Meeting recap
Iratel Ventures Breakfast Series #20
We hosted a gathering of local and global entrepreneurs, investors and active ecosystem players at Iratel Ventures Breakfast Series event last Thursday. In this session we were joined by guest speaker, Dr. Alireza Zolfaghari.
Dr. Alireza Zolfaghari is CEO of Kilid.com, a smarter property search portal in Iran. He previously co-founded Cityorbit (a spin out of Imperial College providing the most accurate AVM for the UK residential sector) and successfully led the company from concept to funding and commercialisation. He has also advised and mentored other startups including Roomaid (a London-based start-up that aims to disrupt and modernise hotel guest services), CharterDirect (a London-based start-up that aims to automate and standardise the global shipbroking services industry) and eSafar.com (an online travel agent in Iran). In addition to his entrepreneurial journey, Alireza holds a PhD from Imperial College in urban systems modelling and has led several research projects related to smart cities and application of IoT in intelligent transport systems.
Next event
The next event will be held on Thursday 30th November. We have now moved these Breakfast Series to iLab — our innovation centre located on the 7th floor of Iratel tower.
We believe the more open the dialogue, the better it will allow innovation and bringing different disciplines including investors together. These series were started to increase the dialogue opportunities among ecosystem players and especially to bridge the gap between those who are willing to know more about Iranian startup environment and meet up with other ecosystem players. This will increase openness and transparency.
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This is the twentieth in a series of posts about Iratel Ventures Events. We’d love to hear from teams with crazy (but commercial) startups. Get in touch or attend our breakfast series. Finally, don’t forget to get your IV Score to prepare for your next VC meeting.
