Astaneh · Founder Development Lab, cohort one
Partner with Astaneh — for perk providers
Astaneh is an eight-week mentorship programme for five startup teams, from idea to pre-MVP. The programme runs on one simple path:
Assumption, then evidence, then decision
I am inviting companies and startups, inside and outside Iran, to give these teams something that makes building cheaper or faster.
What helps these teams?
A few examples. If you have something else in mind, write that instead.
- 01
Infrastructure credits
Cloud, servers, databases, or any service teams build a product on.
- 02
Free tool access
A software subscription for the length of the programme or longer.
- 03
An advisory session
One or more sessions with your specialist: legal, financial, technical or sales.
- 04
Design and marketing work
A UX review, brand design, or help with the first customer experiments.
- 05
Co-working space
A desk or a meeting room for the days teams need to be together.
In return, what do you get?
Real users who give honest feedback
Astaneh teams build an assumption every week and test it against evidence. They apply that same habit to your product: their feedback is structured and does not flatter.
Credit as an Astaneh cohort one partner
Your name and logo alongside the programme, as one of the companies that backed the teams from day one.
Terms, plainly.
A perk is a gift, not a trade. These rules are the same for every partner.
- Equity
- None. A perk buys you no share of the teams or of the programme.
- Obligation to buy
- None. Teams are under no obligation to buy your product after the programme.
- Cost to the organiser
- None. I take no payment for an introduction or a partnership.
- Where it can be used
- A perk is only offered to a team whose country of operation permits its use.
Whichever way suits you.
Perk offer form
The more precisely you describe it, the faster I can get the perk to the right team.