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“China is miles ahead of the rest of the world “In Tel Aviv, a vibe when it comes to adopt- Where Innovation Lives A young and creative start-up scene; that’s cool, but also ing new technologies. ideal networking opportunities hugely productive, The most important thing prevails. Hierarchies is to not forget your portable charger. Poor international flight connections; The most important benefits that a location should offer include networks rapidly rising housing costs are flat, discussions are welcomed, People take care of everything using with other start-ups and established companies, close proximity to research and you’re encouraged to leave your their smartphone. You don’t take a wallet own comfort zone. That’s how people with you anymore because you don’t institutes, financially sound investors, and, of course, quality of life in good come up with creative ideas.” need cash. In particular, the online-to- measure—this is what attracts tomorrow’s talent. And exactly where can the offline market is currently growing in world’s top spots for new and innovative businesses be found? Berlin Orly Glick, Vice President of Value-Added Shanghai in contrast to other start-up Services at Vintage Investment Partners, a centers in China such as Beijing.” “In Berlin, there are all technology investment fund Text Stina Suwelack, Andreas Weiher sorts of events where William Bao Bean, Managing Director of Chinaccelerator, General Partner of SOSV, a global you can meet the right Tel Aviv people to add to your accelerator and multi-stage investor network in no time. People don’t hesitate to recommend you to others, and you have a chance to set up meetings with decision-makers who Shanghai are relevant for your own business. The city is currently evolving into a hub for Good infrastructure; urban districts are blockchain technology, which will be making active efforts to create attractive huge in the future.” conditions for start-ups High-caliber technological expertise; keen interest of international companies Air pollution; rising costs of housing Wanja Sören Oberhof, founder and CEO of the in collaborating with Israeli start-ups private venture capitalist WAOW, Company Builder BridgeMaker, and Krypto AG, a blockchain Start-ups do not promote themselves technology provider sufficiently; very few start-ups focus on the B2C market Gateway to China $40 billion in venture capital was invested in China Very good funding opportunities; a strong community of start-up founders A Meeting Point for Start-ups and Corporations in 2017. This is a new record, which the start-up Around 2,500 active start-ups will succeed in scene in Shanghai will also profit from. Along with Expensive housing; high-wage workforce creating up to 40,000 new jobs in the German Productive Hub in the Mediterranean private investors, the government, joined by the capital by the year 2020. Over the course of There are somewhere between six thousand individual urban districts in Shanghai, is providing one decade, a working start-up ecosystem has and seven thousand start-ups in Israel. Most support for innovations and enterprise, as these emerged here, one that offers ideal working of them are based in the city of Tel Aviv, on the sectors are expected to be a major driver of growth conditions for founders from every sector. The shore of the Mediterranean Sea. Its start-up over the next few years. Streamlining bureaucratic “The time I spent at Stanford University was a huge help when founding my young entrepreneurs specialize in a wide range scene focuses on B2B solutions, attracting processes means that it takes less than a week for company, both in terms of specialist knowledge and in terms of my network. of industries, including e-commerce, mobility, companies from all over the world. Here in founders to register companies. Talented employ- In San Francisco, innovation can be experienced up close and in person. and fintechs. Berlin’s image as a vibrant, dynamic Tel Aviv, they can find attractive opportunities ees from abroad can obtain a work and residence If I were to found another business, then this is where I’d do it again.” metropolis attracts young specialists from all to collaborate with highly qualified technology permit much more quickly and easily. Investors over the world. Both German and international experts. Because the Israeli market is small, who have poured seed money into start-ups shortly corporations have founded digital hubs and many business founders concentrate their after they are founded are compensated by the Nicholas Hinrichsen, Stanford graduate and the founder of Carlypso. Director of Product, Trades and Wholesale at Carvana, accelerator programs of their own in Berlin. efforts on innovations that can be adopted Shanghai municipal government for any losses an online platform for buying and selling used vehicles These provide a creative environment in which worldwide from the start. Office space is suffered, up to a total of $916,000 per year. to develop and test innovative ideas before inte- available for rent at attractive prices. The state Shanghai is the entry point to the Chinese market, The Origins of the Start-up Culture grating them into everyday operations at other also assists young technology companies: the world’s second-largest economy, for many Silicon Valley, home to companies such as Apple, Facebook and Airbnb, is the world’s best-known hub for start-ups. The environment sites operated by the company. The boom in The