Barkat Ventures

Barkat Ventures (Persian: مؤسسه دانش‌بنیان برکت‎) is an Iranian knowledge-based institute[1][2][3] which has been established as the arm of the Imam (Khomeini)'s Command's Executive in order to develop knowledge-based economy. This institute's mission is to create and expand on the ecosystem/infrastructure for the development of science and knowledge-based activities of the scholars in Iran on the basis of Islamic-Iranian models by utilizing Iranian scientists, experts, global-experience, knowledge and so on.[4]

Barkat Ventures[5][6][7] is considered as one of the five executive lever of Barakat Foundation, which works in the field of new knowledge-based technologies.[8] This institute[9][10][11] is affiliated with the "Barakat Foundation", and its manager is Saeed-Jafari.[12] According to "Hamidreza Amirinia" the advisor to the Chief of Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order:[13] the reason for establishing this institute is to realize the knowledge-based economy by all sectors and supporting it.[14] He also said:

Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (Setad) had/has special attention to knowledge-based companies in the recent years; For the sake of this reason, the "Barkat-Ventures" was established as "the fourth pillar" of the Executive Headquarters of the Imam. Significant works have been done by paying heed to the subject of technology, particularly the field of "IT" and cyberspace. The head advisor of the setad added: "Till now, 600 projects have been reviewed in the Setad, of which 50 projects of them have been invested."[15]