# Areg Alimian

> Areg Alimian is a pre-seed investor at SmartGateVC backing Neuroscience and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SmartGateVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartgatevc)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arega/

Areg Alimian is a pre-seed investor at SmartGateVC in Los Angeles focused on Neuroscience and Biotechnology. Areg Alimian

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 100% |
| Human Computer Interaction | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vonova | Vonova is developing a breakthrough catheter platform as the first alternative to drilling through the skull for the $2B+ brain interface market—a broad category of interventions addressing chronic neurological disorders with cortical electrodes for both recording and stimulating. The company's flagship product, the Cerebro Atlas System, willprovide neuromodulation therapy for drug-resistant chronic pain without the high risk and discomfort associated with invasive brain surgery. Founded in 2022 by a management team with expertise in catheter device development and neurology, Vonova has issued US patents, demonstrated the procedure's feasibility with clinical key opinion leaders, and received an NIH Blueprint Seed Award. Vonova has also been selected from over 1300 medtech companies to participate in the MedTech Innovator cohort 2024 and accelerate the commercial strategy with a wide network of strategic partners. |  | Pre-Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About SmartGateVC

VC Fund · Yerevan, Armenia

SmartGateVC is a SoCal and Armenia based VC with a focus on pre-seed investments in AI. Krisp (the world’s best noise cancellation technology), SuperAnnotate (the fastest annotation platform and services for training AI) are among our investments (27 portfolio companies since 2018). Sierra Ventures, Upfront Ventures, AI Fund, YC, and others areamong our follow-on investors. We invest out of 2 funds and our investors include Tim Draper, One Way Ventures, and other high-profile GPs, entrepreneurs, and professionals.

5 contacts available at SmartGateVC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashot Arzumanyan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashot-arzumanyan |
| Jack Topdjian | Healthcare, Lifesciences and Medical Devices Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-topdjian |
| Vazgen Hakobjanyan | Partner (Fund I) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vazgen-hakobjanyan |
| Areg Alimian | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/areg-alimian |
| Hambardzum Kaghketsyan | Partner (Fund I) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hambardzum-kaghketsyan |

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## FAQ

### What does Areg Alimian invest in?

Areg Alimian invests primarily in Neuroscience, Biotechnology and Medical Device startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Areg Alimian last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Areg Alimian closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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