Mitra Ferdows, a startup investment expert, stressed the need to support new businesses and startups in a meeting with academic elites and investors. Ferdows is a business law graduate from Loyola Marymount University in the United States and is one of the strongest voices supporting startups. She is also an investor in many startup companies that ...

Press TV - The knock-on effects of the coronavirus outbreak have been devastating for nearly the entire global economy but some businesses are faring even better in the new condition. While many struggle to keep their businesses afloat startups like this one are cashing in on the health crisis by offering much-needed medical services. Since the ...

FNA - Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that his country is robustly after developing its innovative economy, adding that 200 more knowledge-based companies will get activated in the next local calendar year (March 2020-March 2021). The number of knowledge-based companies will hit 5,000 at large, Sattari said ...

Financial Tribune - The Iranian media group Donya-e-Eqtesad gathered e-commerce stakeholders for a conference in Tehran on Wednesday to boost the countrys startup ecosystem. The media conglomerate is committed to promoting free trade and helping businesses grow in a competitive environment. To this end, the company has decided to provide Iranian ...

Financial Tribune - Iranian tech firms and startups had a strong showing at the 25th International Telecommunications, Innovations and High Technologies Exhibition, also known as Bakutel 2019, held from Dec. 3-6, in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The annual exhibition is not only one of the largest IT gatherings in the region, but also a unique ...

IRNA Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said on Tuesday that the CIT Ministry backs presence of Iranian companies including start-ups in international markets and helps them sign good joint venture contacts. Upon his arrival at Baku Airport, Jahromi told IRNA that the policies adopted by Ministry ...

Financial Tribune - An Iranian knowledge-based company, based in Isfahan Province, has won the Certificate of Excellence in the award ceremony of the 23rd Conference of Asian Science Park Association held on Nov. 11-13 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Mozhgan Yazdianpour, the head of international affairs at Isfahan Science and Technology Town and director ...

Financial Tribune | Khosro Kalbasi: Uber and Lyft are household names across the world, in the absence of which in Iran, two startups, Snapp and Tap30, set up online ridesharing platforms that have become vastly popular. From their inception, these firms have faced harsh resistance from old-school transport firms and urban authorities, which has ...

Tehran Times The Iran National Library and Archives (INLA) plans to introduce digital library technologies and startups active in this field in the near future, Shanbepress reported on Tuesday. The INLA, as the biggest database in Iran, held a one-week entrepreneurship event, during which it called entrepreneurs and startup owners and Artificial ...

Financial Tribune - Iranian startups, with help from tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurs, have launched a campaign to help restore businesses in provinces affected by severe flooding in March and April. The move, backed by the organizers of Iran Web and Mobile Festival, is described as social responsibility campaign by IWMF co-founder, Shayan Shalileh....

Tehran Times - With the slogan of Better Future, the 25th edition of Iran International Exhibition of Electronics, Computer & E-commerce (ELECOMP 2019) is currently underway at Tehran Permanent International Fairground. As its name suggests, ELECOMP is a major event in the electronics and computer industry, however, over the past five editions,...

Financial Tribune Urban authorities, tech enthusiasts and startup owners gathered in Tehran on Monday to discuss smart solutions for overhauling location-based urban services. Titled InnoTehran, a portmanteau made by combining innovation and Tehran, the event was jointly held by Tehran Municipality, Iranian Space Agency, Iran ICT Guild Organization ...

Tehran Times - Iranian knowledge-based companies and startups active in the field of space technology will gather during a space products exhibition, which will be held form July 7 to 9 in Tehran. Organized by the Iran National Innovation Fund and the Iranian Space Research Center, a series of meetings on IT and innovation will be also held on the ...

Al-Monitor | Bijan Khajehpour: Experts agree that the promotion of knowledge-based startups would be a suitable remedy to address the intensifying unemployment in Iran. In fact, with youth unemployment at 27.5%, the Iranian authorities need to look for opportunities to create jobs for the countrys young, educated and tech-savvy population. While in ...

Financial Tribune | Amir Nazemi: The global technology gap is one of the main hurdles in the way of international development. Enjoying first-mover advantage and positive feedback loop, leading countries and frontiers have expanded the gap between themselves and latecomers and follower or lagging countries. In the face of growing technological ...

Tehran Times - The Information Technology Organization (ITO) of Iran supports knowledge-based companies and startups to take part in national and international exhibitions, Mehr reported on Sunday. The organization introduces startups and knowledge-based companies active in the field of ICT to the Iran International Exhibitions Company. Last ...

IRNA Iranian startups are eyeing the world markets in order to make use of their capacities, said Minister of Information and Communications Technology. 'To create jobs for the youth and go ahead with economic development, startups need a bigger market, which can be provided by accessing the world market,' wrote Mohammad-Javad Azari-Jahromi in ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that countries which build walls around themselves will be destroyed from inside and will achieve no progress. He made the remarks Saturday in a meeting with heads of knowledge-based companies and startups in Tehran. Pointing to Trumps administration insistence on building physical walls along its southern ...

Financial Tribune - The UNICEF Innovation Fund is set to make up to $100,000 equity-free investments in early stage (seed) technology startups that have the potential to benefit humanity The UNICEF Innovation Fund is set to make up to $100,000 equity-free investments in early stage (seed) technology startups that have the potential to benefit ...

Tehran Times - number of jobs created for digital marketing businesses and startups grow by 46 percent during 2018 in comparison to its preceding year, IRNA reported on Sunday. The statistics is released by the IranTalent.com, the leading job site and online recruitment service in Iran. The website compares the job opportunities and demands in Iran ...