# Top 5 Marketplace Startup Investors in Iran in August 2026

## Smartup Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, CRM

Smartup Ventures is a venture capital, a company that creates value by helping businesses grow faster. We create ventures by joining forces with everyone who shares our values and ambitions. By building strong partnerships with entrepreneurs, talents, business developers, angel investors, and venture investors.

## Shahin Rafipour
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Retail, Fashion, Jewelry

## Shenasa
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, Training, Education

Shenasa is a venture capital fund that identifies and supports innovative and profitable businesses in the area of new technologies. The company is primarily focused on information and communication technology in the form of venture capital.

Shenasa was founded in 2012.

## DMOND Accelerator
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce Platforms

We are here as an Iranian accelerator/Incubator to find, nurture, fund and cultivate ideas and concepts to sustainable and profitable businesses

## Samsung NEXT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Samsung NEXT Ventures is an investment arm of Samsung NEXT, a multifaceted innovation group within Samsung Electronics dedicated to identifying new growth opportunities that will define the next decade. The firm prefers to invest in artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, health technology, infrastructure, and media technology sectors.

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