Who WE Are

In 2017 I (Saeed) left Iran to pursue my MBA in innovation management in Paris at ÉCOLE DES PONTS PARISTECH, with a vision of creating my startup. Since then I have always been seeking a way to contribute to the development of underprivileged communities in such a volatile economic situation. After almost two years I decided to quit my job to follow my dreams! My team back in Iran (Mohammad & Javad) started visiting the marginalized regions in Sistan & Baluchestan, Kerman, and marginalized regions of Tehran seeing lots of children growing up in severe conditions, unemployed youth falling into drugs, and families losing their minimum hope for a decent life.

As an expatriate, along with my fellow compatriots we’ve thought of how impactful might our donation, investment or contribution be since today €1 is equal to thousands of Tomans! We all are paying monthly lots of subscriptions that we barely use, then why not devoting a subscription for our beloved compatriots in Iran, not as a charitable donation for daily consumptions but as an entrepreneurial action for empowering them to live their decent life. This initial idea has now started as POLPONT where POL in Farsi and PONT in French stands for “bridge”! Let’s make this bridge together!

POLPONT is a startup incubated by SCHOOLAB (a FrenchTech partner incubator) in Paris. We are currently based in Paris and Tehran with a team of four enthusiast social entrepreneurs and we are always happy to have you with us :)