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Supporting Early-Stage Startups from Armenia and Beyond to Scale Globally We welcome non-Armenian founders and angels to collaborate with the chapter.

Supporting Early-Stage Startups from Armenia and Beyond to Scale Globally

STAN is a global network of angel investors with a mission to support early-stage technology startups from Armenia and beyond. While we actively scout startups in Armenia and Los Angeles, STAN welcomes innovative startups from anywhere in the world. STAN angels provide financial capital, network support and entrepreneurial

support to help startups scale. While we focus on ecosystems in Armenia and Los Angeles, our reach spans across global startup communities. Currently, over 70% of STAN Angels are based in California, with 20% in Armenia and 10% in Europe. STAN’s Chapter in Los Angeles

Our Los Angeles chapter is established in partnership with Triple S Ventures, a pre-seed to seed-stage VC firm. As part of our international growth, we plan to continue expanding by launching new chapters across key global startup hubs. Stay tuned for more updates! STAN Expert Council

The STAN Expert Council is a community of domain experts who provide valuable insights, expertise, and global connections to STAN Angels and portfolio startups. This advisory body helps startups validate their technology and business models, while supporting STAN Angels with informed decision-making and domain-specific knowledge.

26/08/2026

We are pleased to announce the Co-Chairs of the STAN Yerevan Chapter. 🇦🇲

Harut Muradyan will serve as STAN Angel Co-Chair. Harut is the Co-Founder and CEO of Simply Technologies, a software entrepreneur, and an angel investor with more than a decade of investment experience.

Sona Grigoryan will serve as Institutional Co-Chair. Sona is the Director of Plug and Play Armenia, where she leads acceleration and training initiatives and supports startups with business development and investment readiness.

This co-chair structure creates a foundation for deeper collaboration between STAN and Plug and Play Armenia, connecting STAN’s angel community with Plug and Play’s institutional experience and startup programs.

We look forward to working with Harut and Sona as the Yerevan Chapter begins its work.

Plug and Play Tech Center

25/08/2026

STAN is launching its Yerevan Chapter. 🇦🇲

STAN was established by FAST - Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology in 2018 with a focus on supporting Armenia’s startup ecosystem. After becoming an independent organization, our community and mission continued to grow. STAN developed into an international network, establishing its Los Angeles Chapter in 2024, followed by chapters in Paris and New York in 2026.

Launching the Yerevan Chapter is a natural next step in this development. It formalizes and strengthens our work in Armenia through a dedicated local structure, ensuring that Yerevan remains a core strategic priority as STAN’s international network continues to grow.

The STAN Yerevan Chapter is being launched in partnership with Plug and Play Armenia. Together, we aim to develop a structured collaboration around acceleration programs, joint investments, and broader support for Armenia’s technology ecosystem.

The new chapter will begin by hosting STAN’s 30th Pitching Session in Yerevan on September 17, 2026, featuring four startup tracks:

• Acceleration Track: Startups participating in or graduated from a pre-acceleration or acceleration program

• Expat Track: Startups founded by expatriates based in Armenia

• Women-Led Startups: Startups led by women founders

• General Track: Science and technology startups

The Yerevan Chapter will connect local founders with capital, expertise, mentorship, and international opportunities while creating new ways for local and international angel investors to engage with Armenia’s technology ecosystem.

Plug and Play Tech Center

20/08/2026

🚀 We are excited to announce that STAN angels have invested in Talon Avionics.

Small, inexpensive drones are creating a growing challenge: traditional defense systems can be far more expensive than the threats they are designed to stop.

Talon is addressing this imbalance by developing SECTR—a modular counter-drone system that uses real-time acoustic tracking, sensor fusion, and autonomous interceptors to detect and neutralize small drones more affordably.

The company is led by founder and CEO Dmitrii Akopian, an experienced embedded-systems builder whose background includes Tesla, Apple Special Projects, and Figure AI.

Talon’s journey with our community included presentations to STAN angels in Los Angeles on May 26 and Paris on June 18, connecting the team with members across our international network.

We are proud to support Dmitrii and the Talon team as they continue developing and testing this important technology.

Learn more about Talon Avionics: https://talonavionics.com/

19/08/2026

🚀 Applications are open for STAN’s 30th Pitching Session!

Are you building an early-stage science or technology startup? Apply for the opportunity to pitch to STAN’s angel investor community in Yerevan.

We welcome:

• Expat-founded startups based in Armenia
• Accelerator participants and graduates
• Women-led startups
• Science and technology startups across all sectors

📅 Event: September 17, 2026
⏰ Priority deadline: August 28
⏰ Final deadline: September 10

Approximately five to six startups will be selected.

