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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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38 entries

Alaa
Startup or tech company
Free online video lessons for Iranian high-school and university entrance exam students.
Tehran, Iran
Ali Partovi
Ecosystem figure
Founder of the venture firm Neo and co-founder of Code.org.
San Francisco, United StatesIranian diaspora
Andela
Startup or tech company
Network connecting companies with remote engineers from Africa and beyond.
New York, United StatesUnicorn
Andrew Ng
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Coursera and Google Brain, founder of DeepLearning.AI.
Palo Alto, United States
Arduino
Startup or tech company
Open-source electronics platform for makers and students.
Ivrea, Italy
Byju Raveendran
Ecosystem figure
Founder of the Indian edtech company Byju's.
Bengaluru, India
Byju's
Startup or tech company
Edtech company that became India's most valuable startup before a sharp decline.
Bengaluru, IndiaUnicorn
Chegg
Startup or tech company
Student services company.
Santa Clara, United StatesPublic company
Code.org
Startup or tech company
Nonprofit expanding access to computer science in schools.
Seattle, United States
Codecademy
Startup or tech company
Interactive coding courses.
New York, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
Coursera
Startup or tech company
Online learning platform founded by two Stanford professors.
Mountain View, United StatesPublic company
Daneshjooyar
Startup or tech company
Online courses in software, engineering and design.
Tehran, Iran
Duolingo
Startup or tech company
Gamified language-learning app born at Carnegie Mellon.
Pittsburgh, United StatesPublic company
Duolingo English Test
Startup or tech company
Online English proficiency test accepted by many universities.
Pittsburgh, United States
edX
Startup or tech company
Online course platform founded by Harvard and MIT.
Cambridge, United StatesAcquired
Faradars
Startup or tech company
Large Persian-language library of video courses on science, engineering and software.
Tehran, Iran
Girls Who Code
Community or network
Nonprofit closing the gender gap in computing.
New York, United States
GitHub Student Developer Pack
Support program
Free developer tools for students.
San Francisco, United States
Hadi Partovi
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Code.org and early investor in Facebook, Dropbox and Airbnb.
Seattle, United StatesIranian diaspora
Kahoot!
Startup or tech company
Game-based learning platform used in classrooms worldwide.
Oslo, Norway
Kano
Startup or tech company
Build-it-yourself computer kits for children.
London, United KingdomKickstarter
Khan Academy
Startup or tech company
Nonprofit offering free world-class education online.
Mountain View, United States
LeetCode
Startup or tech company
Coding practice platform for technical interviews.
Palo Alto, United States
Luis von Ahn
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Duolingo and creator of reCAPTCHA.
Pittsburgh, United States
Maktabkhooneh
Startup or tech company
Online learning platform with university and professional courses in Persian.
Tehran, Iran
Omidyar Network
Venture capital firm
Philanthropic investment firm created by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.
Redwood City, United States
Product School
Community or network
Training and community for product managers.
San Francisco, United States
Quera
Startup or tech company
Programming education, contests and tech hiring platform for Iranian developers.
Tehran, Iran
Quizlet
Startup or tech company
Study app founded by a high-school student.
San Francisco, United StatesUnicorn
Rahnema College
Startup or tech company
Bootcamps that train and place software engineers and product talent.
Tehran, Iran
Raspberry Pi
Startup or tech company
Low-cost single-board computer for learning and making.
Cambridge, United KingdomPublic company
Replit
Startup or tech company
Browser-based coding platform with an AI agent.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorUnicorn
Sabzlearn
Startup or tech company
Persian programming and web development courses.
Tehran, Iran
Sal Khan
Ecosystem figure
Founder of Khan Academy.
Mountain View, United States
Sebastian Thrun
Ecosystem figure
Founder of Udacity and Google X, pioneer of self-driving cars.
Palo Alto, United States
Shad
Startup or tech company
School learning network app launched by the Ministry of Education.
Tehran, Iran
Toplearn
Startup or tech company
Online programming courses in Persian.
Tehran, Iran
Udemy
Startup or tech company
Marketplace for online courses.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company