Innoventure

SAP.iO Foundry Shanghai

Superhuman Studios

Financial Center

L'Avenue Shanghai

The Hub Hongqiao

Hozon

ECARX Holdings

UC Express

Moody

ThePaper.cn

Regus - Shanghai Bund Centre

Regus - Suzhou, Nison Plaza

Suzhou Center Tower B

Shanghai has 1,876 startups in our sample database. This represents about 19% of China’s startups. Shanghai is the 2nd best startup ecosystem in China.

Shanghai kept its position stable in the Global Startup Ecosystem
    Index of 2024, ranking 7th.

Explore Shanghai’s startup ecosystem which ranks 2nd in China and 7th globally. Discover startups, unicorns, and exits in Shanghai. Dive into Transportation, which is the best startup industry in Shanghai.

Startup Ecosystem of Shanghai | StartupBlink

Our startup ecosystem map for Shanghai includes a sample of 1,876 tech companies. We have identified as unicorns 36 startups that have passed the USD 1 billion valuations. Contributing to the vitality of this startup ecosystem are the 1 pantheon member entity. Get the <a class="underline" href="https://lp.startupblink.com/pro-map/">Pro account</a> for unrestricted insights on this ecosystem.

With a large variety of initiatives, Shanghai's startup ecosystem stands out from other cities in East Asia. Shanghai offers a number of funding opportunities for entrepreneurs and startups.
  Below is a list of Shanghai's most prominent support initiatives:

Within Shanghai there is an increased attraction for entrepreneurs
  to set up their startups in industries such as Transportation, Hardware & IoT, Healthtech. These three industries represent about 29% of the startups
represented on the Startup Ecosystem Map of Shanghai. 

Shanghai is China's 2nd best startup
  ecosystem and is ranked 2nd in East Asia. With a population of 10M+ people,
   Shanghai is ranked 7th in the world. The city has some notable startup success stories
   including Moody and its startup ecosystem infrastructure is strengthened by
       organizations such as Pinduoduo and Regus - Shanghai Bund Centre.

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

Calle 26 # 92-32

Carrera 11B # 99 - 25

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

SK Hynix

Toss Lab

AIV 

OP.GG

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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