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Podro

Verified
E-commerceIndependentIndex constituent
Entity IDIR-CO-2153
SectorE-commerce
Founded2020
HQTehran
VerificationVerified
Last reviewed2026-07-18

Social-commerce enabler and logistics aggregator for Instagram/SME sellers (PodroShop), shop builder, payments, and delivery. Raised $12.5M from FANAP (2024).

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Operating metrics, period-stamped
Instagram shops partnered2023-24 annual report, published 12 June 2023Company disclosed
42,000+ Instagram shops, shipping to 1,000+ cities, 1,000,000+ products defined on the platform
Peivast, reporting the Podro annual report ↗ · retrieved 2026-08-18Persian original: «پادرو در حال حاضر با بیش از ۴۲ هزار فروشگاه اینستاگرامی کار می‌کند». Stated by CEO Pashootan Pourpezeshk. Earlier comparable: 24,000 shops in the second half of 1400 (TechRasa). These are partnered merchant shops, not users.
Instagram stores on the platform, and a definitional conflict the company has not resolved2022Conflicting evidence
The 2022-23 annual report states more than 388,000 Instagram stores on the platform as of summer 2022-23, with 14,000+ new sellers onboarded in one quarter. The CEO separately stated in the 2023-24 report that Podro works with more than 42,000 Instagram shops. Both are company statements and they differ ninefold.
Podro annual report 1401, page-level, and Peivast reporting the 1402 report ↗ · retrieved 2026-08-20RECORDED AS A DISAGREEMENT, NOT RESOLVED. The plausible reading is that 388,000 counts stores ever registered on the platform and 42,000 counts stores actively worked with, but neither source defines its term and the desk does not resolve by assumption. Persian originals: report figure «۳۸۸ هزار+ فروشگاه اینستاگرامی», CEO statement «با بیش از ۴۲ هزار فروشگاه اینستاگرامی کار می‌کند». From the desk's own copy, podro-annual-1401.pdf.
Source ledger, every field, its evidence
Instagram shops partneredCompany disclosed2023-24 annual report, published 12 June 2023
42,000+ Instagram shops, shipping to 1,000+ cities, 1,000,000+ products defined on the platform
Peivast, reporting the Podro annual report ↗ · retrieved 2026-08-18retrieved 2026-08-18
Instagram stores on the platform, and a definitional conflict the company has not resolvedConflicting evidence2022
The 2022-23 annual report states more than 388,000 Instagram stores on the platform as of summer 2022-23, with 14,000+ new sellers onboarded in one quarter. The CEO separately stated in the 2023-24 report that Podro works with more than 42,000 Instagram shops. Both are company statements and they differ ninefold.
Podro annual report 1401, page-level, and Peivast reporting the 1402 report ↗ · retrieved 2026-08-20retrieved 2026-08-20

Last full review: 2026-07-18 · Tehran Index research desk · corrections: desk@tehranindex.com

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Registered entity
Legal entityAsan Podro
StatusActive
Registered capital499.1B IRR
Board & shareholders
Pashootan Pourpezeshkregistered MD
Hossein Nazar Boland JahromiChairman

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Primary evidencewww.crunchbase.com
Registry identifiersWithheld for compliance

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Tehran, Iran
Founded 2020
podro.comLinkedIn
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