The first national artificial ielligence investme eve in Iran is held with the aim of ideifying and supporting active teams in this field. This eve, which was formed in collaboration with Sina Smart Holding and Raymon Technology Developme Company, seeks to connect artificial ielligence startups to veure capital and strengthen the coury’s innovation ecosystem.
veure capital; The necessity of keeping up with the global wave of AI
Mehdi Itarinia, Sina Holding’s vice preside of veure capital, emphasized in explaining the goals of this eve: artificial ielligence has become an all-encompassing chain in the global economy and has involved small and large businesses.
Referring to the iensity of global competition in this field, he said that if Iran iends to not simply “follow the backward” in this direction, it will have to start serious and proactive measures; According to him, the measures should come from the heart of the private sector and innovation ecosystem.
Itsarinia explained: Sina Smart Holding, as the specialized arm of Mustafafan Foundation in the field of artificial ielligence and ielligence, considers it its duty, in addition to infrastructural missions, to actively eer veure capital in this field and support taleed domestic teams.
From energy and health to industry and education
According to Sina Holding’s vice preside of veure capital, the scope of this eve is not limited to a specific industry or application, and active teams in fields such as energy, health, education, industrial technologies and ielligence can be prese.
He emphasized that although some priorities have been considered according to the value chain of Mustafahan Foundation, the framework of the eve has been designed in such a way that it does not hinder the participation of other teams.
Official call and team evaluation process
Reza Qawamipour, the CEO of Raymon Technology Developme Pioneers and the organizer of the eve, announced: The official invitation for this eve was published on December 24, and the teams have the opportunity to register uil December 8 (can be extended uil December 10).
According to him, after registration, the teams eer the online screening phase and each team preses its idea in a 30-minute session. Finally, the selected teams will be invited to the closing eve that will be held at the same time as the Iernational Artificial Ielligence Exhibition in the last week of January.
Where does the investme start?
In response to Ecomotive’s reporter’s question about the criteria for teams to eer the investme stage, the eve officials explained that teams in the idea stage or before the MVP will have a differe support path; But veure capital typically focuses on teams that have developed at least an initial product and eered the market.
In this answer it was announced that A specific number and a fixed ceiling for investme have not been determinedbut for qualified teams, invest in a range Up to about 50 billion tomans And even at higher stages, if the market is proven, it can be reviewed.
Holding the first national artificial ielligence investme eve can be seen as an attempt to overcome the slogan and eer the field of AI competition; An eve that was to turn domestic teams io more serious players in Iran’s digital economy by relying on veure capital.
