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
Maktoob
Startup or tech company
Early Arabic web portal acquired by Yahoo in 2009.

Marqeta
Startup or tech company
Card issuing platform behind many modern payment apps.

Mediaad
Startup or tech company
Programmatic and native advertising platform.

Medium
Startup or tech company
Online publishing platform from Twitter's co-founder.
Medrick
Startup or tech company
Iranian mobile game studio and publisher.

Meesho
Startup or tech company
Social commerce marketplace for small sellers in India.

Meituan
Startup or tech company
Chinese super-app for food delivery and local services.

MercadoLibre
Startup or tech company
Latin America's largest e-commerce and fintech company.

Mercari
Startup or tech company
Japanese peer-to-peer marketplace app.
Mercury
Startup or tech company
Banking for startups.

Metrix
Startup or tech company
Mobile attribution and analytics for app marketers.

Miare
Startup or tech company
Last-mile delivery fleet for restaurants and online stores.
Microsoft
Startup or tech company
Software company behind Windows, Office and Azure.

Midjourney
Startup or tech company
Independent lab behind a popular AI image generator.

Mighty No. 9
Startup or tech company
Game by the creator of Mega Man, funded on Kickstarter.

Mihan WebHost
Startup or tech company
Web hosting, domains and servers.

Miniclip
Startup or tech company
Browser and mobile games company behind 8 Ball Pool, majority-owned by Tencent.

MiniMax
Startup or tech company
Chinese developer of multimodal AI models and consumer apps.

Miro
Startup or tech company
Online collaborative whiteboard.
Misfit
Startup or tech company
Wearables company whose Shine tracker launched on Indiegogo; acquired by Fossil.

Mistral AI
Startup or tech company
European AI company releasing open-weight language models.

Mixpanel
Startup or tech company
Product analytics for web and mobile apps.

MNT-Halan
Startup or tech company
Egyptian fintech offering lending, payments and e-commerce.

Mobinnet
Startup or tech company
Wireless broadband internet provider across Iran.

Moderna
Startup or tech company
mRNA biotech company spun out of Flagship Pioneering.
Modiseh
Startup or tech company
Online fashion store for clothing, shoes and accessories.

Mofid Securities
Startup or tech company
Brokerage with one of Iran's most used online trading platforms.
Mojang
Startup or tech company
Studio behind Minecraft, acquired by Microsoft.

Mollie
Startup or tech company
Payments service for European businesses.

monday.com
Startup or tech company
Work management platform for teams, listed on Nasdaq.

MongoDB
Startup or tech company
Document database company, listed on Nasdaq.

Moniepoint
Startup or tech company
Business banking and payments platform in Nigeria.

Monzo
Startup or tech company
UK digital bank known for its coral cards and community.

Moon Active
Startup or tech company
Mobile game studio behind the global hit Coin Master.
Moonshot AI
Startup or tech company
Chinese maker of the Kimi assistant and open-weight models.

Mozilla
Startup or tech company
Nonprofit behind the Firefox browser.

Mrbilit
Startup or tech company
Online ticketing for trains, buses and flights across Iran.
Mumzworld
Startup or tech company
Online store for mothers and children in the Gulf.

Myket
Startup or tech company
Android app store and Cafe Bazaar's main domestic competitor.

N26
Startup or tech company
Mobile bank operating across Europe.
n8n
Startup or tech company
Workflow automation tool with source-available code and AI agents.

Najva
Startup or tech company
Web and app push notification service for marketers.

Namava
Startup or tech company
Subscription video-on-demand platform for Iranian and foreign films and series.

Namnak
Startup or tech company
Popular Persian lifestyle and how-to content site.

Navaar
Startup or tech company
Persian audiobook and podcast platform.
Navan
Startup or tech company
Corporate travel and expense platform.

Nazara Technologies
Startup or tech company
Indian listed gaming and sports media group.
Neon
Startup or tech company
Serverless Postgres database, bought by Databricks in 2025.