Emma Arakelyan

Global Leadership and Innovation

Emma Arakelyan is a world-class management consulting executive, angel investor, author, speaker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, coach, and professor. Emma brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership across business strategy, IT architecture & transformation, M&A, governance, and compliance — credentialed by global professional services and technology firms as a Partner at EY (Ernst & Young) and Managing Director at Accenture.

Venture and Entrepreneurial Leadership

Emma is a Venture Partner and LP at Covenant Venture Capital, General Partner of Mount Global Syndicate, and Founder of Orion Worldwide Innovations, LLC, offering IP management and acquisition solutions to innovators and investors globally. She co-founded Orion Score, which transforms startup scoring with expert insights and proprietary algorithms. Since 2020, Emma has been the Co-Founding Partner of New York–based startup funding and growth platform BAJ Accelerator.

Academic and Thought Leadership

She was an adjunct professor at New York University, a featured speaker at Columbia Business School, and a mentor at Singularity University.

Education

Emma earned a Master’s degree in Political Economy from the Academy of Sciences, Armenia, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Armenian State University of Economics.