Acknowledgments And Partners
A project like the Global Startup Ecosystem Report can only be realized with an enormous effort from both the project team and external supporters. Several partners have invested significant resources into the project. Numerous advisors, founders, investors, and industry experts have given us access to their knowledge, networks, and time because they support our vision and want to move their ecosystem and the whole startup sector forward. Startup Genome and Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) would like to express our deep gratitude and appreciation to everyone who contributed towards making this project possible.
Startup Genome Authors
JF Gauthier, Chief Executive OfficerExternal Authors
Jonathan Ortmans, Founder and President, Global Entrepreneurship NetworkProject Team
Startup GenomeContributing Authors
Global Entrepreneurship Network
Key Author Bios
Startup Genome
JF Gauthier 
Founder & CEO. JF is the world’s leading voice in innovation ecosystem development, having advised more than 100 governments and private-public partnerships across 35 countries. He has founded five businesses and led others across two continents and three sectors (Tech, Life Sciences and Cleantech), achieving two exits plus one at scaleup stage. He is also an active angel investor and previously worked in corporate innovation, advising IBM, Cisco, Agilent/HP, J&J, and Abbott for the firm of Kim Clark (former dean of Harvard Business School) alongside Clayton Christensen and other thought leaders. Harvard MBA.
Marc Penzel
Founder and President. Marc is leading global growth and impact. Prior to founding Startup Genome, he co-led the startup ecosystem development unit at Silicon Valley-based Startup Compass. At PwC, KPMG, and Bayer Group’s internal management consultancy, Marc advised top executives across various sectors. He also founded a nonprofit organization to catalyze social innovation and was appointed Expert in Entrepreneurship, IT and Future of Economic Progress by the World Economic Forum. In 2017, his work to develop startup ecosystems everywhere has led him to receive a U.S. Visa for Individuals with Extraordinary Ability.
Stephan Kuester
Malavika Kumaran
Malavika leads the research team to help our global partners develop evidence-based innovation policies and catalyze their regional startup ecosystems. Malavika has an Honours B.Sc in Economics from the University of Toronto, and has experience in analytics, product management, and data governance. Previously, she worked at MaRS Discovery District, North America's largest urban innovation hub, leading research in the areas of inclusive innovation and the future of work.
Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN)
Jonathan Ortmans
Founder and president of the Global Entrepreneurship Network, working to foster healthier local entrepreneurship ecosystems in more than 170 countries while connecting them into one global ecosystem. In 2008, he launched GEN’s cornerstone initiative, Global Entrepreneurship Week, enabling millions of people to explore their potential through thousands of local GEW activities and competitions each November. Through building GEW, Ortmans assembled a broad multi-disciplinary coalition that is the backbone of GEN operations, including entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers and affiliated support organizations. He serves as a longtime advisor to the Kauffman Foundation and chairs the Global Entrepreneurship Congress.
Partners and Collaborators
Global Partners
- TNW: TNW is a global digital brand that informs, inspires and connects people who love tech, through media, events, and spaces. Primarily known for its media outlet and award-winning tech events, TNW also incorporates a co-working label, a global start-up database, and delivers custom innovation programs to corporates and governments.
- Bella Private Markets: Provides actionable advice on private capital challenges. Combining rigorous academic approaches with real world industry expertise, our expert team focuses on complex, customized projects that require thorough analysis, whether quantitative or qualitative in nature, to help our clients assess or design strategies, improve performance, and chart winning strategies for the future.
- Crunchbase: Everyday investors, journalists, founders, and the global business community turn to Crunchbase for information on startups and the people behind them.
- Dealroom.co: Provides data-driven intelligence on high-growth companies.
- Hello Tomorrow: A global non-profit organization on a mission to unlock the potential of deep technologies to solve the world's toughest challenges by highlighting, empowering and connecting the most promising deeptech entrepreneurs across the globe with the right enablers. They bring together a community of actors to facilitate collaboration between entrepreneurs, industries and investors in order to propel innovation from the lab to the market.
- Tech Nation (formerly Tech City UK): Empowers ambitious tech entrepreneurs through growth programmes, digital entrepreneurship skills, a visa scheme for exceptional talent and by championing the UK digital sector through data, stories and media campaigns.
