Armenian tech companies and COVID-19: the story of Brain Fors
COVID-19 has forced us to forget about face-to-face communications for a while and start to adopt this new online reality. The tech industry is not an exception and, probably, is one of the few sectors that is able to transfer full-stack operations to the virtual environment….
Matching Grants competition paves the ground for Armenian startups’ success
This autumn dozens of Armenian startups will compete in order to receive financial support in the framework of Matching Grants competition. The project is implemented by Enterprise Incubator Foundation with the support of the Government of RA, Ministry of Hitech Industry RA and World Bank,…
Davit Zargaryan. Due to our plan, the Educational Trainer Kits should be provided to the local schools free of charge
STEP2 grantee PinoKIT is a Raspberry Pi-based highly functional and cost-effective educational trainer kit, made for STEM students. Created by Stem Didactics, it helps students visualize the educational process with hands-on learning. EIF blog has interviewed the startup co-founder Davit Zargaryan. Please share with us…
Aryan Behzadi. We met the best people, who shared our vision and became part of our ARize family
STEP 2 grantee ARize is an Augmented Reality platform where everyone can create their own AR samples and use them both for fun and for professional purposes. The creation process doesn’t require any technical skill. EIF blog has interviewed the company CEO and co-founder Aryan…
EU SMEDA grantee startups are among Sevan Startup Summit 2019 winners
3 EU SMEDA grantee startups are among the winners of Sevan Startup Summit 2019. STEP2 grantee CowNet won the 2nd place ($3,000) of Starter Big Battle. The startup helps the cattle industry to prevent and detect the cow’s diseases and pregnancies by using a device…
Gerasim Hovhannisyan. EasyDMARC can cover the entire globe with automation and professional marketing
STEP2 grantee EasyDMARC is a software as a service to implement the most powerful and effective email authentication system, called DMARC, to block email scam and phishing. EIF blog has talked to the co-founder of the company Gerasim Hovhannisyan. Please, tell us the story of…
Hrach Toneyan. ForgeFiction collected 900 pages of user-generated fiction content in just 10 weeks
STEP2 grantee ForgeFiction represents a platform for community-driven story writing, which aims at bringing the process of writing from individuals to the community. EIF blog has talked to the CEO of ForgeFiction Hrach Toneyan on startup success and failures. Please share with us the success…
STEP2 grantee Illuria security: Our startup will expand and scale to other regions of the world in one year
Since 2017 “Support to SME Development in Armenia” (EU-SMEDA) project, which is co-funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ PSD SC Regional Programme, in cooperation with Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), has been…
IMG grantee Wirestock: We want to make content licensing experience and tracking as easy as possible
Since 2017 “Support to SME Development in Armenia” (EU-SMEDA) project, which is co-funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ PSD SC Regional Programme, in cooperation with Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), has been…
STEP2 grantee D’efekt: We plan to reach 100k active users by the end of 2019
Since 2017 “Support to SME Development in Armenia” (EU-SMEDA) project, which is co-funded by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ PSD SC Regional Programme, in cooperation with Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF), has been…