# Granatus Ventures

> Granatus Ventures is a VC fund in Yerevan backing Software and SaaS. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Yerevan, Armenia
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last fund: Sep 2013
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarkisyan
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/granatusvc
- Website: http://granatusventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/GranatusVentures

Granatus Ventures is a VC fund in Yerevan focused on Software and SaaS. Granatus Ventures is the first Armenia-based Venture Capital firm with offices in Yerevan, London and Singapore providing investment, networks and expertise to startups worldwide that leverage Armenia's potential as an emerging technology hub.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $100k–$4.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $560k–$1.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 40% |
| SaaS | 6 | 24% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 24% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 20% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 16% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 14 | 56% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 28% |
| Series A | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 11 | 44% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 20% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Armenia | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manuk Hergnyan | Co Founder & Managing Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manuk-hergnyan |
| Pierre Hennes | Co- Founder & Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pierre-hennes |
| Yervand Sarkisyan | Co Founder & Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yervand-sarkisyan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emerald | Emerald is a preventive health membership with local screenings, all your data in one place, and an action plan unique to your biology. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 29, 2026 |  |
| Zoundream | Babies cry sounds convey a massive stream of information: its needs, emotions, well-being, and physical status. Indeed, it’s the only way small babies have to communicate with the external world.In Zoundream, we use cutting edge developments in sound recognition, to the specific field of baby cries. Our technology can not only translate cries inreal time (e.g. hungry, sleepy), but also identify potential pathologies – improving well-being of families and babies, all around the world. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 26, 2025 |  |
| BlueQubit | BlueQubit is a company that focuses on quantum computing technologies and solutions. They aim to leverage the power of quantum mechanics to solve complex problems that are beyond the capabilities of classical computers. BlueQubit develops software and algorithms that can run on quantum computers, aiming to optimize processes and solve problems invarious industries such as finance, pharmaceuticals, logistics, and materials science. | $10M | Seed | Dec 11, 2024 |  |
| Sparxell | Sparxell creates the next generation of colors and effects. | $3.2M | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Modicus Prime | Bringing Self-Service AI to the Life Sciences |  | Seed | Feb 07, 2024 |  |
| Prelaunch.com | Prelaunch.com is the first step to any launch. The platform credibly predicts whether there’s an interest in the market and how much your customers are ready to pay. Prelaunch.com is fast and easy to use, offers in-depth predictive analytics at a much earlier stage than was previously possible.The validation methodology follows a proven 2-stepframework that confirms market interest, and actual purchase intent by getting interested visitors to both leave their email and a monetary reservation. | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| SuperAnnotate | SuperAnnotate is the world's leading platform for building the highest-quality training datasets for Generative AI, LLMs, Computer vision, and NLP. With advanced tooling and QA, ML and automation features, data curation, Orchestration, and integrated workforce marketplace, we enable machine learning teams to build and manage incrediblyaccurate datasets and successful ML pipelines 10x faster. | $3M | Seed | Jun 11, 2020 |  |
| Grovf | Grovf is a silicon (FPGA) design startup working on memory, storage disaggregation, and network offload solutions for the next datacenter standard. We use CXL and CCIX technologies and add our IPs to enable datacenter-level system scaling and security. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 28, 2018 |  |
| SuperAnnotate | SuperAnnotate is the world's leading platform for building the highest-quality training datasets for Generative AI, LLMs, Computer vision, and NLP. With advanced tooling and QA, ML and automation features, data curation, Orchestration, and integrated workforce marketplace, we enable machine learning teams to build and manage incrediblyaccurate datasets and successful ML pipelines 10x faster. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 13, 2018 |  |
| Krisp | Krisp app makes remote workers more professional. With Krisp you can take calls from wherever you want without worrying about privacy and background noise. The app works with all conferencing and recording apps out of the box. It also supports any headset and microphone (built-in, Bluetooth or USB). | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2018 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Granatus Ventures invest in?

Granatus Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 25 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Granatus Ventures's check size?

Granatus Ventures typically joins rounds of $100k–$4.7M at Seed and $560k–$1.9M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Granatus Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Granatus Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Granatus Ventures?

The team at Granatus Ventures includes Manuk Hergnyan (Co Founder & Managing Partner), Pierre Hennes (Co- Founder & Partner) and Yervand Sarkisyan (Co Founder & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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