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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Vajehyab
Startup or tech company
Persian dictionary search engine across major reference dictionaries.
Tehran, IranValve
Startup or tech company
Game developer and operator of the Steam store.
Bellevue, United States
Vandar
Startup or tech company
Banking and payment APIs for businesses: payouts, invoices and settlements.
Tehran, Iran
Vercel
Startup or tech company
Frontend cloud platform and creator of Next.js.
San Francisco, United StatesUnicornVeronica Mars Movie
Startup or tech company
Feature film funded by fans on Kickstarter in 2013.
Los Angeles, United StatesKickstarter
Vezeeta
Startup or tech company
Doctor booking and digital health platform in the Middle East.
Cairo, EgyptViaweb
Startup or tech company
Early online store builder acquired by Yahoo, which became Yahoo Store.
Cambridge, United StatesAcquired
Vinted
Startup or tech company
Second-hand fashion marketplace and Lithuania's first unicorn.
Vilnius, LithuaniaUnicorn
Virgool
Startup or tech company
Persian publishing platform for writers, blogs and publications.
Tehran, Iran
VNG
Startup or tech company
Vietnamese tech group behind Zalo.
Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamUnicorn
Voodoo
Startup or tech company
Hyper-casual mobile game publisher that also owns the photo app BeReal.
Paris, FranceUnicorn
Wallex
Startup or tech company
Cryptocurrency exchange for Iranian users.
Tehran, Iran
Warby Parker
Startup or tech company
Direct-to-consumer eyewear brand started at Wharton.
New York, United StatesPublic company
Wave
Startup or tech company
Mobile money service in West Africa with very low fees.
Dakar, SenegalUnicorn
Wayfair
Startup or tech company
Online home goods retailer, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Boston, United StatesPublic companyWaymo
Startup or tech company
Self-driving car company that started as Google's project.
Mountain View, United States
Wayve
Startup or tech company
Cambridge spin-out building end-to-end AI for self-driving cars.
London, United KingdomUnicorn
Wealthsimple
Startup or tech company
Canadian app for investing, saving and paying taxes.
Toronto, CanadaUnicorn
Webflow
Startup or tech company
Visual website builder for designers.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorUnicorn
Weebly
Startup or tech company
Website builder acquired by Square.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
Weights & Biases
Startup or tech company
Tools for tracking machine learning experiments, bought by CoreWeave in 2025.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquired
WhatsApp
Startup or tech company
Messaging app acquired by Facebook in 2014.
Mountain View, United StatesAcquiredWhoop
Startup or tech company
Wearable that tracks strain, recovery and sleep, started at Harvard.
Boston, United StatesUnicorn
Wikipedia
Startup or tech company
Free encyclopedia written by volunteers.
San Francisco, United States
Wildlife Studios
Startup or tech company
Brazilian mobile game studio behind Sniper 3D and Zooba.
São Paulo, BrazilUnicorn
Wise
Startup or tech company
Low-cost international money transfers, formerly TransferWise.
London, United KingdomPublic company
Wix
Startup or tech company
Drag-and-drop website builder, listed on Nasdaq.
Tel Aviv, IsraelPublic company
Wiz
Startup or tech company
Cloud security company founded by Israeli veterans of Microsoft; Google agreed to buy it in 2025 for 32 billion dollars.
New York, United StatesUnicorn
Wolt
Startup or tech company
Food and retail delivery platform acquired by DoorDash.
Helsinki, FinlandAcquired
WordPress
Startup or tech company
Open-source publishing software that runs a large share of the web.
San Francisco, United States
xAI
Startup or tech company
AI company founded by Elon Musk that makes the Grok models.
Palo Alto, United States
Xendit
Startup or tech company
Payments infrastructure for Southeast Asia.
Jakarta, IndonesiaY CombinatorUnicorn
Xero
Startup or tech company
Cloud accounting software for small businesses.
Wellington, New ZealandPublic company
Xiaomi
Startup or tech company
Smartphone and consumer electronics company.
Beijing, ChinaPublic company
XPRIZE Foundation
Startup or tech company
Nonprofit running incentive prizes for breakthroughs; Anousheh Ansari is its chief executive.
Culver City, United States
Yahoo
Startup or tech company
Early web portal started by two Stanford students.
Sunnyvale, United StatesAcquired
Yandex
Startup or tech company
Russian search engine and technology group.
Moscow, RussiaPublic company
Yassir
Startup or tech company
Algerian super-app for rides, food and groceries.
Algiers, Algeria
Yektanet
Startup or tech company
Iran's largest native advertising and content distribution network.
Tehran, Iran
YouTube
Startup or tech company
Video-sharing platform acquired by Google in 2006.
San Bruno, United StatesAcquired
Zalando
Startup or tech company
Europe's largest online fashion retailer.
Berlin, GermanyPublic company
Zapier
Startup or tech company
No-code automation tool that connects thousands of apps.
Remote, United StatesY Combinator
Zarinpal
Startup or tech company
Payment facilitator that lets online businesses accept card payments.
Tehran, Iran
Zendesk
Startup or tech company
Customer service software founded in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, DenmarkPublic company
Zepto
Startup or tech company
Ten-minute grocery delivery app founded by two teenagers.
Mumbai, IndiaY CombinatorUnicornZerodha
Startup or tech company
Bootstrapped discount broker, India's largest by active clients.
Bengaluru, India
Zhipu AI
Startup or tech company
Tsinghua University spin-out that develops the GLM language models.
Beijing, ChinaUnicorn
Zipline
Startup or tech company
Drone delivery company that began by delivering blood in Rwanda.
South San Francisco, United States