Startups and tech companies from Iran and around the world that inspire the startup community, from unicorns and listed companies to products that began on crowdfunding platforms.
677 entries

1Password
Startup or tech company
Password manager for people and companies, bootstrapped for 14 years.

23andMe
Startup or tech company
Consumer genetic testing company.

Abadis
Startup or tech company
Online Persian and English dictionary and translation tool.

AbanTether
Startup or tech company
Cryptocurrency buying and selling service.

Abridge
Startup or tech company
AI that writes clinical notes from doctor and patient conversations.

Adyen
Startup or tech company
Global payments platform for large merchants.

Affirm
Startup or tech company
Buy now, pay later company from a PayPal co-founder, listed on Nasdaq.
Afterpay
Startup or tech company
Buy-now-pay-later pioneer acquired by Block.

Agoda
Startup or tech company
Online hotel booking site, part of Booking Holdings.

Airbnb
Startup or tech company
Marketplace for short-term stays and experiences that began by renting air mattresses.

Airtable
Startup or tech company
Spreadsheet-database hybrid for building workflows.
Airwallex
Startup or tech company
Global business accounts and payments.

Alaa
Startup or tech company
Free online video lessons for Iranian high-school and university entrance exam students.

Aleph Alpha
Startup or tech company
German AI company building models and tools for governments and enterprises.

Algolia
Startup or tech company
Search-as-a-service API used by thousands of websites.

Alibaba Group
Startup or tech company
Chinese e-commerce giant founded in Jack Ma's apartment.

Alibaba Travel
Startup or tech company
Iran's largest online travel agency for flights, trains, buses and hotels.

Allbirds
Startup or tech company
Sustainable footwear brand whose idea was tested on Kickstarter.

Allegro
Startup or tech company
Poland's largest online marketplace.
Alopeyk
Startup or tech company
On-demand motorbike courier service.

Amazon
Startup or tech company
Online bookstore that grew into the world's largest e-commerce and cloud company.

Anardoni
Startup or tech company
iOS app distribution platform for the Iranian market.

Andela
Startup or tech company
Network connecting companies with remote engineers from Africa and beyond.

Anduril
Startup or tech company
Defence technology company building autonomous systems.

Anghami
Startup or tech company
Arab world's leading music streaming service, listed on Nasdaq.

Anker Eufy
Startup or tech company
Consumer electronics maker that has launched many products through crowdfunding.

Anova Culinary
Startup or tech company
Sous-vide cooker brand that grew through Kickstarter and was acquired by Electrolux.
Ant Group
Startup or tech company
Alibaba affiliate that runs the Alipay payments app.

Anthropic
Startup or tech company
AI safety and research company that builds the Claude models.

Aparat
Startup or tech company
Iran's largest video-sharing platform, run by Sabaidea.

Apple
Startup or tech company
Computer company founded in a garage that became one of the world's most valuable companies.

AppLovin
Startup or tech company
Mobile app marketing and monetisation platform used by many game studios.

Aramex
Startup or tech company
Logistics company and the first Arab company listed on Nasdaq.

Arduboy
Startup or tech company
Credit-card-sized open-source game console.

Arduino
Startup or tech company
Open-source electronics platform for makers and students.

Arm
Startup or tech company
Chip architecture company whose designs power most smartphones.

ArvanCloud
Startup or tech company
Cloud infrastructure, CDN and security services provider.
Asan Pardakht
Startup or tech company
Listed payment services company and maker of the Ap payments app.

Asana
Startup or tech company
Work management platform founded by a Facebook co-founder.
Asanbar
Startup or tech company
Freight matching app connecting cargo owners with truck drivers.

Asiatech
Startup or tech company
Internet service provider and data centre operator.

ASML
Startup or tech company
Sole maker of the extreme ultraviolet machines used to make advanced chips.

ASOS
Startup or tech company
British online fashion retailer for young shoppers.
Atlassian
Startup or tech company
Maker of Jira and Confluence, bootstrapped with a credit card.

Auth0
Startup or tech company
Authentication for developers, founded by two Argentines and bought by Okta in 2021.

Automattic
Startup or tech company
Distributed company behind WordPress.com and Tumblr.

Avito
Startup or tech company
Russia's largest classifieds site.

Azki
Startup or tech company
Online insurance comparison and purchase platform.