According to the Health and Treatment Department of the Medical News Scientific Group, Ali Vahdat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Knowledge-Based Companies Innovation and Prosperity Fund, said about the facilities provided for knowledge-based companies: Knowledge-based companies, technology, and innovation ecosystems are one of the great achievements of the country.
He added: These knowledge-based companies have been able to meet the needs of the country at different times without the help of foreign countries.
Vahdat stated: Ecosystem companies have various sectors that have suffered economic problems due to the current events, and the government has a duty to support these companies so that they can safely get through these times.
Vahdat stated: Facilities have been provided to support small and medium-sized knowledge-based, technological, creative companies, startups, and accelerators whose businesses have been damaged due to the spread of the coronavirus.
He added: These facilities will be provided to companies up to 500 million Tomans for small and medium-sized businesses at a rate of 9% and will be paid within 6 months by monitoring the status of the companies’ activities and employment. After that, 6 months will be given to restore the companies’ capacity, and the facilities will be repaid in installments within a year.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund stated: For other companies active in the innovation ecosystem, given the size of the ecosystem and the limited financial resources of the fund, in the first step, accelerators and shared workspaces that have suffered severe damage due to the Corona outbreak have been prioritized, which will be supported by the Innovation Fund, similar to other companies, in cooperation with research and technology funds, to a limited extent.
Vahdat emphasized: By attracting financial resources and continuing to implement the plan, programs will also be provided for other activists, including technological, creative companies, and startups.
Knowledge-based companies and accelerators can refer to the Ghazal system.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund continued: Knowledge-based companies and accelerators can refer directly to the Ghazal system and announce their request with a description of the documents that indicate their damage after the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease. The requests will be reviewed and responded to by experts.
Emphasizing that the country’s knowledge-based and technological companies are ready to provide services to the people alongside medical staff on the front line of combating Corona, Vahdat stated: “By relying on the ability of the country’s young researchers and technologists, we can produce advanced products with world-class standards at the frontiers of knowledge and technology that will be able to compete beyond national markets in export and international markets.”
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Innovation and Prosperity Fund said: Previously, the Presidential Innovation and Prosperity Fund, at the same time as the outbreak of the coronavirus began in the last days of last year, allocated 5,000 billion rials to launch a rapid financial support program for technological products in the field of combating the outbreak of this disease. Within two weeks, it was able to announce a call and receive projects, as well as provide financing to nearly 70 knowledge-based and technological companies that manufacture equipment and related items to combat the coronavirus.