Golrang Ventures’ presence at the national meeting of innovation factories in Kermanshah
Corporate Venture Fund Strategy Expert Panel
Among the key programs of this meeting was the holding of specialized panels with the presence of experts and activists of the innovation ecosystem. In this regard, Golrang Ventures participated in the specialized panel “Strategy of Corporate Venture Funds for Cooperation with Innovation Factories”. In this panel, which was widely welcomed by the audience, Reza Yazdanpanah, Head of Investment at Golrang Ventures, represented the company and expressed the views and experiences of this group in the field of interaction with startups, innovation centers and innovation factories across the country.
In this expert discussion, topics such as how to define sustainable cooperation models between CVCs and regional innovation institutions, the role of data-driven investment decisions, support for seed and growth stage startups, and the need to create a common language between industry and the innovation ecosystem were discussed. Reza Yazdanpanah emphasized the need to define long-term mechanisms for investment in less-privileged regions and announced the readiness of this group to enter into strategic partnerships with provincial innovation factories.
Golrang Ventures, with the mission of creating an effective link between the capacities of Golrang Industrial Group and the innovative ideas of startups, is striving to play a more active role in empowering regional innovation by utilizing the CVC approach and development-oriented perspective.
The Kermanshah meeting, in addition to creating a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experiences among innovation activists, provided a valuable opportunity to draw a roadmap for broader cooperation among the main players in the country’s innovation ecosystem. In addition to the head of investment at Golrang Ventures, Nazanin Moatazedi, a senior expert in innovation ecosystem development, represented the company at the event. Golrang Ventures’ active and effective presence at this meeting is an important step towards strengthening the link between industry and innovation at the national level.
