In 2017, the Dutch International Internet Investment, Cooperatief, bought 21 percent of Digi Kala’s shares for $100 million.

But according to Saeed Mohammadi, one of the founders of the company, the company receives about 2000 orders per day. Also, in a report published by the Washington Post in 2015, Digi Kala receives 3000 orders per day. But now this site is ranked third among the most popular Iranian sites. Currently, Digi Kala holds about 80% of Iran’s online retail market.Īccording to Alexa’s website statistics for the past year, after Google, Digi Kala’s website, with more than 500,000 daily views, was the second-most visited site in Iran. It then started to sell these products and now continues to sell a wide range of products. The company has 2,600 staff in 2017.Īt the start of its establishment, the website () only analyzed digital gadgets (mobile, tablet, etc.). The company was founded in 2006 by Hamid and Saeed Mohammadi. In this store, you can buy any product (from electronics to cars and clothing) other than food. We will continue to introduce five successful Iranian startups.ĭigiKala is an Iranian online store that can deliver goods across the country. In another article, we will introduce the Iranian creative startups. Some Iranian startups have been formed with very creative ideas and they have been able to grow and succeed in the Iranian market.

Of course, this should not make you think that all Iranian startups are a copy of foreign startups. They have set up a successful company or business that is not present in Iran as an Iranian startup. Other very successful Iranian startups have used the same formula.

For example, Digi Kala, one of the most valuable Iranian startups, sells online products like Amazon. The very important point is those very successful Iranian startups are a similar example of successful startups that cannot be active in Iran for various reasons. Some of them have become valuable companies that have a very high profitability. In the last decade, Iranian startups have entered the country’s business environment.

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