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.
Ali Ghodsi
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Co-founder and chief executive of Databricks, born in Iran.
Ali Partovi
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Founder of the venture firm Neo and co-founder of Code.org.
Ali Rowghani
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Former managing director of YC Continuity and former chief operating officer of Twitter.
Anousheh Ansari
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Iranian-American entrepreneur, chief executive of the XPRIZE Foundation and the first female private space explorer.
Arash Ferdowsi
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Co-founder of Dropbox, who left MIT to build the company.
Babak Nivi
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Co-founder of AngelList and the Venture Hacks blog.
Bob Miner
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Co-founder of Oracle, born to Assyrian parents from Iran.
Dara Khosrowshahi
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Chief executive of Uber and former chief executive of Expedia, born in Tehran.
Farzad Nazem
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Former chief technology officer of Yahoo.
Hadi Partovi
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Co-founder of Code.org and early investor in Facebook, Dropbox and Airbnb.
Hosain Rahman
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Co-founder and former chief executive of the wearables company Jawbone.
Kamran Elahian
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Iranian-American serial entrepreneur and investor who co-founded several Silicon Valley companies.
Nima Ghamsari
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Co-founder and head of the mortgage software company Blend.
Omid Kordestani
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Early Google business chief and former executive chairman of Twitter.
Pejman Nozad
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Co-founder of Pear VC and early investor in Dropbox, who started out selling Persian rugs.
Pierre Omidyar
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Founder of eBay and Omidyar Network, born in Paris to Iranian parents.
Saeed Amidi
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Founder and chief executive of Plug and Play Tech Center and early investor in Google and PayPal.
Salar Kamangar
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Early Google employee and former chief executive of YouTube.
Sean Rad
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Co-founder and former chief executive of Tinder.
Shahrzad Rafati
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Founder and chief executive of the media-tech company BroadbandTV.