Israel Innovation Authority, a government internationally active investors and companies. The is perfect for new businesses: this is where capital, noted accelerators (Y Combinator, Techstars), and qualified employees are all to demand has driven the prices for residential agency, offers an innovation visa for entre- city also attracts talent from all over the country. be found. The mindset of the community means that nothing is impossible. This is why many of the most innovative ideas continue properties and office space to new heights, preneurs from other countries, as well as tax Large technology-based corporations such as to originate in . Companies are able to recruit talented, recent graduates directly from Stanford University and the University which has resulted in Berlin forfeiting one of its incentives for investors and different types Alibaba, Tencent, and Sina Weibo lure them with of California, Berkeley. There are 15,000 active, predominantly technical start-ups with two million international employees based greatest advantages as a location. International of grants for startups. high wages, which can make it difficult for small in the Bay Area. This, however, does create infrastructural challenges, as so many people want to make San Francisco their home. investors, however, seem to have confidence in enterprises to retain the loyalty of highly qualified Housing in the city is in huge demand and in short supply, and costs are well above average. The approximately 50-mile commute this epicenter of the German start-up scene: employees. from San Francisco to Cupertino in Silicon Valley, for example, can take up to one and a half hours during rush hour. Berlin-based start-ups were able to raise almost $3.4 billion from capital investors in 2017.

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“A magnificent cultural transformation is under- way in Paris. Young The Digital Epicenter of Africa “Vancouver doesn’t South America’s Test Center for Innovations people want to found Despite its more recent entry into this sector, Hotspot with an Innovative Government have a traditional With nearly 3,000 start-ups, São Paulo is South start-ups and no longer aim to work , which now has around 1,200 active The perfect environment for start-ups: both Sydney’s business atmosphere. America’s . Start-ups put their for established corporations. Paris has technology start-ups, is home to the majority companies and the Australian government are eager of IT-based companies on the African continent. It wouldn’t be unusual for founders to ideas to the test directly in the city. Infrastruc- learned a lot from Silicon Valley—not to work with young founders. The government of tural problems, such as the daily gridlock at rush There are more than 25 co-working spaces in New South Wales has created an epicenter for the show up in a shirt and jeans to a meeting. to mention the fact that the source of “Bangalore is an hour, are being used for testing new mobility the city, along with 20 local and international local start-up scene right in the middle of the city: That’s something the city shares with concepts in practice. Most start-ups are financed the word ‘entrepreneurship’ is originally accelerators. International technology giants innovative and the Sydney Startup Hub, which opened in early 2018. the culture in Silicon Valley. The univer- by private investors. The government provides derived from French.” and Amazon maintain large offices in attractive location Along with co-working spaces, incubators and sities are a source of much-needed support to new start-ups by means of the Start Cape Town. The start-up scene is also benefit- for start-ups, and one where you accelerators as well as companies are all based support. One of my first customers was Up Brasil accelerator, which provides mentoring Yasmine Dutoit, founder of My Petite French Box, ing from state support. Wesgro, the official can really accomplish something. here. The Innovation New South Wales government the University of British Columbia.” and financing. The country’s top universities are the first digital concept store for babies and infants agency for promoting regional tourism, trade Traffic problems, however, do have agency is in the same building as well. Start-ups also located in São Paulo. The majority of the that only carries French brands and investment, is systematically improving a negative effect on productivity. receive a lot of support at the official level, and Dr. Damon Ramsey, physician and founder of start-ups in the region are still very new. Only the local infrastructure in order to attract inves- Solutions need to be found quickly.” a new visa process has been introduced for start- InputHealth, a provider of software for electronic a few, such as the Nubank fintech, have already tors and provide support to young companies. ups and employees of start-ups. There are plans scored successes in major investment rounds, Investors are profiting from tax incentives, and to make it easier for young companies to apply for patient files Vikram Ahuja, founder of the Byond Travel and have been able to establish their business Paris Cape Town opens the door to the entire African projects tendered by the government in the future. travel platform and Parallel XR, a studio and their idea. market. Universities are encouraging an entre- for augmented and virtual reality contents. preneurial mindset among students: Stellen- Partner at Kyron Global Accelerator Vancouver bosch University, for example, has a renowned “The entire region of São accelerator of its own, the LaunchLab. Paulo is a ‘sweet spot’ Bangalore Creative atmosphere; high concentration for start-ups and tech The government’s deep commitment of video and gaming companies investors. Along with to start-ups; openness to founders “Talents, and financing the opportunity to put from all over the world and collaboration oppor- Poor financing landscape; expensive Inexpensive software development; housing different technologies to the test in an High tax rates; rigid labor laws “The infrastructure tunities: start-ups will find everything a large market for digital services urban environment, numerous investors and ecosystem in (more than 350 million Indians have that they need for a successful start-up and companies willing to invest in start- Cape Town are ideal a cell phone) in Sydney. The universities support ups can be found here.” for tech start-ups. Fast and inexpen- students with disruptive ideas. One of Major infrastructural problems in International Technology Scene Presidential Start-up Aid sive fiber optic Internet is available terms of electricity and traffic the most renowned incubators belongs Vancouver is considered to be a melting pot Arthur Garutti, Partner and COO at ACE Accelerator, President Emmanuel Macron intends to turn almost everywhere. You can plan for to the University of Sydney.” for people from all over. The unique atmosphere start-up mentor, professor at the Escola Superior France into a “start-up nation,” which is why he and conduct most of your everyday not only attracts young talents who wish to de Propaganda e Marketing will be providing founders and investors with business activities digitally.” Cheryl Mack, founder of StartCon, Australia’s work in Vancouver’s technology scene but also support. Imposing a flat-rate tax of 30 percent India’s Silicon Valley largest start-up conference the immediate proximity to nature makes on all capital income is designed to promote Local IT companies first began locating in Bangalore Boitumelo “Tumi” Menyatswe, the quality of life unusually high. The costs private investments in new technologies. Non- in the 1980s. Their primary focus was on low-cost Great willingness to invest; an opportu- tech entrepreneur and Ecosystem Manager of founding a company are low. Co-working nity to field-test ideas at an early stage European start-ups can settle in the country for electronic services and call centers for overseas at the Silicon Cape Initiative, a community of spaces are also inexpensive and provide help four years under a French Tech Visa when they companies. Since then, start-ups have begun to technology companies, developers, investors, Sydney with building networks and exploiting syner- Low maturity start-up network, political found a company there. State initiatives such implement ideas of their own. Around 500 start-ups instability, and infrastructural problems and venture capitalists gies with others. The government provides as the Paris Region Starter Pack are actively are currently active in India’s third-largest city, along support to young technology companies with working to establish Paris as a base for tech- with numerous technology corporations including tax incentives available through its SR&ED nology companies. Entrepreneur Xavier Niel Kapstadt Amazon, Cisco Systems, IBM, and Dell. Bangalore has program (Scientific Research and Experimental launched Station F—the world’s largest start-up more universities specializing in engineering and Development Tax Incentive Program). The prox- São Paulo campus—in 2017. There are start-ups in differ- technology than anywhere else in India. Many young imity to Silicon Valley has resulted in incubators ent seed phases, as well as international start-up talents also head overseas for their studies. When from Vancouver functioning as a stepping- programs (Facebook Startup Garage, Thales Well-established network of venture they return to their home country, they often bring stone to the Bay Area. At the same time, you Digital Factory), and investors all under the roof capitalists and angel investors; excellent entrepreneurial ideas with them from all over the High government awareness of universities can observe a migration of talent from the of the world’s largest incubator. The government world. The government provides support to young innovation-related topics Valley to Vancouver. The financing landscape is also providing support for women active in start-ups and investors by means of special regula- A small market; equality and inclusion Little interest on the part of venture is still evolving. It is better established in the tech scene through initiatives in schools and do not always function smoothly tions, such as ones that simplify seed funding by capitalists in late-stage start-ups Toronto and Montreal. universities. Paris Pionnières is Europe’s first angel investors. One severe problem affecting the accelerator that is only open to women. However, city is the inadequate infrastructure: the congestion not all political measures are proving successful: and poor road conditions mean that employees often time-consuming bureaucratic processes and spend hours in traffic jams. SAP has changed their the limited number of international venture employees’ starting time so that they can escape the capitalists hinder rapid growth for start-ups. brunt of morning rush-hour traffic. There are problems with the municipal water and power supply as well.

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