Startup Genome Network Members
Abu Dhabi
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bogota
iNNpulsa
District Secretariat of Economic Development (DSED)
Invest in Bogota
Budapest
National Research, Development and Innovation Office
Ministry of Innovation and Technology
Cairo, Egypt
Information Technology Industry Development Agency
Calgary, Canada
Platform Calgary
Calgary Economic Development
Cape Town
City of Cape TownCopenhagen, Denmark
Gambia
City of Helsinki
Hesse, Germany
Hessian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Energy, Transport and Housing
Houston, United States
Istanbul
Istanbul Development AgencyKerala
Kuala Lumpur
Kyoto
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
London, United Kingdom
Tech Nation (formerly Tech City UK)
Manila, Philippines
Department of Trade and Industry
Melbourne, Australia
Miami, United States
Mid-East Region Ireland
Mississippi
Mississippi Development Authority
Moldova
Moldovan Association of ICT Companies
Montreal, Canada
Ontario
Portugal
Québec City, Canada
Ras Al Khaimah
Office of Strategic Studies, Government of Ras Al Khaimah
Rhineland, Germany
Ministry for Economy, Innovation, Digitization and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Riyadh
Saudi VC & PE Association (SVCPEA)Santiago-Valparaíso
São Paulo
Seoul, South Korea
Seoul Business AgencySharjah, United Arab Emirates
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka
Sweden
Tel Aviv, Israel
Telangana, India
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Metropolitan GovernmentToronto-Waterloo
Western Balkan Region
Western Denmark, Denmark
Ecosystem Partners
Ecosystems by alphabetical order
Catapult Chicago
University of Chicago
Matter Chicago
mHUB
The Shift Chicago
1871
WorldChicago
Copenhagen, Denmark
TechBBQ
#CPHFTW
Accelerace (and Symbion)
Copenhagen Fintech
Digital Hub Denmark
DTU Skylab
InnoFounder
Leo Innovation Lab
PreSeed Venture
Talent Garden Rainmaking
The Creators Community
The Danish Growth Fund
Thinkubator (and SingularityU)
Venture Cup
Edmonton, Canada
Innovate Edmonton
Startup Edmonton
TEC Edmonton
University of Alberta Health Accelerator
Startup TNT
Valhalla Private Capital
Advanced Technology Centre
Edmonton Regional Innovation Network
Frankfurt, Germany
Frankfurt Economic Development
Goethe University Frankfurt
Hessen Trade & Invest (HTAI)
Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing
HIGHEST TU Darmstadt
ING-DiBa
Station FRM
WIBank
Georgia
Startup factory by Georgian University
NASTA- National Startup Association of Georgia
Spark
Startup Grind Tbilisi
Impact Hub: Coworking space
Ilia State University Pre-Accelerator
Greater Helsinki, Finland
City of Espoo
Helsinki Business Hub
Helsinki Think Company
City of Vantaa
Maria 01
NewCo Helsinki
Forum Virium
Arctic Startup
Business Finland
Butterfly Ventures
FiBan
Helsinki Partners
·A-grid
Health Incubator Helsinki
Aalto Startup Center
Innovation House Helsinki
Finnish Venture Capital Association
Finnish Business Angel Network
Houston, United States
Circular Board
Fannin Innovation Studio
Houston Angel Network
Houston Technology Center
JLaBS
Mercury Fund
Redlabs
Rice University - McNair Center for Entrepreneurship
Rice University - Owl Spark
Rice University - Rice Alliance for Entrepreneurship
Station Houston
TMCx
Unconventional Capital
University of Houston - Hatch Pitch
Jerusalem, Israel
Alynnovation
AtoBe
BioJerusalem
BioHouse
Startup Nation Central
Jumpspeed Ventures
Masschallenge Jerusalem
Made in JLM
Bizmax
Ourcrowd
HUJI Innovate
JVP
VLX
Labs/02
Haddasah Accelerator (by IBM)
BioGiv
PICO Partners
QueenB
LevTech
Cornerstone Venture Partners
Groundup Ventures
Fresh.fund
JerusML
MakeGamesJLM
London, United Kingdom
MassChallenge
Techstars London
Balderton Capital
Wayra London
Accelerator Network
City of London
KPMG
TechUK
GSMA
Level39
Tech London Advocates
GEN
Microsoft Ventures
Northzone
Microsoft for Startups
Manila, Philippines
Department of Science and Technology
Department of Information and Communications Technology
Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines
Small Business Corporation
National Development Company
Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc.
