Between positions 71 and 80, Athens ranks among the list of the fastest growing ecosystems for startups. The same ten among 100 cities include Bangkok (Thailand), Antwerp (Belgium), St. Louis (USA), Siamen (China), Rome (Italy), Brisbane (Australia), Nairobi (Kenya), Kansas City (USA), and Krakow (Poland).

Σύμφωνα με την έκθεση GSER της Startup Genome σε συνεργασία με το Global Entrepreneurship Network για το 2021, η Αθήνα συγκεντρώνει σε κλίμακα του 10 very low scores on start-up performance (1), funding (2) and market accessibility (2). however highest score (4) in terms of talent and experience attracted to the startup space.

Of course, within the same ten, the highest score for the concentration of talent and experience has the Xiamen of China (8). It is worth noting, of course, that Greece surpasses in the ranking neighboring Malta, Luxembourg, Prague, Rio, but also Abu Dhabi among others.

The top in the field of startups

At the top of the list is Mumbai, which scores impressively in all areas. It gets 10 in performance, 10 in finance, 9 in market accessibility and 10 in attracting talent and experience. With also very high scores, they are followed by Copenhagen, Jakarta, Guangzhou (China). Also Barcelona, which rocketed into the top five surpassing Madrid who are at number 8 on the list. It is noted that in the tenth place of the list of the fastest growing ecosystems for startups is Zurich and in the 12th place is Brussels.

It is therefore evident that European markets have a strong presence on the list. In the top 10, half are in the Old Continent. A total of 37 among the 100 on the list are within the European continent. 30 are in North America (Canada and the USA), 19 in Asia, 5 in Latin America and 4 in the Middle East. The rest are found in Oceania and Africa.

In total, the 100 fastest emerging ecosystems are worth more than €540 billion. dollars. This amount is increased by 55% compared to 2020. While Europe and North America host the majority of emerging markets for startups, it's worth noting that Latin America has made progress compared to last year. And that's thanks to Buenos Aires, Santiago and Rio, which were first put on the list.

Developed ecosystems

In addition to the emerging ones, the report of Startup Genome σε συνεργασία με το Global Entrepreneurship κατατάσσει και τις ήδη ανεπτυγμένες αγορές για startups και βέβαια στην κορυφή της λίστας with tens in each rating is Silicon Valley. They follow London and New York and then Beijing, Boston, Los Angeles, Tel Aviv, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seattle.