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Robert Avakian
Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners
Boston, Massachusetts
Overview
Robert Avakian is currently the Director of Customer Engagement at CircuitHub, a company backed by Y Combinator and Google Ventures. He has a strong background in startup development and serves as a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners, with expertise in strategic planning and business development.
Avakian's career highlights include his role as a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners and his position as Director of Customer Engagement at CircuitHub.
Work Experience
Advisor
2025 - Current
*Bitcoin x AI Startup Lab alum
Advisor
2025
Angel Squad Member
2025
Venture Partner
2022
NextGen Venture Partners invests in seed-stage companies with the participation of their venture partners.
Venture Scout
2022
Lvlup Ventures is a pre-seed to seed stage value-add fund, focused on helping their teams reach the next level.
Director of Customer Engagement
2021 - 2025
*Google Ventures backed *Y Combinator alum
Senior Account Manager, Team Lead
2020 - 2021
Account Manager
2019 - 2020
Founding Account Executive
2017 - 2019
Deep learning and robotics to automate circuit board manufacturing.
Raised $18,427,318.00 from Y Combinator, Alexis Ohanian and Google Ventures.
Trustee & Mentor
2021 - 2023
Startup Mentor @ BUild Lab Student Innovation Center
2021 - 2023
Partner
2021 - 2022
Startup Mentor @ Startup Academy
2021 - 2021
SmartGateVC is a SoCal & Armenia based pre-seed / seed VC investing in frontiers unleashed by AI (BCI, Physical, Life Sciences)