SA SME Fund

155 West St

The Link

Regus - Johannesburg, Rivonia Road Sunninghill

Startup Mzansi

Ozow formerly known as i-Pay

Naked Insurance

VALR

Showmax

Cell C

Liquid Telecom

The Workspace Blackheath

Regus - Johannesburg Bryanston The Campus

The Workspace Melrose Arch

Johannesburg has 245 startups in our sample database. This represents about 37% of South Africa’s startups. Johannesburg is the highest-ranked startup ecosystem in South Africa.

In 2025, the startup scene of Johannesburg developed considerably and
       increased in the Global Ecosystem Index by 17 spots.

Explore Johannesburg’s startup ecosystem which ranks 1st in South Africa and 122nd globally. Discover startups, unicorns, and exits in Johannesburg. Dive into Fintech, which is the best startup industry in Johannesburg.

Startup Ecosystem of Johannesburg | StartupBlink

Our startup ecosystem map for Johannesburg includes a sample of 245 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 1 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations.
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With a large variety of initiatives, Johannesburg's startup ecosystem stands out from other cities in Southern Africa. Johannesburg offers a number of funding opportunities for entrepreneurs and startups.
  Below is a list of Johannesburg's most prominent support initiatives:

Within Johannesburg there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs
  to set up their startups in industries such as Fintech, Edtech, Software & Data. These three industries represent about 56% of the startups
represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Johannesburg. 

Johannesburg is South Africa's 1st best startup
  ecosystem and is ranked 1st in Southern Africa. With a population of 2M - 10M people,
   Johannesburg is ranked 122nd in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories
   including Showmax.

An inspiring ecosystem that is steadily due to its growing use of digital technologies, rapid urbanization and planned investments

WADAAG TECHNOLOGIES

Sostec

FGS Bill Tracker

Zaad

Wadaag Investment

A growing regional and global startup leader 

bitget.com

AscendEX

DeBank

Trip.com

Viki

A vibrant and strong startup hub attracting international recognition and investment

Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá

Founder Institute (FI) Bogota

RockStart Latam 

Calle 127a # 53a-45

Carrera 19 # 100 - 45

WeWork

Toastmasters Bogota

Picap

Autolab

Cubbo

Rappi

Addi

Bold

Carrera 11B # 99 - 25

Calle 81 #11-08

A leading regional startup hub owing its succes to the creative and innovative spirit of its people 

MiraKle Lab

VentureSquare

TIPS

Staion Neo

Samseong Station II

Gangnam Station

Seoul Business Agency

Contents First

Watcha

Lezhin Entertainment

OP.GG

SK Hynix

Bithumb

Fastfive Seocho 2

LocalStitch Yeongdeungpo

An innovative city with a global startup ecosystem

Nikkei

LIP. Yokohama (Life Innovation Platform Yokohama)

Project Ninja

THE BAYS

Hanzomon PREX North

Iceberg

Keio University, Hiyoshi Campus

RIKEN Yokohama Campus

YNU Yokohama National University

Locoguide

C Channel

note

PayPay

DM2C Studio

Timee

Regus - Tokyo, Kanda

OpenOffice - Tokyo, Nihonbashi Hakozaki (Open Office)

Regus - Tokyo, Ginza 3-Chome

One of the fastest growing ecosystems in Australia 

River City Labs

Buderim Meeting Rooms

The Boarding Office

INVEST Sunshine Coast

Delorean Project

Inform Ag

Coyo

NutWorks

Zitcha

Servatus

WOTSO

Inbox Workspace

A growing startup ecosystem owing to its workforce and industries.

Build2Scale Health

Queen's Startup Runway Incubation Program

Makerspace of Queen's University

Rose Innovation Hub

Queen’s University Rose Innovation Hub

Queen's Office of Partnerships and Innovation

Queen's University Smith School Of Business

Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre

Sparq Systems

FireRein

Green Graphite

IPG Photonics Canada

CMC Microsystems

Mosaic Manufacturing

Alon MedTech Ventures

Open Valley

Colab Square

Yokneam Municipality 

Startup Village Yokneam

Augmedics

ForSight Robotics

Rapid Medical

Chain Reaction

K2View

Pitch

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