Tech companies
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Gov’t Support, Tech Companies Help IKCO Increase Auto Output
EghtesadOnline: The state-backed automotive tech localization efforts and the strong role of knowledge-based and technology firms in the past several months have boosted the production rate of…
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State-Backed Venture Capital Fund to Support Emerging Startups
EghtesadOnline: Iran National Innovation Fund is to switch from conventional funding to venture capital investment for supporting fledgling startups and tech companies.
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Iranian Startups to Head for Baku
EghtesadOnline: The Vice Presidential Office for Science and Technology and Iran National Innovation Fund are planning to send an Iranian team of tech companies, startups and experts to Baku,…
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$3.8m Aid Package for Domestic Knowledge-Based Companies
EghtesadOnline: Iran National Innovation Fund intends to offer local knowledge-based companies aid packages to the tune of 500 billion rials ($3.8 million) in the form of loans to empower tech…
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$69m in Loans to Iranian Tech Companies
EghtesadOnline: The government-backed Innovation and Prosperity Fund (NSFund) has allocated 9 trillion rials ($69 million) in loans to support knowledge-based firms and technology companies.
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Iran Says US Sanctions Can Hurt American Tech Companies
EghtesadOnline: Citing the new US sanctions against Tehran, workplace chat app Slack banned Iranian users on Wednesday. A deputy director of Iran IT Organization told the Financial Tribune that…
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Tech companies wage war on disease-carrying mosquitoes
EghtesadOnline: American technology companies are bringing automation and robotics to the age-old task of battling mosquitoes in a bid to halt the spread of Zika and other mosquito-borne maladies…
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H-1B Visa Overhaul Could Actually Benefit Big Tech Companies
EghtesadOnline: The new way foreign worker visas are doled out in the U.S. is poised to benefit some of the biggest technology companies, like Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc.,…
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Tech companies to meet on legal challenge to Trump immigration order
EghtesadOnline: A group of technology companies plans to meet on Tuesday to discuss filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging U.S. President Donald Trump's order restricting…
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Trump Tech Meltdown Hits Fourth Day With Amazon Cut by $35 Billion
EghtesadOnline: The stock market’s post-election bifurcation sharpened Monday as technology shares extended their worst performance since the start of the bull market on speculation Donald Trump’s…