The first guest of the newly launched Creative Tech podcast series, "EVN Disrupt" is Ashot Arzumanyan, a partner at SmartGateVC, a venture capital fund focusing on early stage start-ups. We discussed the Armenian start-up ecosystem, how it has evolved over the last four years and what we can expect from the Armenian tech sector in the near future.

0:00 Introduction/

0:52 Founding of SmartGate VC/

3:50 Tim Draper's investment in SmartGate/

8:28 Evolution of Armenia's start-up ecosystem/

15:55 Rise of product companies in Armenia/

19:04 Recent investments in Armenian start-ups/

29:26 Hero House LA, Diasporan start-ups/

35:19 Challenges/

37:58 Future of SmartGate and the ecosystem

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