
experts and mentors
160+
sessions and workshops
52
graduated
startups
72
startups
involved
€3M+
funding
raised
Armenia Startup Academy is a game-changing entrepreneurship and startup education program, which aims to prepare startups to raise their pre-seed rounds and expand to global markets through its Pre-acceleration and Traction programs.
ASA Pre-acceleration program guides prototype-stage startups through their idea validation, customer development, go-to-market strategy development, and pitching.
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ASA Traction is an intensive mentorship-based growth program designed for companies that have managed to gain initial traction, and need help in intensifying it.
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The Academy launched in October 2017 with the support of the “Support to SME Development in Armenia” (EU-SMEDA) Project within the EU4Business initiative.
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HIGHLIGHTS
WHY ARMENIA STARTUP ACADEMY?
Proven business
development instruments
Affiliated seed
and venture fund
Access to networks
in the US and EU
Focus on you
Ecosystem support
Domain expertise
March 7, 2019
January 23, 2019
October 19, 2018
May 26, 2020
June 22, 2020
Armenia Startup Academy is excited to announce that dzookAI, a one-click art creation platform and Spring 2019 batch graduate, has closed a pre-seed round led by SmartGateVC.
MEET OUR ALUMNI
ACHIEVEMENTS
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1,000+ pages of user-generated content
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150 weekly active users
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2nd place at Seaside Startup Summit in the Booster track
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EU4Business STEP grantee
MEET OUR ALUMNI
ACHIEVEMENTS
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The first book published: "True Darkness"
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WCIT 2019 Lightning round winner
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1,000+ pages of user-generated content
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150 weekly active users
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2nd place at Seaside Startup Summit in the Booster track
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EU4Business STEP grantee
ACHIEVEMENTS
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45+ companies
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150+ cities worldwide
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2000K monthly served customers
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Clients including VTB, Ameria Bank, BLS International, etc.
ACHIEVEMENTS
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20+ beauty salons from Yerevan
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15,000 salon clients
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3rd place at Seaside Startup Summit in the Booster track
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1st place at Index Ventures Tech Summit's pitching competition
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Investments from Index Ventures and HIVE Ventures