Iranian entrepreneurs thirst for foreign funding, expertise

NASCENT STARTUP CULTURE: Some Iranian startups have flourished with backing from Sarava, Iran's first venture-capital fund, which has invested in online retailer Digikala and Google Android app store Caf

BERLIN: Tohid Tasoujian is a co-founder of online fashion store Taxi Moda and one of a growing breed of Internet entrepreneurs in sanctions-hit Iran. 

He set out his stall this week at a conference of more than 80 Iranian startups in Berlin, the biggest event of its kind outside Iran, as the country gears up for a possible easing of sanctions imposed because of its nuclear programme.