Venture capital Banking and insurance in Iran

in recent decades iran has shown increasing interest in various entrepreneurship fields, in higher educational settings, policy making , business. although primary , secondary school textbooks not address entrepreneurship, several universities including tehran university , sharif university, offer courses on entrepreneurship undergraduate , graduate students.

according 2012 global entrepreneurship monitor report, rate of entrepreneurship in iran among men fluctuated between 14 , 20% while same rate women (between ages 18 64) fluctuated 4 6% between 2008 , 2012 (& while overall economic participation makes 13% of entire economy). in 2012, iran scored 67 among 177 countries according global entrepreneurship , development index. of activity falls under informal economy.

iran’s fifth economic plan (2010–15) has allotted $3 billion initial investment technology fund, designed support new university graduates want develop ideas , carry out innovative projects. innovation , prosperity fund established in march 2011 support knowledge base companies & foreign direct investment in iran. avatech 1 of iran s well-known start-up incubator located @ tehran university. sarava , griffon capital iran s first venture-capital , private equity funds respectively. of 2014, canton hermidas private equity , swicorp 2 foreign based private equity funds have focus on iran. foreign companies beginning explore ways start technology companies in iran or allow services become available in country.