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

Talabat
Startup or tech company
Food and grocery delivery platform owned by Delivery Hero and listed in Dubai.

Tamara
Startup or tech company
Saudi buy-now-pay-later company and one of the kingdom's first unicorns.

Tapsell
Startup or tech company
Mobile advertising and app monetisation network.

Tapsi
Startup or tech company
Ride-hailing platform and Snapp's main competitor, formerly Tap30.
Technolife
Startup or tech company
Online store for phones, laptops and digital goods.

Telegram
Startup or tech company
Cloud-based messaging app with channels, widely used in Iran.
Telewebion
Startup or tech company
Online streaming of Iranian TV channels with archive and live sports.

Temporal
Startup or tech company
Durable execution platform for reliable workflows, from the creators of Uber's Cadence.

Tempus AI
Startup or tech company
Precision medicine company that applies AI to clinical and molecular data.
Temu
Startup or tech company
Discount marketplace from the parent of Pinduoduo.
Tencent
Startup or tech company
Internet group behind WeChat and a leading game publisher.

Tesla
Startup or tech company
Electric vehicle and energy company.
Thinking Machines Lab
Startup or tech company
AI research and product company founded by Mira Murati, former chief technology officer of OpenAI.
TikTok and LunaTik
Startup or tech company
Watch kits for the iPod nano, one of Kickstarter's first million-dollar projects.

Tinder
Startup or tech company
Dating app incubated inside IAC's Hatch Labs.
Tipax
Startup or tech company
Private parcel and document courier network across Iran.

Tiwall
Startup or tech company
Cultural events guide and ticketing for theatre, music and exhibitions.
Toast
Startup or tech company
Restaurant point-of-sale and management platform.

Together AI
Startup or tech company
Cloud platform for training and running open-source AI models.

Tokopedia
Startup or tech company
Indonesian marketplace, part of GoTo and later majority-owned by TikTok.

Too Good To Go
Startup or tech company
App that rescues surplus food from shops and restaurants.

Toplearn
Startup or tech company
Online programming courses in Persian.

Toptal
Startup or tech company
Network of freelance software engineers and designers.

Torob
Startup or tech company
Price comparison search engine for products across Iranian online stores.

Toss
Startup or tech company
Korean financial super-app by Viva Republica.

Trade Republic
Startup or tech company
Mobile broker and bank in Europe.

Traveloka
Startup or tech company
Southeast Asian online travel platform.

Trello
Startup or tech company
Kanban-style project boards acquired by Atlassian.

Trendyol
Startup or tech company
Turkey's largest e-commerce platform, majority-owned by Alibaba.

Trip.com
Startup or tech company
China's largest online travel agency.
Truebill
Startup or tech company
Subscription-tracking app acquired by Rocket Companies.

Tumblr
Startup or tech company
Microblogging platform, now part of Automattic.
Twiga Foods
Startup or tech company
Food distribution platform connecting farmers with vendors.

Twilio
Startup or tech company
Communications APIs for SMS, voice and video.

TwinLand
Startup or tech company
Gamified map of Tehran's cafés: find cafés, check in, complete missions and earn real rewards and discounts.

Twitch
Startup or tech company
Live-streaming platform for gamers, spun out of Justin.tv and bought by Amazon.

Startup or tech company
Microblogging network, renamed X after its 2022 acquisition.

Typeform
Startup or tech company
Conversational forms and surveys built in Barcelona.

Ualá
Startup or tech company
Argentine fintech with a card and mobile app.

Uber
Startup or tech company
Global ride-hailing and delivery platform.
Uber Eats
Startup or tech company
Uber's food delivery service.

Udemy
Startup or tech company
Marketplace for online courses.

UiPath
Startup or tech company
Robotic process automation company founded in Romania.

Uniswap Labs
Startup or tech company
Company behind Uniswap, the largest decentralised exchange on Ethereum.

Unity
Startup or tech company
Game engine company started in Copenhagen.

Unsplash
Startup or tech company
Free stock photo library acquired by Getty Images.

Upwork
Startup or tech company
Freelance marketplace formed from the merger of Elance and oDesk.

Uzum
Startup or tech company
Uzbek ecosystem of marketplace and banking services.