Alireza Jozi
Co-Founder at TechRasa. Startup ecosystem enthusiast. Learner and world citizen. Based in Tehran and Vienna. Reached at Alireza@TechRasa.com
For a multi-million dollar startup, being shutdown for a few hours because of issues from the data center and the server provider is not just a media buzz, it will cost the e-commerce platform big bucks.
When a game is this big, it also makes its way to government courts. Talks on the subject of Pokemon Go getting banned in Iran has been a subject of late.
The talks to pilot Mobile Number Portability (MNP) project to enable users to keep their phone numbers and change their mobile operating network has been a long discussed topic. MNP is now operational and has been in pilot phase for more than three weeks now.
The famous messaging/social media app Telegram has turned into a source of entertainment for Iranians.
Pokemon Go took the world by surprise and Iranian’s also started playing the same day it was released in the US and Australia. Iranians are catching more Pokemons than you think.
Mashhad takes one step forward to a smarter city by issuing 4 million of the new "Man Card” NFC cards which acts as an ID card and a micro payment walle
Regulations are in place and 19 Iranian companies have passed the criteria check to be granted a MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) license.
Crowdfunding platforms have been around for no more than 2 years in Iran. Though a new concept and having Iran’s currency value in mind, $250k crowd-raised money seems to be an interesting number for this emerging market.
The race has started. International payment companies, financial institutes and payment companies have started the race for Iran.
Startup exits in a startup ecosystem act as a metric to measure the performance of a local startup scene. But exits become far more beneficial for local ecosystems especially emerging startup ecosystems.
