Govt., private sector to collaborate on designing financing tools for knowledge-based firms

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
gathered on Wednesday to discuss ways of facilitating the activities of such businesses in the country.Designing financing tools to support
knowledge-based projects, designing indirect venture investment models, as well as training and empowering of knowledge-based companies were
among the subjects discussed at the meeting, the ICCIMA portal reported.Based on the decisions made in the ICCIMA meeting, the
implementation of the above-mentioned measures is going to be pursued by the Iranian Confederation of Knowledge-Based Associations (ICKA) in
collaboration with the Electronics Support Fund for Research and Development (ESFRD).Speaking at the meeting, ESFRD Head Mohsen
Naderi-Manesh said Ministry of Industry, Mining, and Trade is serious about directing the capital in the industry sector towards advanced
and knowledge-based production and ESFRD is trying to make this happen through the capital market.He mentioned some of the services that his
is not limited only to knowledge-based companies and businesses that operate in the field of advanced industries can also benefit from the
operate in the field of advanced industries, have been always deprived of receiving facilities and services and now ESFRD can solve this
business-related institutions and organizations are the best places for evaluating knowledge-based projects and companies to receive support
said.EF/MA