About Startup Genome and Global Entrepreneurship Network
Startup Genome is the world-leading policy advisory and research organization for governments and public-private partnerships committed to accelerating the success of their startup ecosystem, having advised more than 100 clients across 38 countries.
The 2020 Global Startup Ecosystem Report (GSER) from Startup Genome and Global Entrepreneurship Network is the world’s most comprehensive and widely-read research on startup ecosystems. The GSER now ranks the top 140 startup ecosystems from an assessment of several hundreds.
GEN works to build smarter entrepreneurial ecosystems in every national economy, operating a platform of projects and programs in 170 countries aimed at making it easier for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business.



About This Report
Developing ecosystems can be a fuzzy business. Together with 300 partners, we made it a science. Startup Genome has nearly doubled the number of ecosystems studied since 2019 — assessing over 270 ecosystems across over 100 countries to rank the top 30 globally and runners-up. The report has been optimised for online viewing. Should you prefer to read it in a printable format, please download the PDF using the link above.