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Sydney slides as Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide rise in global startup cities rankings

Tom Williams - June 13, 2024 3 MIN READ

Melbourne and Brisbane have continued their rise through the ranks of the best global startup ecosystems, but Sydney remains the most favourable location for burgeoning companies in Oceania, according to a new report. Innovation development organisation Startup Genome’s annual Global Startup Ecosystem Report uses research and analysis of data from 4.5 million startups to paint… Read more »

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New analysis reveals Australian early-stage startup investment growth led the world over the last 5 years

Startup Daily - July 13, 2023 4 MIN READ

Sydney retains the crown has Australia’s top startup ecosystem, but Melbourne is rising rapidly through the ranks according to the latest (GSER). The report, an annual collaboration between Startup Genome and the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), analyses data on 3.5 million startups across 290+ global ecosystems. The Oceania region had highest early-stage funding in the world,… Read more »

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Sydney’s startup ecosystem is worth $24 billion, Melbourne’s $10.5bn

Simon Thomsen - September 23, 2021 4 MIN READ

The startup ecosystems in Australia’s two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, are worth a combined A$34.5 billion according to the latest edition of the Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) 2021 by Startup Genome. Sydney was ranked 24th in the world, behind San Diego (21), Berlin (22) and Bangalore (23), and ahead of Hangzhou (25), Atlanta… Read more »

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Melbourne rises as Sydney sinks yet again in the global rankings of the world’s best startup cities

Simon Thomsen - June 27, 2020 4 MIN READ

Sydney’s ongoing slide as one of the world’s best cities for startups has continued, falling another four places to 27th in the annual global rankings by US-based Startup Genome. The NSW capital has now slipped from 17th in 2018 to 23rd last year as the report notes the rise of Asia, with Tokyo (15),… Read more »

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CHARTS: Global startup funding in the post-coronavirus era fell hard, but is already showing regrowth

Simon Thomsen - May 23, 2020 2 MIN READ

Venture capital (VC) funding for startups has fallen by around 20% since December 2019 as the covid-19 pandemic smashed the global economy, but the impact is unevenly distributed according to new research from Startup Genome. The California-based analytics firm’s latest report into global startup funding, the first in a series its planning looking at the… Read more »

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Australia’s startup ecosystem is falling behind the global pack

Simon Thomsen - May 10, 2019 5 MIN READ

The annual Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem Report sees Sydney fall in the top 30 rankings Melbourne’s ecosystem is on the rise as a “challenger” to crack the top 30 The Sydney result is ‘disappointing’ and the city has now slipped from 16th in 2015 While there is growth overall, Australia is lagging behind global… Read more »

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Value of Melbourne startup ecosystem could grow to $4 billion over the next few years: Startup Genome

Gina Baldassarre - May 10, 2018 3 MIN READ

Startup Genome’s Melbourne Startup Ecosystem Report, commissioned by LaunchVic, found the city has “raced through” the ‘Activation’ phase of the ecosystem lifecycle and is now sitting in the ‘Late Activation’ stage.

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Startup Genome report highlights Sydney as a top 10 global ecosystem for local connectedness

Gina Baldassarre - April 17, 2018 3 MIN READ

While no overall rankings released this year, the 2018 Startup Genome report has identified Australia cities as ecosystems to watch.

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NSW Government opens applications for 2017 Tel Aviv fintech and cybersecurity bootcamp cohort

James Ward - June 26, 2017 2 MIN READ

The NSW Government has announced that it’s opened applications for ‘Israel Calling’, a Tel Aviv bootcamp targeting fintech and cybersecurity startups.

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Sydney falls one place to 17th in latest Startup Genome ecosystem rankings

Gina Baldassarre - March 15, 2017 3 MIN READ

The latest report to detail Australia’s startup performance has been released, with the 2017 global startup ecosystem ranking from Startup Genome seeing Sydney slip one place down the list to 17.

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