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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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49 entries

Anthony Tan
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and chief executive of Grab.
Singapore, Singapore
Balad
Startup or tech company
Navigation and local discovery app built by the Cafe Bazaar group.
Tehran, Iran
Bama
Startup or tech company
Classifieds site for buying and selling new and used cars.
Tehran, Iran
Bill Gurley
Ecosystem figure
Former Benchmark general partner and early Uber board member.
Austin, United States
BlaBlaCar
Startup or tech company
Long-distance carpooling and bus platform.
Paris, FranceUnicorn
Bolt
Startup or tech company
European ride-hailing, scooter and delivery platform.
Tallinn, EstoniaUnicorn
Boosted
Startup or tech company
Electric skateboard company launched on Kickstarter; it later shut down.
Mountain View, United StatesKickstarterClosed
Cabify
Startup or tech company
Ride-hailing company in Spain and Latin America.
Madrid, Spain
Careem
Startup or tech company
Middle East ride-hailing pioneer acquired by Uber in 2020, now a super-app.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesAcquired
CES
Event
World's largest consumer electronics show.
Las Vegas, United States
Cruise
Startup or tech company
Self-driving car company acquired by General Motors.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
Dara Khosrowshahi
Ecosystem figure
Chief executive of Uber and former chief executive of Expedia, born in Tehran.
San Francisco, United StatesIranian diaspora
Didi
Startup or tech company
China's dominant ride-hailing company.
Beijing, China
Elon Musk
Ecosystem figure
Entrepreneur behind Tesla and SpaceX and an early PayPal founder.
Austin, United States
Flixbus
Startup or tech company
Intercity bus network built on a tech platform.
Munich, GermanyUnicorn
Garrett Camp
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Uber, StumbleUpon and Expa.
Calgary, Canada
Gojek
Startup or tech company
Indonesian super-app that merged with Tokopedia to form GoTo.
Jakarta, IndonesiaPublic company
Grab
Startup or tech company
Southeast Asian super-app for rides, food and payments.
Singapore, SingaporePublic company
Hamrah Mechanic
Startup or tech company
On-site car repair, inspection and used-car services.
Tehran, Iran
Iran Internet Group
Corporate venture capital
Holding company behind Snapp and related ventures, backed by MTN.
Tehran, Iran
Kakao
Startup or tech company
Korean internet company behind the KakaoTalk messenger.
Jeju, South KoreaPublic company
Karnameh
Startup or tech company
Used-car inspection, pricing and buying platform.
Tehran, Iran
Kavak
Startup or tech company
Used-car marketplace and Mexico's first unicorn.
Mexico City, MexicoUnicorn
Lime
Startup or tech company
Shared electric scooters and bikes.
San Francisco, United StatesUnicorn
Lyft
Startup or tech company
Ride-hailing company and Uber's main US rival.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
Markus Villig
Ecosystem figure
Founder of Bolt, who started it at 19.
Tallinn, Estonia
Milad Monshipour
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of the ride-hailing company Tapsi.
Tehran, Iran
Mudassir Sheikha
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and chief executive of Careem.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Nadiem Makarim
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Gojek and later Indonesia's education minister.
Jakarta, Indonesia
Neshan
Startup or tech company
Iranian navigation app and mapping platform with routing APIs for businesses.
Mashhad, Iran
Ola
Startup or tech company
Indian ride-hailing company.
Bengaluru, IndiaUnicorn
Onewheel
Startup or tech company
Self-balancing electric board made by Future Motion, launched on Kickstarter.
Santa Cruz, United StatesKickstarter
Plug and Play
Accelerator or incubator
Innovation platform connecting startups with corporations, founded by Saeed Amidi.
Sunnyvale, United States
Rivian
Startup or tech company
Electric truck and SUV maker.
Irvine, United StatesPublic company
Saeed Amidi
Ecosystem figure
Founder and chief executive of Plug and Play Tech Center and early investor in Google and PayPal.
Sunnyvale, United StatesIranian diaspora
Shahram Shahkar
Ecosystem figure
Former chief executive of Snapp during its early growth.
Tehran, Iran
Snapp
Startup or tech company
Iran's largest ride-hailing platform and the core of a super-app spanning food, travel and payments.
Tehran, Iran
SoftBank Vision Fund
Venture capital firm
The largest technology fund ever raised, led by Masayoshi Son.
Tokyo, Japan
Swvl
Startup or tech company
Mass transit and shared bus platform founded in Cairo.
Cairo, EgyptPublic company
Tapsi
Startup or tech company
Ride-hailing platform and Snapp's main competitor, formerly Tap30.
Tehran, Iran
Tesla
Startup or tech company
Electric vehicle and energy company.
Austin, United StatesPublic company
Travis Kalanick
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and former chief executive of Uber.
Los Angeles, United States
Uber
Startup or tech company
Global ride-hailing and delivery platform.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
UnternehmerTUM
University program
Europe's largest university-linked startup centre, at TU Munich.
Munich, Germany
VivaTech
Event
Europe's biggest startup and tech event, held in Paris.
Paris, France
Waymo
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
Yandex
Startup or tech company
Russian search engine and technology group.
Moscow, RussiaPublic company