Connecting business development talent and opportunities in the SoCal area with the deep tech teams in Eastern Europe in a Glendale-based accelerator.
Backing the growth of deep tech and science-driven companies across Eastern Europe and Southern California with capital, network, and expertise.
Bringing industry professionals and early-stage founders to the Hero House Glendale community
Expanding our unique deep-tech network across the nation to support top-talent students in their careers, start-ups, and ambitions.
SmartGateVC is a seed venture capital fund that is the initiator of the Hero House and GateWay Program. The fund invests in deep tech companies that graduate from the program, as well as backs promising deep tech founders of the Hero House community.
The fund is backed by notable Venture Capital Firms and Investors, among them Tim Draper and a number of serial entrepreneurs. It has invested in 20 early-stage companies at the edge where science and entrepreneurship join to disrupt the status quo.
SmartGateVC is a value-add investor providing hands-on technology and business development support to companies.
$14M Series A with RTP Global, Storm Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Shanda Group
America’s Most Promising AI Companies (Forbes AI 50)
Rising Star on Forbes’ Cloud 100 List
$10M Series A with Crosslink Capital, Upfront Ventures, One Way Ventures
$14.5M Series A with Base10 Partners, Point Nine Capital, Runa Capital, Fathom Capital
Among Top 100 most promising private AI companies in the world in 2021 (CBInsights AI 100)
Strategic Partnership With OpenCV
$2M Seed with Sierra Ventures, AI Fund, Correlation Ventures
#1 Product of 15.08.2020 on Product Hunt
Hye Rise Investments is a group of seasoned entrepreneurs and executives that invest in companies with strong vision, grit, and resilience. Hye Rise is an in-house investment company and is looking to invest in companies that graduate from Hero House programs.
The Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America is a non-profit organization with a mission to enable and empower the Armenian STEM community worldwide. The collaboration ensures the establishment of strong ties among researchers, scientists, and business talent for creating a new wave of companies built based on cutting-edge technologies.
