BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 4. The total value of loans extended by Iranian banks to startup companies surged by 81.8 percent in the first half of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through September 22, 2025), compared to the same period last year (from March 21 through September 21, 2024).
The data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) shows that 1,936 startups received credit worth 2.9 quadrillion rials (about $5.03 billion) in the reporting period, up from 1,998 startups receiving 1.6 quadrillion rials (nearly $2.77 billion) during the first half of last year.
Additionally, in the first half of this year, state-owned banks provided 359 trillion rials (roughly $621 million) in credit to startups, rising 38 percent year-on-year, while private banks issued 2.55 quadrillion rials (circa $4.4 billion), marking year-on-year growth of 90.4 percent.
To recall, in the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2024, through March 20, 2025), 3.94 quadrillion rials (approximately $6.97 billion) of loans were provided to 2,922 startup companies in Iran. The loans provided increased by 46.2 percent compared to the previous year (from March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024).
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