Yearly Archives: 2015

It all started in the spring of 2014 in Tehran. A bunch of kids who studied in one of the best high schools in Iran, just took Konkoor exam (a standardized test widely used for college admissions in Iran) and instead of playing around or just studying their courses, they wanted to start a project and do something real not just studying.

Tehran’s well known startup accelerator witnessed its second selection day event to choose 10 startups to join its acceleration program. The event took place on July 2nd where a group of angel investors, mentors and industry experts reviewed the 16 teams that had gone through the pre-acceleration phase.

This Wednesday more than 160 people attended Hamfekr weekly networking event at Avatech Startup Accelerator and celebrated the launch of TechRasa with us.

Almost every country has some kind of internet censorship and measures they would take, depending on their beliefs, cultures and laws. But we are not here to talk about the right or wrong and we are not here to explore the origins of this restrictions in our time but to rather explore the possibilities and opportunities that these restrictions provided for some startups in Iran...

The first thing that comes to mind when talking about sanctions is it has a paralyzing effect on local companies. And because of the isolation created by the outside, international companies don’t have to privilege to enter the vast and untouched tech market in Iran...

Getting involved and connecting to an up-and-coming community that you haven’t had any idea it even existed could be tricky! Here we’ve narrowed it down to 8 events that could get you started...

Ever thought about fixing that broken stair in your house, but you made excuses just because you didn’t have the right equipment? Or how about that old movie you always wanted to see but you couldn’t find it anywhere so you just gave up on watching it?