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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

Alexis Ohanian
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Reddit and founder of the venture firm 776.
Los Angeles, United States
Aparat
Startup or tech company
Iran's largest video-sharing platform, run by Sabaidea.
Tehran, Iran
Bale
Startup or tech company
Messaging app with built-in banking and payment services.
Tehran, Iran
Behance
Startup or tech company
Creative portfolio network acquired by Adobe.
New York, United StatesAcquired
BeReal
Startup or tech company
Photo app that asks friends to post at the same random moment each day, bought by Voodoo in 2024.
Paris, FranceAcquired
Blogfa
Startup or tech company
One of the earliest and best-known Persian blogging services.
Tehran, Iran
Bumble
Startup or tech company
Dating app where women make the first move.
Austin, United StatesPublic company
ByteDance
Startup or tech company
Parent company of TikTok and Douyin.
Beijing, ChinaUnicorn
Character.AI
Startup or tech company
Chatbot platform for conversing with AI characters.
Menlo Park, United StatesUnicorn
Dev.to
Community or network
Open community where software developers write and share.
New York, United States
Discord
Startup or tech company
Voice and chat platform for communities and gamers.
San Francisco, United StatesUnicorn
Dribbble
Startup or tech company
Community for designers to share work.
Salem, United StatesAcquired
Eitaa
Startup or tech company
Domestic messaging app.
Tehran, Iran
Evan Spiegel
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and chief executive of Snap.
Santa Monica, United States
Facebook
Startup or tech company
Social network founded at Harvard, now Meta Platforms.
Menlo Park, United StatesPublic company
Flickr
Startup or tech company
Photo-sharing site that emerged from a game project.
Vancouver, CanadaAcquired
Gap Messenger
Startup or tech company
Domestic messaging app with channels and services.
Tehran, Iran
Global Entrepreneurship Network
Community or network
Network behind Global Entrepreneurship Week in more than 180 countries.
Washington, United States
Global Entrepreneurship Week
Event
Annual week of entrepreneurship events in more than 180 countries.
Washington, United States
Hacker News
Community or network
Y Combinator's community news site for technologists and founders.
San Francisco, United States
Indie Hackers
Community or network
Community of founders building profitable bootstrapped businesses.
San Francisco, United StatesAcquired
Instagram
Startup or tech company
Photo-sharing app acquired by Facebook for one billion dollars in 2012.
Menlo Park, United StatesAcquired
Jack Dorsey
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Twitter and Square.
San Francisco, United States
Jan Koum
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of WhatsApp, who emigrated from Ukraine as a teenager.
Mountain View, United States
Kakao
Startup or tech company
Korean internet company behind the KakaoTalk messenger.
Jeju, South KoreaPublic company
Kevin Systrom
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of Instagram.
San Francisco, United States
Line
Startup or tech company
Messaging app popular in Japan, Taiwan and Thailand.
Tokyo, Japan
LinkedIn
Startup or tech company
Professional network acquired by Microsoft in 2016.
Sunnyvale, United StatesAcquired
Ma Huateng
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and chief executive of Tencent, known as Pony Ma.
Shenzhen, China
Maktoob
Startup or tech company
Early Arabic web portal acquired by Yahoo in 2009.
Amman, JordanAcquired
Mark Pincus
Ecosystem figure
Founder of Zynga, the social game company behind FarmVille.
United States
Mark Zuckerberg
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and chief executive of Meta.
Menlo Park, United States
Medium
Startup or tech company
Online publishing platform from Twitter's co-founder.
San Francisco, United States
Meesho
Startup or tech company
Social commerce marketplace for small sellers in India.
Bengaluru, IndiaY CombinatorUnicorn
Ninisite
Startup or tech company
Large Persian community and content site for parents.
Tehran, Iran
On Deck
Community or network
Fellowships and community programs for founders and operators.
San Francisco, United States
Pinduoduo
Startup or tech company
Chinese group-buying e-commerce platform.
Shanghai, ChinaPublic company
Pinterest
Startup or tech company
Visual discovery engine for ideas and inspiration.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
Product Hunt
Community or network
Daily launch site for new tech products.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorAcquired
Reddit
Startup or tech company
Network of online communities organised by interest, from Y Combinator's first batch.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorPublic company
Reid Hoffman
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder of LinkedIn, partner at Greylock and host of Masters of Scale.
Palo Alto, United States
Roblox
Startup or tech company
Platform where users create and play games.
San Mateo, United StatesPublic company
Rubika
Startup or tech company
Super-app combining messaging, video and services.
Tehran, Iran
Sahamyab
Startup or tech company
Stock market community and data app for Iranian investors.
Tehran, Iran
Sean Rad
Ecosystem figure
Co-founder and former chief executive of Tinder.
Los Angeles, United StatesIranian diaspora
Signal
Startup or tech company
End-to-end encrypted messaging app run by a nonprofit.
Mountain View, United States
Skype
Startup or tech company
Internet calling service built by an Estonian engineering team; acquired by Microsoft.
Tallinn, EstoniaAcquired
Snap
Startup or tech company
Camera company behind Snapchat, started at Stanford.
Santa Monica, United StatesPublic company