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.

Abridge
Startup or tech company
AI that writes clinical notes from doctor and patient conversations.

Airtable
Startup or tech company
Spreadsheet-database hybrid for building workflows.
Airwallex
Startup or tech company
Global business accounts and payments.

Algolia
Startup or tech company
Search-as-a-service API used by thousands of websites.

Andela
Startup or tech company
Network connecting companies with remote engineers from Africa and beyond.

Anduril
Startup or tech company
Defence technology company building autonomous systems.
Ant Group
Startup or tech company
Alibaba affiliate that runs the Alipay payments app.

Anthropic
Startup or tech company
AI safety and research company that builds the Claude models.

Automattic
Startup or tech company
Distributed company behind WordPress.com and Tumblr.

Back Market
Startup or tech company
Marketplace for refurbished electronics.

Benchling
Startup or tech company
Cloud software for life-science research.

Binance
Startup or tech company
World's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume.

Bitpanda
Startup or tech company
Investment platform for crypto, stocks and metals.

Bitso
Startup or tech company
Latin America's leading cryptocurrency exchange.

BlaBlaCar
Startup or tech company
Long-distance carpooling and bus platform.

Bolt
Startup or tech company
European ride-hailing, scooter and delivery platform.

Brex
Startup or tech company
Corporate cards and spend management for startups and enterprises.
Byju's
Startup or tech company
Edtech company that became India's most valuable startup before a sharp decline.

ByteDance
Startup or tech company
Parent company of TikTok and Douyin.
Calendly
Startup or tech company
Scheduling tool built by a Nigerian-born founder.

Calm
Startup or tech company
Meditation and sleep app.
Canva
Startup or tech company
Online design platform used by hundreds of millions of people.
Carta
Startup or tech company
Cap table and equity management software.

Celonis
Startup or tech company
Process mining software that grew out of the Technical University of Munich.

Cerebras Systems
Startup or tech company
Maker of wafer-scale chips for training and running AI models.

Chainalysis
Startup or tech company
Blockchain analysis used by governments and exchanges to trace crypto transactions.

Character.AI
Startup or tech company
Chatbot platform for conversing with AI characters.

Checkout.com
Startup or tech company
Online payment processing for global merchants.

Chime
Startup or tech company
US neobank offering fee-free banking.

Chipper Cash
Startup or tech company
Cross-border payments app for Africa.
ClickUp
Startup or tech company
All-in-one productivity app for tasks, docs and goals.

Clip
Startup or tech company
Mexican payments company for small businesses.

Cohere
Startup or tech company
Enterprise language model company from Toronto.
Commonwealth Fusion Systems
Startup or tech company
MIT spin-out building compact fusion power plants with high-temperature superconducting magnets.

CRED
Startup or tech company
Rewards platform for paying credit card bills.

Culture Amp
Startup or tech company
Employee engagement and performance software from Australia.

Cursor
Startup or tech company
AI-first code editor built by Anysphere.

Databricks
Startup or tech company
Data and AI platform from the creators of Apache Spark at UC Berkeley.

Deel
Startup or tech company
Global hiring, payroll and compliance for remote teams.

Discord
Startup or tech company
Voice and chat platform for communities and gamers.

DJI
Startup or tech company
World's leading consumer drone maker.

Doctolib
Startup or tech company
Medical appointment booking and software in Europe.

Dream Games
Startup or tech company
Mobile game studio behind Royal Match.
Dream11
Startup or tech company
India's largest fantasy sports platform.
EBANX
Startup or tech company
Brazilian payments company for cross-border online shopping in Latin America.
ElevenLabs
Startup or tech company
AI voice generation and dubbing company with Polish founders.

Enpal
Startup or tech company
German home solar and heat pump company with rental plans.

Epic Games
Startup or tech company
Maker of Fortnite and the Unreal Engine.