INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Smartphones have become a creative playground thanks to cameras and innovative apps, such as PicsArt
With PicsArt, anybody can add filters and stickers and tweak photos and videos in many different ways
It has been a massive hit with 130 million monthly active users
started with a simple app that lets you edit photos before sharing them
There are many companies in this space, including VSCO, Snapseed and Prisma
in one way or another, chances are you can do it in PicsArt
In addition to traditional editing tools (cropping, rotating, curves, etc.), you can add filters, auto-beautify your face, change your hair
users can also subscribe to a premium subscription to unlock additional features
And PicsArt is not just about editing, as you can also use the app as its own social network.PicsArt is based in the United States and has
raised $45 million over the years
many different products and turn those products into successes.Buy your ticket to Disrupt Berlin to listen to this discussion and many
The conference will take place on December 11-12.In addition to panels and fireside chats, like this one, new startups will participate in
the Startup Battlefield to compete for the highly coveted Battlefield Cup.Hovhannes Avoyan is a serial entrepreneur, investor and scholar
He is the founder and CEO of PicsArt, the No
1 photo and video editing app and community with more than 130 million monthly active users
PicsArt is backed by Sequoia Capital, Insight Venture Partners, DCM and Siguler Guff
The company employs more than 350 people and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices across the globe in Yerevan, Armenia; Los
Angeles; Beijing; and an AI lab in Moscow.Avoyan brings more than 25 years of experience in computer programming and global business
Prior to PicsArt, Avoyan founded five other startups, all of which had successful acquisitions by global companies including Lycos,
from the State Engineering University of Armenia and his M.A
in Political Science and International Affairs from the American University of Armenia
