Global Startup Ecosystem Index (cities) 2021
Global Startup Ecosystem Index (cities) 2021 by StartupBlink: 18 startup ecosystems ranked, led by San Francisco. The entries on record, movement since the last...
- Publisher
- StartupBlink
- Published
- 2021
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- 18 of 1000 ranked
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- Grade B
San Francisco, New York and Beijing lead. Berlin falls out of the top 10, a position it has not regained since.
The list on record
This page shows the 18 entries on record of 1000 published. Top 10 from Crunchbase; ranks 11 to 25 for selected cities from the 2025 report's 2021 to 2025 comparison. Berlin's exact 2021 rank not found. See the original list.
| Rank | Name | Since 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco | No change |
| 2 | New York | No change |
| 3 | Beijing | Up 3 |
| 4 | Los Angeles | Up 1 |
| 5 | London | Down 2 |
| 6 | Boston | Down 2 |
| 7 | Shanghai | Up 3 |
| 8 | Tel Aviv | Down 1 |
| 9 | Moscow | No change |
| 10 | Bangalore | |
| 11 | Paris | |
| 12 | Seattle | |
| 15 | Tokyo | |
| 17 | Chicago | |
| 18 | Austin | |
| 21 | Shenzhen | |
| 23 | Seoul | |
| 25 | Singapore City |
This list is reproduced as StartupBlink published it, from a secondary source. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.
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