QBO Innovation Hub
AIM-Dado Banatao Incubator
IdeaSpace Foundation
Startup Village
Launchgarage
Brainsparks
Philippine Fintech Association
Fintech Alliance of the Philippines
Melbourne, Australia
Potential(x)
ygap First Gens Accelerator Program
ASTN HeadStart
Cyrise
SBE Australia, Springboard Tech
SBE Australia, Springboard Life Sciences
SBE Australia, E3
Runway Hq
ACMI X
BioMelbourne Network
Inspire9
Runway Geelong
Rome2Rio
Startup Bootcamp
Startup Victoria
York Butter Factory
Miami, United States
500 Startups
Miami Angels
Endeavor Miami
eMerge Americas
Venture Cafe Miami
Refresh Miami
Venture for America
Florida International University
University of Miami
LAB Miami
Babson WIN
Idea Center at Miami Dade College
CIC Miami
Code Fever
The Venture City
WeWork
WhereBy.Us
Mid-East Region, Ireland
EO Accelerator
Meath Enterprise Centre
Boyne Valley Food Hub
Arklow Enterprise Centre
Athy Enterprise Centre
Clane Project Centre
Kells Tech Hub
Maynooth Works
Wicklow Enterprise Centre
Kells Enterprise & Technology Centre
PFS Accelerator
Meath County Council
Meath Local Enterprise Office
Meath County Chamber
Louth-Meath Education & Training Board
Maynooth University
Kildare Chamber of Commerce
Kildare County Council
Kildare Local Enterprise Office
Kildare-Wicklow Education & Training Board
Wicklow Chamber of Commerce
Wicklow County Council
Wicklow Local Enterprise Office
Enterprise Ireland
Mid-East Regional Skills Forum
Mid-East Action Plan for Jobs Committee
Industrial Development Authority - IDA
Media Ireland
Montreal, Canada
Real Ventures & FounderFuel
Techstars AI
Tandemlaunch
Fondation Montréal Inc.
MT Lab
Centech
Ministère de l’économie et de l’innovation du Québec
Techno-Montréal
Ivado et Montréal international
Bonjour Startup Montréal
Ville de Montréal
District 3
HEC Montréal
MTL Newtech
Notman House
PME MTL
Quartier de l’innovation
Réseau Capital
Startup Fest
New York City, United States
Starta Venture Accelerator
Blue Ridge Labs
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Bunker Labs
Cela
Civic Hall
Coindesk/Consensus
Company
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator
Flatiron Partnership
Gary's Guide
Innovative Collective
Mayor's Office of International Affairs
MeetUp
New Lab
New York Angels
NY Fashion Tech Lab
NY Tech Alliance
NYC Blend
SAP
Techstars
URBAN-X
VentureOut
New Zealand
Angel HQ
Angel Association New Zealand
ArcAngels
BizDojo
Blackbird Ventures
Brandon Capital Partners
Bridgewest Ventures
Callaghan Innovation
Creative HQ
COIN South
Flux Accelerator
Lightning Lab
Enterprise Angels
Equitise
Flying Kiwi Angels
GD1
Global Entrepreneurship Network
Icehouse Ventures
KiwiNet
Kōkiri
Ministry of Awesome
Movac
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise
New Zealand Growth Capital Fund
Northland Inc
SODA Inc
Sprout
Startup Dunedin
StartupWeekend
Startup Queenstown Lakes
The Factory
ThincLab
TIN Network
WNT Ventures
ZeroPoint Ventures
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
AIFC
Arkley VC
Astana Business Campus
Astana Hub - International Technopark of IT-startups
Astana IT University
Astana Medical University
Bridge Group
I2BF Global Ventures
MOST Business Incubator
Mua Incubator
Nazarbayev University
QazTech Ventures
Verny Capital
Quebec City, Canada
BDC
PwC Québec
ROBIC
Ville de Québec
Quebec City Group if incubators
Quantino
Entrepreneuriat Laval
Rhineland, Germany
1stMOVER
:agile Accelerator
Axa Startup Center
BLSW
Capnamic
Coparion
