Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the representatives of the “Index Ventures” venture fund, founders Nina Achajyan, Mike Volpi and Dominic Vidal, who, before joining the said fund, worked in Cisco, Amazon, Yahoo and other well-known companies. RA Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Hakob Arshakyan also participated in the meeting.

The guests presented to the Prime Minister the activities of “Index Ventures” and their plans to implement investment projects in Armenian startups. In particular, they noted that they highly appreciate the positive developments taking place in the field of information technologies in Armenia and are interested in the development and expansion of cooperation. In addition to the implementation of various technological and engineering projects, the “Index Ventures” team prepares to present Armenian start-ups with investment options in Silicon Valley, trends in the technology sector.

Nikol Pashinyan welcomed the visit of the delegation led by Nina Achajyan to Armenia and the existing initiatives in the direction of cooperation with local companies and implementation of investment programs. The Prime Minister emphasized that the IT sector is considered one of the priorities of the Armenian government and the goal of the executive is to have a technological economy in the future. Nikol Pashinyan added that the government is interested in cooperating with the “Index Ventures” venture fund and discussing proposals aimed at implementing investment projects. The Prime Minister noted that the government is taking consistent steps in business as well towards the continuous improvement of the environment.