Startups and companies
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.
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Shopee
Startup or tech company
Southeast Asia's leading e-commerce marketplace.
Singapore, Singapore
Shopify
Startup or tech company
Commerce platform powering millions of online stores.
Ottawa, CanadaPublic company
Sibapp
Startup or tech company
Store for distributing iOS apps to users in Iran.
Tehran, IranSierra
Startup or tech company
Conversational AI agents that handle customer service for large companies.
San Francisco, United States
Signal
Startup or tech company
End-to-end encrypted messaging app run by a nonprofit.
Mountain View, United StatesSketch
Startup or tech company
Mac design tool that popularised modern UI design workflows.
The Hague, Netherlands
Sky Mavis
Startup or tech company
Vietnamese maker of the blockchain game Axie Infinity.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Skype
Startup or tech company
Internet calling service built by an Estonian engineering team; acquired by Microsoft.
Tallinn, EstoniaAcquired
Skyscanner
Startup or tech company
Flight search engine acquired by Trip.com.
Edinburgh, United KingdomAcquired
Slack
Startup or tech company
Team messaging app that began as a game company's internal tool; acquired by Salesforce.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquiredPublic company
Small Giant Games
Startup or tech company
Helsinki studio behind Empires & Puzzles, bought by Zynga in 2019.
Helsinki, FinlandAcquired
SmartThings
Startup or tech company
Smart-home platform funded on Kickstarter and acquired by Samsung.
Washington, United StatesKickstarterAcquired
Snap
Startup or tech company
Camera company behind Snapchat, started at Stanford.
Santa Monica, United StatesPublic company
Snapmaker
Startup or tech company
Modular 3D printer and laser engraver brand built on Kickstarter campaigns.
Shenzhen, ChinaKickstarter
Snapp
Startup or tech company
Iran's largest ride-hailing platform and the core of a super-app spanning food, travel and payments.
Tehran, IranSnapp Box
Startup or tech company
On-demand courier and parcel delivery for people and businesses.
Tehran, IranSnapp Doctor
Startup or tech company
Online medical consultation and telehealth service.
Tehran, IranSnapp Market
Startup or tech company
Online supermarket with fast delivery, part of the Snapp group.
Tehran, IranSnapp Pay
Startup or tech company
Buy-now-pay-later and instalment payments for online and in-store shopping.
Tehran, Iran
Snapp Trip
Startup or tech company
Online booking for hotels, flights and trains within Iran.
Tehran, Iran
Snappfood
Startup or tech company
Iran's leading online food ordering and grocery delivery platform, formerly ZoodFood.
Tehran, IranSnowflake
Startup or tech company
Cloud data warehouse that set a software IPO record in 2020.
Bozeman, United StatesPublic company
Snyk
Startup or tech company
Security tools that find and fix vulnerabilities in code and dependencies.
London, United KingdomUnicorn
SoFi
Startup or tech company
Student loan startup that grew into a digital bank, listed on Nasdaq.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
Souq.com
Startup or tech company
Arab e-commerce leader acquired by Amazon in 2017.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAcquiredSourena Game Studio
Startup or tech company
Iranian studio that made the action game Legends of Persia.
IranSpaceX
Startup or tech company
Rocket and satellite company that made reusable launch vehicles routine.
Hawthorne, United StatesUnicorn
Spanx
Startup or tech company
Shapewear brand built without outside investment.
Atlanta, United States
Spotify
Startup or tech company
Music and podcast streaming service.
Stockholm, SwedenPublic company
Square
Startup or tech company
Card reader for small merchants that grew into Block.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
Squarespace
Startup or tech company
Website builder started by its founder in a college dorm.
New York, United States
Stability AI
Startup or tech company
Company behind the open Stable Diffusion image model.
London, United Kingdom
Starling Bank
Startup or tech company
UK digital bank founded by Anne Boden.
London, United Kingdom
Strava
Startup or tech company
Social network for runners and cyclists.
San Francisco, United States
Stripe
Startup or tech company
Payments infrastructure for the internet, used by millions of businesses.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorUnicorn
Substack
Startup or tech company
Paid newsletter platform for writers.
San Francisco, United StatesY Combinator
Suno
Startup or tech company
App that writes and sings complete songs from a text prompt.
Cambridge, United States
Supabase
Startup or tech company
Open-source backend platform built on Postgres.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorUnicorn
Supercell
Startup or tech company
Mobile game studio behind Clash of Clans, majority-owned by Tencent.
Helsinki, FinlandUnicornAcquired
Swiggy
Startup or tech company
Indian food and grocery delivery company.
Bengaluru, IndiaPublic company
Swvl
Startup or tech company
Mass transit and shared bus platform founded in Cairo.
Cairo, EgyptPublic company
Synthesia
Startup or tech company
AI video generation platform with digital avatars.
London, United KingdomUnicorn
Taaghche
Startup or tech company
Popular e-book and audiobook app for Persian readers.
Tehran, Iran
Tabby
Startup or tech company
Buy-now-pay-later company for the Gulf region.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesUnicorn
Tabdeal
Startup or tech company
Cryptocurrency exchange with spot and margin trading.
Tehran, Iran
Tailscale
Startup or tech company
Private networks between devices built on WireGuard, with little setup.
Toronto, Canada
Takealot
Startup or tech company
South Africa's largest online retailer.
Cape Town, South AfricaTakhfifan
Startup or tech company
Daily deals platform for local services, restaurants and leisure.
Tehran, Iran