Who Soroush Karimzadeh is
Karimzadeh has more than 15 years of experience commercializing industrial automation, with a focus on collaborative robots, machine vision, machine learning, and welding.1
He holds an MBA and a master's in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia and a bachelor's degree from Sharif University of Technology, and he is a professional engineer and CFA charterholder.1
From Tehran factory floors
Growing up in Tehran, he toured radiator factories with his father, a metallurgical engineer. He co-founded Novarc with Reza Abdollahi and Hamid Abdollahi and became CEO a year later.2
Growing Novarc
BCBusiness named him its Entrepreneur of the Year for 2025, reporting that Novarc had about 150 people, revenue nearing $30 million, and growth of about 30% a year after a $50 million Series B.2
He told MaRS that Novarc began active expansion into Australia, Southeast Asia, and Europe in 2022, and that it sells its NovAI vision system through Miller Electric's channels.3
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Photo: Novarc Technologies, Team.