Founders Institute
Future Champions Accelerator
Gateway Gründungsservice der Universität zu Köln
Getstarted, Bitkom
Gründerzentrum RWTH Aachen
HEADQUARTER[S] Cologne
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Hub Aachen
Intelligent Venture Capital Management
MWIDE
NRW Bank Business Angel Initiative WIN
NRWalley
NUK – Neues Unternehmertum Rheinland
Pirate Summit / Jolly Rogers UG
S-UBG
STARTPLATZ
Startup Dorf
Startup Unit Düsseldorf
Tengelmann Ventures
Vodafone Uplift
Seattle, United States
Startup Seattle
ARI
Lighter Capital
New Tech Northwest
Techstars
Fledge
Microsoft Ventures
Seattle Angel Conference
Alliance of Angels
Startup Grind
Seven Peaks Ventures
Angel Resource Institute
Microsoft for Startups
SURF Incubator
Shanghai, China
ChinaAccelerator
Ether Capital
Innoclub
Innospace+
NakedHub
People Square
Startup Grind
Technode
Xnode
Sharjah, UAE
Sharjah Media City (Shams)
Singapore
Action Community for Entrepreneurship
500 Startups
FocusTech Ventures
Starburst Accelerator
500 Ecosystems Singapore PTE. LTD.
Startup X PTE. LTD.
Trendlines Medical Singapore
Taipei City, Taiwan
AppWorks
BE Accelerator
BE Capital
Business Incubator Center, NTUST
CDIB Accelerator
Center for Innovation Taipei
Center of Industry Accelerator and Patent Development Strategy (IAPS)
Center of Innovative Incubator, NTHU
Chung-Yuan Incubation Center (CYIC)
DigiSpace
Garage+
InnoSquare
ITRI Open Lab & Incubator
KAFNU Taipei
NCU Innovation & Incubation Center
NTU Innovation Incubation Center
NTUT Innovation & Incubation Center
SOSV-MOX
SparkLabs Taipei
Star Rocket
Startup Lab at NCTU
Taidah Entrepreneurship Center (TEC)
Taiwan Startup Stadium
Techstars
Yang-Ming Incubation Center (YMIC)
Tel Aviv, Israel
Future Block Programs
Future Block Coworking
Techstars
Startup Nation Central
Geektime
SOSA
Microsoft Ventures
Microsoft for Startups
Tokyo, Japan
Plug n Play
Japan Venture Capital Association (KII, UTEC),
Keidanren,
Keio University,
Mitsubishi Estate,
Mitsui Fudosan,
Mori Building,
Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
Tokyu,
Tokyu Land Corporation,
The University of Tokyo,
Waseda University
Toronto-Waterloo, Canada
Centre for Social Innovation
Invest Toronto
Next 36
OneEleven
DMZ
City of Toronto
World Canada
Brookfield Institute
The Founder City Project
Venture Lab
RIC Centre
Innovation Factory
Haltech
Creative Destruction Lab
Turin, Italy
VeM Venture Capital Monitor
Iban Italian Business Angel Network
Torino City Lab
Unione Industriale Torino
I3P
LIFTT
Vancouver, Canada
Launch Academy
Sauder S3i
entrepreneurship@UBC
Creative Destruction Lab West
Highline BETA
RADIUS SFU
SFU Venture Labs
SFU Innovates
Wavefront
Spring
New Ventures BC
Small Business BC
Foresight
LifeScience BC
Bio Enterprise BC/Can
Western Denmark
AalborgSyndikatet
AAU Incubator (SEA), Aalborg University
Agro Food Park Inkubator/Agro Business Park
AI Innovation House
Arsenalet
Brains Business
Business Factory
Center for Industri
Danske Commodities (DC) Business Accelerator
Ecopark
Filmby Aarhus incl. Ideas Lab
Food ehub
Green Tech Center
Growing Investors
Ideas Lab
Incuba Science Parks incl. Incuba Startup Lab
It-forum (netværk)
Lynfabrikken
Novi
Odense Robotics
Odense Robotics Startup Hub
Office Lab
Robo Cluster
Startup Factory - Navitas
StartupWorks
TechBBQ
The City of Aarhus, Business Development
The Danish Growth Fund
UAS Denmark
VIA studentervæksthus Aarhus C
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