👉 Apply to pitch: https://app.dealum.com/ #/company/application/new/175367/vf7mhyo9ahf829oqz1zkbtkbblgamp6r

Interested in becoming a STAN angel? Prospective angel investors can request to attend the session as guests:

👉 Request guest access: https://ubqt.joinubqt.com/catch-up?token=1nu158Dw4iw7qbumyM_u-l6xAZRpGpKBoMSWDLC1g-g

17/08/2026

🚀 We are excited to welcome Narek Beghian to STAN as a new angel investor!

Narek is a product leader whose 1️⃣5️⃣-year journey has taken him across industries and continents, from Paris to Hong Kong, New York, and Silicon Valley.

His path runs through the full arc of financial technology: trading systems for investment banks and asset managers at Murex, financial advisor platforms at BlackRock, digital assets at Anchorage Digital, and most recently enterprise AI at Contextual AI. Across all of it, one constant: taking products from zero to one in environments where reliability, trust, and regulation set a high bar.

As an angel with STAN, Narek brings the perspective of a builder who has lived the 0 to 1 journey inside demanding institutions and industries. Founders in our network will find in him a hands-on thinking partner on product strategy, enterprise software, and applying AI in regulated industries.

🌟 Welcome to STAN, Narek!

13/08/2026

How are Armenian startups broadening their global market horizons?

A new Armenian Weekly article examines how founders are looking beyond a single market and choosing expansion paths based on customer demand, regulation and competitive opportunity.

STAN CEO Ruben Osipyan contributed his perspective on an important challenge: while diaspora connections can help open doors, sustainable international growth also requires founders to strengthen their sales, communication and relationship-building capabilities across diverse markets.

Thank you to Goharik Hovhannisyan for highlighting this evolution in Armenia’s startup ecosystem.

Read the article in the comments.

Photo: DigiTec, via Armenian Weekly

30/07/2026

🔥 🔥 We're proud to welcome Juliet Boghossian to the STAN LA Chapter Angels!

Juliet Boghossian is an entrepreneur, executive, inventor, and commercialization strategist with more than 25 years of experience spanning Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and privately held companies, where she has built brands, commercialized innovation, and brought consumer products to market. She is the Founder and President of Nature's Jeannie®, a consumer health and wellness company built around patented technology that she has led from concept through regulatory approval, commercialization, and national retail distribution.

She is also the creator of Food-ology®, a behavioral research framework that has advised companies including Starbucks, Unilever, and Dunkin' Brands in understanding consumer behavior, identifying market opportunities, and strengthening product positioning. Her behavioral research has been featured across television, radio, podcasts, and leading media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, and The Huffington Post.

Throughout her career, Juliet has built strategic partnerships across consumer-packaged goods, health & wellness, luxury retail, entertainment, and publishing—bringing together insights from multiple industries to uncover opportunities others often overlook. Commercialization expertise for the Diaspora.

As an angel investor with STAN, Juliet brings the perspective of both a founder and commercialization strategist, combining consumer insight and pattern recognition, strategic partnerships, and go-to-market ex*****on to help founders turn promising ideas into scalable businesses.

🌟 Please join us in welcoming Juliet to the STAN LA Chapter!

27/07/2026

🚀 Herman Purutyan has joined STAN!

As the Chief Executive Officer of Jenike & Johanson for the last fifteen years, Herman brings a deep understanding of global industrial technologies, engineering excellence, and corporate scaling. Under his leadership, the firm has solidified its position as the world's foremost authority in bulk solids science, testing over 19,000 unique materials and delivering thousands of complex engineering projects globally. Herman's own technical legacy includes multiple U.S. patents, numerous published papers, and an academic foundation built on a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from WPI and an MBA from Babson College.

Beyond his remarkable industrial expertise, Herman has spent decades mobilizing and leading the Armenian diaspora, serving prominently as a Board Member of the Armenian Assembly of America and guiding key community initiatives. His decision to join STAN represents a powerful union of world-class industrial intellect and deep-rooted civic devotion. By joining our network, he bridges the gap between deep-tech engineering and the next generation of Armenian innovators, giving our portfolio companies an unparalleled strategic edge on the global stage.

🌟 Welcome to STAN, Herman!

20/07/2026

🚀Marking STAN's 3rd anniversary, our Los Angeles chapter stands as a foundational pillar of our network and our very first hub launched outside of Armenia.

Since announcing the chapter, this local community has successfully organized five pitching sessions, including two hosted over the past fiscal year alone. Across these sessions, 13 startups presented to our angels, resulting in an investment, with multiple ventures remaining under active review. By actively scouting teams in Los Angeles and beyond, this hub has built an inclusive network that remains open to both Armenian and non-Armenian founders and investors alike.

🌟This milestone is a great opportunity to thank our LA Chapter Co-Chairs, Avetis Antaplyan and Avag Simonyan, for their leadership. We also deeply appreciate Triple S Ventures for their partnership, along with CBRE for hosting our events and providing a home for the STAN Los Angeles community.

Your shared trust, capital, and willingness to guide our founders are the defining reasons for our success.

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