Dr. Nouralizadeh Meets with CEOs of Corporate Venture Capital Research and Technology Funds

A consultative meeting was held between Dr. Asghar Nouralizadeh, Chairman of the Board of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund (INIF), senior executives of the Fund, and chief executive officers of Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Research and Technology Funds. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Iranian Association of Venture Capital Funds and Institutions. ... ادامه مطلب

Co-Investment After the First Trial

Knowledge-based companies tend to run short of capital at precisely the stage where conventional financial instruments are least useful. Their principal assets are knowledge, people and technology — not the land and machinery that can be pledged as collateral — and the road from product to market is usually long and uncertain. At the same time, a private investor never captures all the returns a technology generates; part of it, from the diffusion of know-how to reduced industrial dependence, accrues to the economy as a whole. ... ادامه مطلب

Second Meeting of the Legal Working Group of the Iran Venture Capital Association Held

During the meeting, participants reviewed a number of legal matters related to the proposed amendments to the regulations governing the licensing and supervision of Research and Technology Funds, which have been raised within the Knowledge-Based Economy Steering Council. Members also exchanged views on existing legal challenges and operational issues in this area. ... ادامه مطلب