Thursday, September 28 2017 17:25

ArmInfo. The venture  investor Ilja Laurs, the head of the investment company Nextury  Ventures, arrived in Armenia accompanied by the official  representative of the Development Fund of Armenia (DFA) in the Baltic  countries Rena Saribekyan.

According to the press service of the Foundation, the company has  previously studied the possibilities of Armenian startups in the  field of sensible sport, 3D printing, entertainment, financial  technologies, human resources management.

According to the source, I. Laurs will hold a series of meetings with  the leaders of selected companies (short list), causing investment  interest. The investor announced his intention to conduct master  classes for representatives of the technology sphere. In particular,  today the investor visited the Center for Innovative Technologies and  Solutions of IBM, where an informal sale of ideas - a sales pitch  took place. The meetings will also take place at the Microsoft  Innovation Center, at the National Armenian Engineering Laboratories,  at Synopsys, at the Tumo Creative Technologies Center.

The day before, the investor met with the executive director of DFA  Armen Avag Avagyan. In addition to discussions on the activities of  start-ups, I. Laurs considered the option of investing in  international venture companies operating in the territory of the  Republic of Armenia.

The agenda of I. Laurs' visit to Armenia was drawn up with the  support of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation.

To note, according to the The Wall Street Journal and Forbes  magazines, Ilja Laurs is one of the TOP-25 representatives of the  technological business in Europe. From the side of in 2011 he was recognized as the best leader in Europe. The  39-year-old businessman is the owner, operating in Silicon Valley,  London and Vilnius, the investment company , the  total capital of which exceeds 300 million euros.