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Startup ecosystem directory: Iran and the world | StartupNetwork

1,253 entries in 16 sections

Startup ecosystem directory

Successful startups from Iran and the world, venture capital and angel investors, accelerators, technology parks, universities, crowdfunding platforms, media, events and the people who built the ecosystem.

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All · 1,253 Startups and companies · 677 Venture capital firms · 98 Angel investors · 11 Accelerators and incubators · 38 Corporate investors · 15 Funds and institutions · 7 University programs · 89 Science and technology parks · 9 Associations · 6 Support programs · 21 Crowdfunding platforms · 11 Communities · 15 Media and newsletters · 50 Events · 27 Research and data · 14 People · 165

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67 entries

Stack Overflow
Community or network
Question-and-answer site for programmers, acquired by Prosus.
New York, United StatesAcquired
Startup Grind
Community or network
Global community of founders with chapters in hundreds of cities.
Redwood City, United States
Startup Weekend
Community or network
Weekend events where people build startups in 54 hours, now run by Techstars.
Seattle, United States
Steve Huffman
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and chief executive of Reddit.
San Francisco, United States
Strava
Startup or tech company
Social network for runners and cyclists.
San Francisco, United States
Telegram
Startup or tech company
Cloud-based messaging app with channels, widely used in Iran.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tencent
Startup or tech company
Internet group behind WeChat and a leading game publisher.
Shenzhen, ChinaPublic company
Tencent Investment
Corporate venture capital
Tencent's investment arm, one of the most active in the world.
Shenzhen, China
Tinder
Startup or tech company
Dating app incubated inside IAC's Hatch Labs.
West Hollywood, United StatesAcquired
Tumblr
Startup or tech company
Microblogging platform, now part of Automattic.
New York, United StatesAcquired
Twitter
Startup or tech company
Microblogging network, renamed X after its 2022 acquisition.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquired
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
WhatsApp
Startup or tech company
Messaging app acquired by Facebook in 2014.
Mountain View, United StatesAcquired
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Ecosystem figure
Founder of Bumble and co-founder of Tinder.
Austin, United States
YouTube
Startup or tech company
Video-sharing platform acquired by Google in 2006.
San Bruno, United StatesAcquired
Zhang Yiming
Ecosystem figure
Founder of ByteDance, the parent of TikTok.
Beijing, China
Zynga
Startup or tech company
Social and mobile game maker behind FarmVille and Words With Friends, bought by Take-Two Interactive in 2022.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquired