SmartGateVC is a Silicon Valley pre-seed venture capital fund backed by Tim Draper and a network of entrepreneurs and professionals from the US, Europe, and MENA. Our key focus areas are Artificial Intelligence (AI), Security, Internet of Things (IoT) and emerging Biotech, Quantum Computing and Blockchain.
Location: United States, California, Glendale
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2017
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed
Portfolio 14
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 06.09.2021 | Embry Smar... | embry.tech | $600K | - |
| 28.01.2021 | Amaros AI | amarosmedical.com | - | - |
| 07.11.2020 | Podcastle ... | podcastle.ai | $22.25M | United Sta... |
| 11.09.2020 | Britive | britive.com | $35.9M | United Sta... |
| - | dzook | dzook.ai | - | Armenia, Y... |
| - | Grovf | grovf.com | - | United Sta... |
| - | AimHub | aimhub.io | - | United Sta... |
| - | Robin the ... | expper.tech | - | Armenia, Y... |
| - | Snark AI | snark.ai | - | United Sta... |
| - | Netris | xcloudnetworks.com | - | United Sta... |
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News 32
| Date | Title | Description |
| 27.08.2020 | How to Hit the Jackpot on Product Hunt | If you are building an innovative product that solves real pain points, at some point you will consider opening it up to the community of tech enthusiasts on Product Hunt. For many, it is the first stop to find product evangelists, get ea... |
| 03.08.2020 | Hero House Artificial Intelligence Incubation Program 2020 Batch is Launched | European Fund for Southeast Europe supports the second batch of the program EFSE Entrepreneurship Academy and SmartGateVC join forces for the second batch of the Hero House AI Incubation Program, which will be held remotely due to the CO... |
| 17.07.2020 | Did you cross the Rubicon? | The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Mathew 12:45-46 Thoughts about investing in teams and the importance of passion and... |
| 16.07.2020 | Did you cross the Rubicon? | The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it. Mathew 12:45-46 Thoughts about investing in team and importance of passion and focu... |
| 21.06.2020 | SmartGateVC leads the pre-seed round of dzook - Next Steps: Product Hunt, App Store & Google Play | We are excited to announce that SmartGateVC led the pre-seed round of dzook, a one-click art creation platform. Dzook is building AI technologies making high-quality personalized illustrations available to everyone. Since launch in May a... |
| 02.06.2020 | SmartGateVC is establishing a technology hub in Glendale, CA - Hero House Glendale | SmartGateVC is establishing Hero House Glendale with the launch planned in Fall 2020 (subject to change due to COVID-19 developments). Hye Rise Investments and Armenian Engineers and Scientists of America (AESA) join the initiative as the... |
| 26.05.2020 | AimHub closes a pre-seed round led by SmartGateVC and gets into Berkeley SkyDeck | We are thrilled to welcome AimHub, a version control and collaboration hub for AI teams, to the SmartGateVC portfolio as the lead investor in their pre-seed round. AimHub provides a machine learning platform that allows engineers and dat... |
| 24.12.2019 | Expper Technologies raises a round led by SmartGateVC - 2020: pilots in California and Massachusetts | We’re delighted to welcome Expper Technologies to the SmartGateVC family as the lead investor in their pre-seed round. In a rapidly growing robotics market, robots automate and disrupt industries ranging from manufacturing to delivery. U... |
| 02.10.2019 | SmartGateVC leads pre-seed round for ForgeFiction | We are excited to announce SmartGateVC is leading a pre-seed round for ForgeFiction, which brings in a brand new way of writing, where stories and books are written by communities, instead of individuals. Community writing allows fiction... |
| 31.08.2019 | Angels of Venture Capital | I spent one month during summer shadowing Tim Draper. People hearing about the experience ask me what I learnt. Of course I can’t share technical side of the experience because of the binding confidentiality papers I signed, but I’d like ... |
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Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.11.2025 | Cordance Medical: $8 Million Seed Round Raised To Advance Focused Ultrasound Platform For Brain Disease Treatment | Cordance Medical has closed an oversubscribed $8 million seed financing round that exceeded its target, supporting the advancement of its noninvasive focused ultrasound platform designed to temporarily and safely open the blood-brain barrie... |
| 13.11.2023 | Yerevan to Silicon Valley: Armenia's blueprint for European startups eyeing US expansion | Over the last year, numerous investors have mentioned Armenia as a place to watch, particularly for European startups looking for advice on how to scale to North America. With a population of around 3 million (less than the population of Be... |
| 29.07.2021 | SmartGateVC: the new wave of tech startups disrupting the status quo | SmartGateVC is a seed venture capital fund investing in deep tech companies. Tech talent is the new oil. The vast tech talent pool, extensive expertise to cost-effectiveness, and constant growth of the IT sector have made Eastern Europe on... |
| 27.11.2020 | SmartGateVC is kick-starting its Hero House acceleration program in Glendale, CA to help Eastern European startups | SmartGateVC wants to help Eastern European startups in expanding operations to Southern California and the wider US market through Hero House Glendale GateWay program Given Silicon Valley’s sky-high labour and housing prices, many startup ... |
| 17.06.2020 | Robin The Robot Comforts Kids In Hospitals, Can Help With Covid-19 | Robin the RobotExpper Technologies |
| 19.10.2018 | Last Week In Venture: Chills And Pills, LatAm Scooty-Scoots, & A League Of Exceptional Women Market Hot Spot: Online Pharmacy Other Interesting Rounds | 10 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Greetings and welcome to Last Week In Venture, a weekly roundup of venture rounds you may have missed. Follow Crunchbase News on Twitter Over the past week, we on the Crunchbase News team have cover... |
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