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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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156 entries

23andMe
Startup or tech company
Consumer genetic testing company.
Sunnyvale, United StatesPublic company
Adyen
Startup or tech company
Global payments platform for large merchants.
Amsterdam, NetherlandsPublic company
Affirm
Startup or tech company
Buy now, pay later company from a PayPal co-founder, listed on Nasdaq.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
Airbnb
Startup or tech company
Marketplace for short-term stays and experiences that began by renting air mattresses.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorPublic company
Alibaba Group
Startup or tech company
Chinese e-commerce giant founded in Jack Ma's apartment.
Hangzhou, ChinaPublic company
Allbirds
Startup or tech company
Sustainable footwear brand whose idea was tested on Kickstarter.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic companyKickstarter
Allegro
Startup or tech company
Poland's largest online marketplace.
Poznań, PolandPublic company
Amazon
Startup or tech company
Online bookstore that grew into the world's largest e-commerce and cloud company.
Seattle, United StatesPublic company
Anghami
Startup or tech company
Arab world's leading music streaming service, listed on Nasdaq.
Beirut, LebanonPublic company
Apple
Startup or tech company
Computer company founded in a garage that became one of the world's most valuable companies.
Cupertino, United StatesPublic company
AppLovin
Startup or tech company
Mobile app marketing and monetisation platform used by many game studios.
Palo Alto, United StatesPublic company
Aramex
Startup or tech company
Logistics company and the first Arab company listed on Nasdaq.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesPublic company
Arm
Startup or tech company
Chip architecture company whose designs power most smartphones.
Cambridge, United KingdomPublic company
Asan Pardakht
Startup or tech company
Listed payment services company and maker of the Ap payments app.
Tehran, IranPublic company
Asana
Startup or tech company
Work management platform founded by a Facebook co-founder.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
ASML
Startup or tech company
Sole maker of the extreme ultraviolet machines used to make advanced chips.
Veldhoven, NetherlandsPublic company
ASOS
Startup or tech company
British online fashion retailer for young shoppers.
London, United KingdomPublic company
Atlassian
Startup or tech company
Maker of Jira and Confluence, bootstrapped with a credit card.
Sydney, AustraliaPublic company
Behpardakht Mellat
Startup or tech company
Large listed payment service provider in Iran.
Tehran, IranPublic company
BioNTech
Startup or tech company
mRNA company that co-developed the first approved COVID-19 vaccine.
Mainz, GermanyPublic company
Blend
Startup or tech company
Software for mortgage and consumer lending.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
Box
Startup or tech company
Cloud content management for businesses, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Redwood City, United StatesPublic company
Bumble
Startup or tech company
Dating app where women make the first move.
Austin, United StatesPublic company
CD Projekt
Startup or tech company
Polish maker of The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 and owner of the GOG store.
Warsaw, PolandPublic company
Check Point
Startup or tech company
Israeli pioneer of the commercial firewall, listed on Nasdaq.
Tel Aviv, IsraelPublic company
Chegg
Startup or tech company
Student services company.
Santa Clara, United StatesPublic company
Chewy
Startup or tech company
Online pet supplies retailer, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Plantation, United StatesPublic company
Chime
Startup or tech company
US neobank offering fee-free banking.
San Francisco, United StatesUnicornPublic company
Circle
Startup or tech company
Issuer of the USDC stablecoin, listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2025.
Boston, United StatesPublic company
Cloudflare
Startup or tech company
Network security and CDN company protecting millions of websites.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
Coinbase
Startup or tech company
Largest US cryptocurrency exchange, listed on Nasdaq in 2021.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorPublic company
Confluent
Startup or tech company
Data streaming platform built by the creators of Apache Kafka at LinkedIn.
Mountain View, United StatesPublic company
CoreWeave
Startup or tech company
GPU cloud for AI workloads that began as a crypto miner and listed on Nasdaq in 2025.
Livingston, United StatesPublic company
Coupang
Startup or tech company
Korea's largest e-commerce company, listed in New York.
Seoul, South KoreaPublic company
Coursera
Startup or tech company
Online learning platform founded by two Stanford professors.
Mountain View, United StatesPublic company
Criteo
Startup or tech company
Ad retargeting company listed on Nasdaq.
Paris, FrancePublic company
CrowdStrike
Startup or tech company
Cloud-native endpoint security company.
Austin, United StatesPublic company
Datadog
Startup or tech company
Monitoring and security platform for cloud applications.
New York, United StatesPublic company
Deliveroo
Startup or tech company
Food delivery platform in Europe and Asia.
London, United KingdomPublic company
Delivery Hero
Startup or tech company
Global food delivery group operating in dozens of countries.
Berlin, GermanyPublic company
DigitalOcean
Startup or tech company
Simple cloud servers for developers and small businesses, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
New York, United StatesPublic company
dLocal
Startup or tech company
Uruguayan payments company that lets global firms get paid in emerging markets, listed on Nasdaq.
Montevideo, UruguayPublic company
DocuSign
Startup or tech company
Electronic signature and agreement software.
San Francisco, United StatesPublic company
DoorDash
Startup or tech company
Largest food delivery platform in the United States, started by Stanford students.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorPublic company
Dropbox
Startup or tech company
Cloud file storage and sharing service, one of Y Combinator's early breakout companies.
San Francisco, United StatesY CombinatorPublic company
Duolingo
Startup or tech company
Gamified language-learning app born at Carnegie Mellon.
Pittsburgh, United StatesPublic company
eBay
Startup or tech company
Online auction and marketplace founded by Pierre Omidyar.
San Jose, United StatesPublic company
Elastic
Startup or tech company
Company behind Elasticsearch, the search and analytics engine.
Amsterdam, NetherlandsPublic company