About Hatef
Supporting Creative Ideas from Formation to Market Entry
Turning Creativity into Sustainable Business
Creative and Innovation Houses are independent development platforms designed to support creative entrepreneurs, emerging teams and innovative businesses within Iran’s cultural and economic context.
By providing workspace, practical training, business consulting, networking and market-development services, these organizations help creative people transform ideas into viable products, services and sustainable businesses.
This model is built on local capabilities, community participation and collaboration among entrepreneurs, specialists, investors and development institutions. It can contribute to job creation, the growth of the creative economy and sustainable development in Iran.
The Role of Creative and Innovation Houses
Within the policy framework of Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy and its programs for developing soft technologies and creative industries, particular attention has been given to supporting creative, innovative and technology-driven ventures.
A Creative and Innovation House provides a platform where early-stage teams can develop their ideas and gain access to services such as idea assessment, practical training, problem-solving, business consulting, prototyping, product development, commercialization and market access.
Our Story
Hatef Creative House was established at the Sistan and Baluchestan Science and Technology Park to improve the local business environment and support teams working across the creative industries.
Our close engagement with the region’s cultural and artistic capabilities, together with our experience of working with entrepreneurs and idea owners, gradually enabled Hatef to expand its activities and collaborations beyond the province.
Today, Hatef works with entrepreneurs, designers, artists, producers and cultural and creative-industry professionals across Iran.
We seek to reduce the distance between an idea and its market. This journey begins with understanding and evaluating an idea and continues through product design, prototyping, skills development, business-model design, marketing, commercialization and exploration of domestic and international market opportunities.
Our Mission
Our mission is to identify and develop creative potential and support idea owners in building sustainable, identity-driven and market-oriented businesses.
By connecting creativity, culture, technology and markets, we aim to create new entrepreneurial opportunities and contribute to the development of Iranian creative products and services for domestic and international markets.
What We Do
Hatef’s services and collaborations include:
- Idea, project and product assessment
- Business launch and development consulting
- Practical and skills-based training
- Coworking and team workspace
- Professional workshops and bootcamps
- Fab Lab and prototyping services
- Product and business-model development
- Marketing, market development and commercialization
- Export readiness and market-entry support
- Participation in domestic and international events and exhibitions
- Collaboration among designers, producers, investors and commercial partners
Our Network
Throughout its development, Hatef has benefited from the knowledge and cooperation of experienced consultants, entrepreneurs, philanthropists, business founders, and scientific and development institutions.
The organizations presented on this page are identified according to their documented relationship with Hatef—as licensing bodies, institutional partners, implementation partners or supporting organizations.
Work With Us
If you have an idea, product, professional skill, production capacity or partnership proposal, we invite you to contact us through our assessment and collaboration forms.
After reviewing the initial information, we will suggest an appropriate path for consulting, product development, commercialization or joint collaboration.